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SEPTEMBER, 1954
VOL, XXIII, No. I
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HOMECOMING PROGRAM - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1954
MORNING
Traditional Frosh-Soph Football Game.
Phi Mu Delta business meeting and election of alumni officers.
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETING — Room 103, Bogar Hall.
Buffet luncheons at Phi Mu Delta, Bond and Key and Theta Chi. Snack Bar in G. A. will be open
for alumni desiring to lunch there.
Bond and Key annual meeting.
AFTERNOON
Kick-off — Haverford - S. U. Football Game.
Theta Chi business meeting and election of alumni officers.
Phi Mu Delta annual alumni dinner at Blue Hill restaurant.
Theta Chi and Bond and Key annual Banquets (places to be announced later).
Homecoming Dance in alumni gymnasium.
Alumni are reminded to register in G. A. Lounge sometime during the day.
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEPTEMBER, 1954
PHILADELPHIA
Once more the Philadelphia club will
be host to the football team and band at
a dinner to be held after the Swarthmore
game at the Emanuel Lutheran Church.
Winona Avenue and Chester Pike. Nor-
wood. Saturday. October 9. At noon the
ladies of the club will serve a luncheon
to the band, cheer leaders and faculty
at the home of Clyde and Helen Spitzner.
201 Morlyn Avenue. Bryn Mawr. Pastor
of Emanuel Lutheran church is Dr. Dallas
C. Baer '20. The church is located just
five minutes from the Swarthmore
campus.
NEW JERSEY
2nd Annual Brid^ Party will be held
Friday. October 8 at the Suburban Hotel,
Harrison Street, East Orange under the
leadership of Jo Hoy Lamb '33 and Ida
Prederickson '21. A committee composed
of Mrs. Lamb. Mrs. Frederickson. Dick
Scharfe '31. Dorothy Hochstuhl '43. Mrs.
Lewis Drumm. Sr.. and Margaret Hartley
'30 made all the arrangements. Letters
sent to the New Jersey and New York
district club members said in part . . .
"you may play Bridge. Canasta or Samba
— adequate parking facilities — proceeds to
go to the Conservatory of Music building
fund— tickets. $1.25 per— time. 8:30 P.M."
During the evening a few minutes will
be taken to present a slate of officers who
will be asked to serve as a board of di-
rectors for the club during the coming
year.
WILKES-BARRE
Mrs. Jean Hodgdon '38, R.D. 1. Mountain
Top. president, is planning to call a
meeting of the club sometime in October.
ALTOONA
Donald Ford, because of a recent move
to Greensburg. has resigned as president
of the club. A successor will be appointed
in the near future.
SUNBURY
Sunbury is planning an early Fall
meeting to coincide with some evening
activity on the campus. Tentative plan
is to have dinner at perhaps the Dutch
Pantry and repair to the campus to en-
joy a concert, play or similar activity.
President is Harold Benion, Broadway
Road, R.D. 1, Milton.
President Spitzner Thanks
Alumni for Sugg:estions
-I am very- grateful ," said president
Clyde Spitzner, "for the responses to the
original letter that was mailed out, with
regard to suggestions by various alumni.
"AH suggestions have been well received
and I h:pe mere alumni will write. In all
cases the suggestions have been noted and
will be adhered to. My deep appreciation",
continued president Clyde, "to Mrs. Charles
Homan of Swedesboro. Bill Treon cf Sha-
mckin. Fancher Wolfe of Minneapolis,
Blair Heaton of Selir.sgrove. M. P. Mcller,
Jr.. of Hagerstown. Mrs. Larry Isaacs of
Hellertown. Bill Clark of Allentown and
Mrs. Warren Lamb of Maplewocd. N. J.,
t; mention just a few."
Lehigh Valley Alumni
Club Being Organized
Under the dynamic leadership of Bill
Clark '48. a strong committee of gradu-
ates frcm the Allentown, Bethlehem,
Easton area met on August 4 to consider
plans for a new district Alumni Club to
be known as the Lehigh Valley Alumni
Club of Susquehanna University.
Pi'esent at the organization meeting
were Orville B. Landis '26, Erma Stahl
Everitt '23, Isabella Horn Klick '34, Will-
iam S. Clark '48. Nevin C. T. Shaffer '49,
Margaret Ide Maguire '33.
Bill Clark was unanimously elected
chairman cf the planning committee and
Erma Stahl Everitt Secretary-Ti-easurer.
Plans were made to hold the first meet-
ing on Friday evening, October 11, at the
Lehigh Valley Club 1544 Hamilton St„
Allentown at 7:30 p.m. President and
Mrs. G. Morris Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde R. Spitzner will be the guests of
the newly activated club. Dr. Smith will
deliver the main address and Clyde
Spitzner will bring a message from the
General Alumni Association.
A program committee is working on
details for the evening's entertainment.
At this first meeting of the club tempor-
ary officers will be elected, and a Con-
stitution and By-laws committee will be
appointed so that arrangements and plans
can be made far effecting a permanent
crgainzation.
Some thirty-five graduates in the area
have signified their interest in attending.
Current Contributions
To Loyalty Fund Twice
Last Year's Receipts
Last year, Susquehanna's Alumni Loy-
alty Fund totaled $2,726.76. with 183 con-
tributors. With less than $1,000 contri-
buted the year before, officers of the
Association are confident the total will
continue to increase to the point where
the alumni will take pride in its financial
support of their alma mater.
Included in the above amount are not
the many contributions in support of
district club projects.
This year there has been an enthusiastic
response to the letter sent out in early
September by President Clyde Spitzner.
List of early 1954-55 contributors
follows:
1S<)1— B. Mende Wagenseller
183<)— .J D. Bogar. Jr.
1902— D. B. MoKst
190''— Sara Snyder Walter
1908— Bertha Hough Federlin
Dr. George F. Dunkelberger
1914 — Mary Mower,v Zak
1915— N. A. Danowsky
1917— Herbert S. Rausch
1919- Rey. Willard D. Allbeck
1921— Dr. O, H. Aurand
M. P. Moller. Jr.
1924— Alyin W. Carpenter
1925— Dr. N. R, Banner
1926— Lee Boyer
W. Alfred Streamer
1927— Emily Craig
1928— Sister Dorothy Gotf
^'izabeth .Stong Eichelberger
Mary Farlling
1931— Rey. Paul W. Hartllne
S. Walter Foulkrod
1932— Thelma Crebs
Dr. Andrew V. Kozak
Rey. Lewis R. Fox
1933 — I. Donald Steele
Martha A. Fisher
1934— Rey. E. M. Clapper
1935— Dr. John F. Hanna
1936— Eugene D. Mitchell
1937— Walter S. VanPo.yck
1938 — Rey. Karl E. Kniseley
Mary Heim Dayey. Jr.
1941 — Margaret Dunkle Kniseley
1943 — Lawrence Isaacs
Anita Bashore Rotli
1944 — Catherine Byrod Whitman
1945 — Natalie Kresge Isaacs
Mary Moyer Bringman
1946— Marie Klick Hodick
1947 — Virginia Hallock Damiencki
1948— Rey. Augustus Tietbohl
Rey, Dale Bringman
1949— Columbus and Mrs. (Ella Fetherolfi Raup
Joyce Bell
Jean Blecher Berninger
Evan and Mrs. (Frances Lybargen Zlock
1952— Charles Bomboy
Lynne Light foot
Patricia F. Heathcote
1953— Ens. Marvel Cowling
HONORARY
Dr. Amos A. Stagg, Sr.
Bertiia Hein
William W. Tomlin.'ion
Homecoming _ Saturday, November IBth, 1954
Entered as .second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24. 1912. Published
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SEPTEMBER, 1954
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Alumni Office Seeking
Information on "Lost"
Alumni for Directory
During the summer the alumni ofBce
worked hard to get the alumni records
up to date and prepared listings for the
printer. Bids were received and most of
the copy is ready t3 be put into his hands.
The job is bigger than at first expected.
Many alumni have failed to keep the office
informed of their current addresses. We
are listing herewith the names in our
"lost" alumni files and urgently request
anyone knowing of their whereabouts to
write us immediately.
Adams. William: Ahlbrandt. Harry J.: Almeda.
Joseph M. : Ambicki. John; Anne. Mrs. George;
Ash, Edith (Mrs. P. D. Wright i .
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Baer. Charles E. ; Bair. Jesse D.; Baker. Paul
N,: Barb. Henry K.; Barret, Mrs. H, S. iTheodora
Rodgersi : Battersby. Louis H.; Bauder. Mrs.
Mabel J.; Bauder. Martin; Bavitz. Frank J.;
Beaver. Paul R.; Bell, Harried M.; Bell. Her-
bert N. : Bowen. George T.; Burrell. Mrs. K.
iKalherine Fochti; Bieber. B. F.; Bier. Cath-
erine S.; Billow. Creston R. ; Biltz. Frederick
W,; Bingaman, Reno E.; Bohn. Mrs. J. D.
(Anna M. Moyeri ; Booth. G. Robert; Botdorf.
Jennie; Boush. Lucille C; Bower. Marjorie J.;
Bo'.ves. Leroy N,; Boyer. Mrs. C. (Beulah M. E.
Rathfoni; Boyer, Mabel; Brennaman. Hilda M.;
Brooks. Mrs. H. V. (Helen J. Harris! ; Brosius.
Buela E. iMrs. H. C. Fisher i ; Brown, A. M.;
Brown. Harrison; Buckley. Sara E. (Mrs. R. T.
Ra>niond!; Burrel. Mrs. K. (Katherine Pochtl;
Bush. L A.; Butler. Mary E.
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Carmer, Carl: Cartwright. Albert S.; Chick
Amelia M.: Clark. Max C; Clark. Mrs. M. C.
(Mildred Patterson i; Clark. Andrew, A. Jr.
Cleaver, Mrs. J. P. (Paulien E. Walkeri ; Clifford.
Fra;icis A.; Cochrane. J. D'onald; Cole. Edith
G.; Conrad. Harry F.; Conway. Mrs. J. J. Jr.,
(Muriel A. Phillips! ; Coren, David; Crouse. Harrs
J.; Grouser. Wm, E.; Cupper. Carrie A.
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Daniel. Olive M.; Darsie. Mrs. J. H. (Marian
Kimmeli; Davies, Harriet P.; Dean. Elizabeth;
Delay. John F. : Dewire, Beatrice (Mrs. G. E.
Moser! ; Dieffenbach. Earl G.; Dillon. Rita;
E'l.xon. Jesse G.; Donnell. Robert P.; Dornsife.
Mrs. R. (Margaret William! ; Dornsife. Robert;
Dougherty, W. J.; Dunwoody. Florence M. ;
Dwinchich, Chester C.
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Easterbiook. Arthur M.; Eichman. Clarence
B.; Elsenhuth. Mrs. Carl; Elbright. Mrs. H. L.
(Regina Mertz!; Ely. J. R.; Ertley. David; Evans,
Charles B.; Evans. Sara H.
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Pahricger. Harry: Feitusch, Henry p.; Feld.
Carl W.; Fisher, Mrs. H. C. (Buela E. Brosius!;
Focht, Katherine (Mrs. Katherine BurrellJ ;
Folk. Roy J.; Prior. W. E.; Fuge, Wilfred W.;
Fullmer. Hannan E.
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Garvey. Mrs. L, A. (Anna E. Hoffman!; Gaul.
Joseph P.; Gavin. Anna J.; Ga.vior. William M.;
Geiser, K. Irene; Gemberling. Harry A.; George.
D. R.; Gilbert. Raymond O.; Giles. Leafy P.;
Gunszberger, Aaron S.; Glou, Alice P.; Gor-
man. Edward T.; Grady. Joseph A.; Gray, Mrs
James E.; Green, Bert M. ; Griffiths, William;
Grossman. M. Luther; Gundrum. Charles.
Alumni Office Seeking on Page 6
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Oct. 2— Ursinus H
Oct. 9 — Swarthmore A
Oct. 16 — National Aggies H
( Parents' Day)
Oct. 30 — Juniata H
Nov. 6 — Wagner A
Nov. 13 — Haverford H
(Homecoming)
1939 CLASS REUNION
Although the alumni office is not
in receipt of new developments, plans
have been made for a Reunion of the
class of 1939 to be held on the campus
HOMECOMING, November 13. Mem-
bers who have not yet done so, should
contact
FRANK LAUDENSLAYER
126 Fairview St., Hyde Villa,
Reading, Pa
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176 Freshmen Among
194 New Students on
Hand as Classes Start
Opening the 97th year with a freshman
class that far exceeded the hopes of the
administration, classes on the campus got
under way September 20 after five days of
orientation for new students who were
warmly welcomed into Susquehanna's
family.
With a goal of 150 set for this year's
Centennial class, the final count stood at
176. Over and above this number 12
transfer students have enrolled, and six
former Susquehanna students have re-
turned, of whom several have seen mili-
tary service. The number of new students
on the campus, therefore, comes to 194
almost half of our total student body.
Once again the alumni can take a bow
for efforts in the direction of student re-
cruiting. Close to half of our freshman
came to Susquehanna through the in-
fluence of some former student.
Special speaker at this year's Convo-
cation was Malcolm E. Musser, dean of
men at Bucknell University. A coach
and student of physical education for
many years. Dean Musser enlivened his
address with many stories from the foot-
ball world. Speaking on the subject
"What is the Purpose of Education", he
said, "The example of Jesus, advancing
in wisdom, in stature and in favor with
God and man, is the best answer."
FYeshman orientation this year under
the able leadership of Rose Marie Shar-
retts, senior student of Bloomsburg, went
off with a bang. Starting with a party in
the gymnasium, both men and women
students had several days of so much
fun and fellowship that classes Monday
morning were a restful relief.
During the first week. President and
Mrs. Smith held receptions in their home
on several occasions to both faculty and
student groups. These receptions have
become something of a tradition at Sus-
quehanna and have an important part
in the early spirit of warmth and friend-
liness that pervades the campus.
President Smith Says
Next Four Years Vital
In College's History
"The time is ripe for a more penetrating
analysis of the aims and objectives of the
university." Thus wrote our Middle States
evaluators. What did they mean? Was
it not that a college must have a carefully
thought out plan for the years ahead, in-
volving its overmastering purpose, the
kind of college it wants to be, the curric-
ula it offers, the size of its enrollment,
the kind of students it desires to have,
the type of faculty it would maintain, and
the spirit and tradition it wants to
promulgate.
Like a boat without compass and
steering gear a college may easily drift
with the tide. In so doing it may admit
more students than it has the facilities
to educate, allow vocational currilcula to
overbalance liberal arts, admit students
incapable of profiting by its courses,
keep them too long for their own good and
the schorlarly morale of the college. It
is against casualnes.s — thoughtless, topsy-
turvey development that the committee
warns.
The size of a new building will be
governed by the enrollment envisaged; the
number of students admitted to each
curriculum will depend upon the main
curricular purpose of the college; the re-
quirements for admission will be determ-
ined by the intellectual tempo of the in-
stitution; the quality of the faculty will
be affected by the academic standards of
the college as well as by the moral and
spiritual purpose. The several elements
of a college must be kept in balance by
the purpose it has.
Writes the accrediting commission:
"The next four years is the time to out-
line plans and lay foundations to realize
the ideal. It is clear that Susquehanna
University has much that is real and fine
to idealize. The task is no light one to
discover and maintain its long range
value and ideals among the strains and
stresses of this somewhat complicated
one-world. It will require the united,
well-directed efforts of all its suptjorters
— trustees, faculty and staff, alumni and
alumnae, students and their parents, as
well as the United Lutheran Church in
America, the Central Pennsylvania Synod,
and other friends and well wishers to
start the second century on a basis worthy
of the first."
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PLAN NOW
for
HOMECOMING
NOVEMBER 13
POUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEPTEMBER, 1954
. Susquehdnnans on Parade -
'AO <^*'^'''^* •*• '*"''' ^^^ recently been
[jLd elected president of the Buffalo
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Valley Telephone Company, Lewisburg.
Mr. Ruhl has long been one of Union
County's most prominent citizens.
Dr. Paul M. Kinpcrts has resigned
his pastorate in Charleston. S. C
where for 10 years he served as past:r cf
the largest Lutheran congregation in the
South, and is now a Mission Developer
in the Florida Syncd. He has also just
completed a two-year term as chairman
of the board of Trustees of Newberry
College. Mrs. Kinports is Keath Anna
Shields x'14.
Dr. Eugene T. Adams, director of
the division cf philosophy and reli-
gion at Colgate University, has been ap-
pointed dean of the faculty. Dr. Adams
joined the Colgate faculty in 1931.
Rev. George N. Young has been ap-
pointed chaplain at the Danville
State Hospital. For the past three months
he has served as an instructor in clini-
cal pastoral training courses at St. Luke's
Hospital. N. Y. C.
Rev. Russell T. Shilling, long-time
pastor of the Davidsville Lutheran
Church, has resigned to accept a pastor-
ate in Hanover, Pa. Aside from the acti-
vities of his parish. Pastor Shilling is
associated with the Reserve Corps of the
Chaplains, in the capacity cf Major. Mrs,
Shilling is Flora Ellmore x'33. and their
two sons. Fred and Stanley are presently
attending Susquehanna.
JOfl Dr. Andrew V. Kozak, Concord
OLi state Teachers College, Athens, W.
Va... in a featured article in a recent issue
of "Trained Men", de.scribes his new
method of teaching mathematics under
the title "Kalgometrics — Faster Progress
in Math".
J(\r' John F. Hanna, member cf the
OJ faculty of the State College High
School and head baseball coach, received
his Ed.D. in August at Pennsylvania State
University.
Hazel Naugle received her Ed.D. in June
from New York University. Dr. Naugle
left July 14 for Southern India where
she will resume her work as a Lutheran
educational missionary at Bhimavaram.
As Director cf Christian Education at
Andhra, she will serve churches with a
total Lutheran congregation cf 240,000.
Albert Rubis has been elected principal
of the Johnstown High School.
Erie I. Shobert II at a Seminar on
Electrical Contacts, held in State College
this summer and attended by 170 scien-
tists and engineers from research labora-
tories and universities all over the coun-
try, was cne of the principal lecttu-ers.
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B. Henrj- Shafer has accepted the
position cf principal in the Senior
High School in Wyomi.ssing. Mr. Shafer
received his MA from Columbia in 1941
and for the past 15 years has been on the
faculty cf the Hanover Senior High
School.
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OO cipal figure in a featured article
illustrated in a recent issue of "The
Lutheran" concerning the value of reli-
gion within industry. The article dis-
cussed a "meditation program" within in-
dustries of Latrobe, Pa. and was spon-
sored by 16 Protestant and Catholic
churches. Rev. and Mrs. i Margaret
Dunkle x'41t Knisely have recently moved
to Glendale, California.
Rev. Jchn Gensel, of Piketon, Ohio,
was featured in a story in the
August 16 issue of "Life" magazine under
the title "Faith Moves With Worshippers".
Accompanied by two pages cf pictures,
the story describes Pastor Gensel's work
with migrant workers at the site cf a huge
uranium processing plant being built by
the government.
Dr. Jchn A. Leam was recently appoint-
ed pathologist at the Community Hospital,
Sunbury after having completed a three-
year fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.
Cleveland. Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. i Eleanor
Croft '39) will reside in Northumberland,
Pa.
) i -J Donald L. Fcrd has recently been
^J. been appointed General Agent of
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Company which includes southwestern
Pennsylvania e.nd seven counties in Ohio
and West Virginia. He will reside in
Greensburg. Pa.
Eugene DeBarr, Jr. has been ap-
pointed a member of a psychiatric
team in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He has
been working for the past year, while
studying at Northwestern University, as
instructor and vocational counselor with
veterans in Ohio and in his new position
W'ill wcrk primarily with children and
adolescents.
^ An Jean L. Huver has recently been
T I appointed organist and choir di-
rector of AUentown's Calvary Moravian
Church. Jean is an elementary teacher
at the Jefferson School and as a talented
cellist plays with the Lehigh Valley Sym-
phcnette.
' /I 0 ^^^'- Augustus V. Tietbohl has ac-
^0 cepted a new charge in Nanticokt'
Pa. Pastor Tietbohl previously had served
a pastorate in Philadelphia.
Stanley H. Mummey recently ac-
cepted the position of teacher of
music in the Muncy High School. Stan
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and Mrs. (Hope Spicer '46) will reside
at 213 South Main Street, Muncy.
Richard E. Acciavatti after having
received his B.S. and M.S. in
Psychology and Guidance at Pennsyl-
vania State University has accepted a
position as Direct:r of Rehabilitation at
the Cresson Sanatorium, Cres;:n, Pa.
James C. Gehris has received his M.D.
from Hahnemann and he and Mrs.
(Martha Martin '51), with their son John,
will reside in Reading where Dr. Gehris
will serve hi.5 internship at the Reading
Hospital.
Marianne Fague who recently was
commissioned a Lutheran mission-
ary at services held at St. Stephen's
Lutheran Church, Lancaster, will enter
the mission field in British Guiana, S. A.
Mrs. Joy M. Sheaffer ijoy McCahan)
who for the past three years has taught
music at the Laurelton State Village, re-
cently accepted a position as teacher of
music in the East Juniata High School.
John E. Diehl during the past sum-
mer received his M.S. in agricul-
tural and biological chemistry. Mrs. Diehl
is Maxine Chambers '52.
Kenneth A. Lenker who received his
discharge from the Army in July will be
associated with the Providence Mutual
Life Insurance Company. Philadelphia.
Jacquelyn McKeever has had several
successful roles in the summer theatre
appearing in the Paper Mill Playhouse.fi
Millburn, N. J. She has had leading roles
in two productions, "Carmen" and "Okla-
homa." After gi-aduating from Susque-
hanna she studied at Julliard and taught
music in the public schools of Livingston,
N. J., where she produced a music festival
with a cast cf 1,500 children.
Ned M. Arbogast, teaching at Mid-
dleburg High School; Henry R
Albright, Jr., student University of Penn-
sylvania Law School; George B, Backer,
student Hahnemann Medical College,
Philadelphia; Kenneth H. Bothwell, per-
sonnel trainee, Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
Plainfield, N. J.; Mrs. (Carolyn Lucas)
Robert Bnyer, teaching Penn Hall, Cham-
ber-burg, Pa.; Kay G. Campbell, teacher-
coach. Jersey Shore High School; Jane
K. Cline, teaching. Red Bank. N. J.;
Reed L. Detar, student. University of
Penn.syvania; Marilyn J. Fetterolf, Johns-
town Bank & Tru.st Co.; Edward Flowers,
Ft. Jackson, S. C; Roy A. Poor. Everett
Hardwood Lumber Co., Everett, Pa.; Mrs.
I Nora Steinhards) Galins. student, Mass.
Memorial Hospital. Boston, Mass.; Joyce
K. Gilbert, teaching in Jer.sey Shore High
School; John Gass, Retail Credit Co.,
Shamokin; Wallace Gordon, G. & G.
Realty Co., Scranton; Patricia A. Hess,
Secretary, Jefferson Hospital, Philadel-
phia; Marilyn J. Huyett, Technical Assist-
ant, Bell Telephone Co. Laboratories. Al-
Susquehannans on Parade on Page 8
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SEPTEMBER, 1954
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
JUNIOR CO-EDS and CRUSADERS
Amig — daughter Lee, born en June 24
tD Lola Robinson '50 and Donald J.
Amig, Harrisburg. This is the Amig's
first child.
Cady — Ruth Sidney, born July 19 to
Dorothy Haffner '41 and Lawrence
Cady '42. Mr. and Mrs. Cady reside in
Barstow. California.
Downers — Michael Wayne, born to Mar-
garet Walter '45 and William Downers
July 19, in Bethpage, N. Y.
Grund — Gretchen Lyn. born on May 8 to
Lcis Seyhrecht x49 and Charles Grund
'50 of Reading. The Grunds have one
other child, Gregory.
Hains — daughter Shelly Ann, born August
•12 to Fioris Guyer '50 and Herbert Hains
'51 cf Livingston. N. J. Shelly Ann is
the second daughter to Mr. and Mrs.
Hains.
Outerbridge— son Peter Burchell. b:rn to
Margaret Latta '49 and Warren Outer-
bridge '49 on May 28. Rev. and Mrs.
Outerbridge reside in South Wales,
England.
Riegel — Susan Lynne, born May 20 to Dr.
'47 and Mrs. George E. Riegel cf Se-
wickley. The Riegels have one other
child. Beth.
Saler— Philip Roy, July 31, in Tcnawanda,
N. Y. born to Barbara Lease '50 and
Merle Saler. Their daughter, Jane
Ellen, is two years old.
Luther League Convention on Campus
Pictured above is cne of several work shops held during the Central Pennsylvania
Luther League Conference which met on campus July 21-23. Leader of above mission
work shop was Mrs. Smith, wife of P>resident G. Morris Smith, shown at the left. Nancy
Bumbarger, Somerset, member cf this year's freshman class, is on the extreme right.
Smith— Elizabeth Leigh, born August 15
to Rev. '44 and Mrs. George M. Smith
cf Strasburg, 'Va.
Shcemaker — Mark Richard, born Septem-
ber 1 to Joan Bates '53 and Donald
Shoemaker "51. The Shoemakers reside
in Pittsburgh.
Young — Laurie Ann, b:rn September 6. to
Mr. '54 and Mrs. Richard Young of
Northumberland. The daughter is their
first child.
Bomboy — James Ru.ssell, July 15, to Rev.
and Mrs. (Betty Smith) Bomboy '48, at
Stoystown, Pa.
Necrology
Dr. William W. Bonney, '27, physician
in Perkasie for the past 19 years, died at
his home on August 27 at the age of 49.
He had served on the staffs of Grand
View Hospital and Quakertown Commu-
nity Hospital. He also was a member of
the Board of Education cf the Sellers-
ville-Perkasie school system and was
physician for the Perkasie Board of
Health. He is survived by his wife, and
one son.
Luther D. Grossman, '16, former Direc-
tor cf Physical Education at Susquehanna
and well-known in recent years as Super-
intendent cf the Tressler Lutheran Home
for Children at Lcysville, Penna.. died
unexpectedly on August 10.
At Susquehanna, from 1927 to 1935, he
.served his alma mater as Director of
Physical Education and Alumni Secretary.
Surviving are his widow, a daughter
Mrs. Robert Starr of Philadelphia, and
a son John G. of Washington, Penna.
Piummer P. Williamson, '18. died in
May at his home in Davidsville, Penna.
He had been engaged for many years as
an insurance agent and was secretary-
treasurer of the Conemaugh "Valley Mutual
Fire Insurance Co. Three of Mr. William-
son's daughters are graduates of Susque-
hanna—Mrs. Robert Kelly (Ruth '36 1,
Mrs. John Adams (Dorothy '43) and Mrs.
John Matthews (Evelyn '43), and his son-
in-law. Dr. John W. Matthew, '41.
Gecrge W. Cassler '20, assistant super-
intendent cf Allegheny County Schools
since 1943, was stricken fatally by a heart
attack September 22 at his home in Cora-
opclis. His only immediate sm'vivor is
his widow. Christine Schoch '19. Mr.
Cassler for many years had been active in
the General Alumni association and from
1948 to 1951 was its president.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEPTEMBER, 1954
meet the bride and bridegroom
Alumni Office Seeking from Page 3
ELIZABETH REESE 41 became the
bride of Ned McGhee July 12 in the Grove
Avenue Methodist Church. Johnstown.
Beth Mr. and Mrs. McGhee are members
of the Ferndale High School faculty. They
will reside at 1641 Franklin Street. Johns-
town.
CATHERINE J. BYROD '44 this past
summer became the bride of Clayton K.
Whitman. The ceremony was performed
in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Steelton. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Whitman are re-
siding at 335 Pine Street, Steelton.
JOANN HORT '50 became the bride of
Charles W. L. Moyer in a ceremony per-
formed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Richart early in August. Mr. Moyer is
an insurance agent with an office in Lans-
dale where the couple will reside.
September 11 GERALD E. MOORHEAD
"51. pastor of Liberty Valley Lutheran
Church, married Betty G. Winey. daugh-
ter of Rine G. Winey '13, in Trinity Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church. Selinsgrdve. Dr.
Percy M. Linebaugh presented traditional
wedding music and Reverend Paul Haffly
'5j and Rine G. Winey. Jr. '46 were ushers.
Pastor and Mrs. Moorhead will reside in
Liberty.
ROBERT R. PATTERSON 51 and
Barbara A. BaiTy were married June 26
at the home of the bride in Germantown.
Mrs. Patterson is serving as professor of
pediatrics at the University of Pennsyl-
vania and Mr. Patterson is associated
with Yale and Towne. Philadelphia.
Wilma R. Shephard and RICHARD
K. JONES '52 were united in marriage
this summer in Waldens Methodist
Church. Stapleton. Mr. Jones at present
is stationed with the U. S. Army. Camp
Gordon. Ga. and Mrs. Jones is engaged in
the teaching profession.
JANET L. WINGERT '52 and Dale W.
Yetter were married recently in the First
Baptist Church, Newark 'Valley. N. Y.
Maid of honor was Ethel McGrath '52 and
one of the bridesmaids was Lois Renfer
'52. Mr. and Mrs. Yetter will reside at
R. D. 2. Johnson City. N. Y.
BARB.1RA J. EASTON '52 became the
bride of Spurgeon S. Johns. Jr. on August
28 in the Moxham Lutheran Church,
Johnstown. Mr. Johns is stationed with
the Army at Camp Crowder, Mo. and Mrs.
Johns this fall will teach in Neosho. Mo.
MAXINE YOCUM '53 became the bride
recently of ROBERT T. SHADE '54. Bob
will enter Seminary this fall.
NORA STEINHARDS '54. so the alumni
office has learned, is now Mrs. Galins and
is residing at 54 Paul Gore St.. Jamaica
Plains. Mass. Mrs. Galins is a student at
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston.
PHILIP CRAWFORD 53 and FRANCES
DRUMM '54 were married June 15 in the
Berwick Baptist chuixh. Mrs. Crawford
will continue as supervisor of vocal in-
struction at Laurelton State Village while
Phil is stationed with the Army at Fort
Leonard Wood. Mo.
CAROLYN R. LUCAS '54 became the
bride of Robert D. Boyer recently in
the Second Lutheran Church. Chambers-
burg. The Rev. Paul B. Lucas '28. father
of the bride, performed the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyer will reside at 226
East Washington Street. Chambersburg.
R. JOAN DIGGAN '54 became the bride
of HERBERT N. KRAUSS '54 in June
Herb is stationed with the Army at Fort
Jackson. S. C. and Joan will continue to
reside at their residence. 337 Smyser
Street. York.
MARGARET J. HULTS '54 and
ARTHUR K. OLSON '53 were married
June 26 and are residing at 137 North
Walnut Street. East Orange. N. J.
JOANN D. MOSHOLDER '54 became
the bride of Prank R. Layman recently
and is now living at 735 East 1st Place.
Mesa. Arizona where Joann is teaching.
MERRILL W. SHAFER '51 and Elena
Camilli were married on August 28 at the
First Congretational Church. Pittsfield.
Mass. Mrs. Nelda Shafer Davis '51 was
one of the bridesmaids. The couple is
residing at 2C0 Bradley Avenue, State
College. Pa.
3 New Faculty Members
Join University Staff
Three new faculty members are on the
campus for the first time — Dr. Jane F.
Barlow, teacher of Latin and Greek, Dr.
Lyder L. Unstad, who will teach courses
in Business Administration, and Miss
Prances A. Rhoads, instructor of physical
education for women.
Dr. Barlow is a graduate of Smith Col-
lege and received her Ph.D. from Johns
Hopkins University. She has come to
Susquehanna from Moravian Seminary
for girls
Dr. Unstad has been professor of Eco-
nomics at Thiel College. He is a graduate
of Concordia and received his Ph.D. from
Ohio State University.
Miss Rhoads in June received her de-
gree from the Sargent School of Physi-
cal Education, Boston, and is a graduate
of Shamokin high school.
Mr. Robert L. Amy on leave of absence
last year to complete his doctorate, has
returned to Susquehanna and will con-
tinue his teaching in the Science Depart-
ment.
H
Hafer. Mrs. Mary L.: Hall. James W.; Hall,
Elizabeth iMrs, James Neideighi; Handford,
Hui!h: Harrington. Mrs. Henry <Gladice E. Sig-
worlhi: Hauke. Paul L; Heim. W. W.; Hennig,
Clillord B.; Henninger. Essie V,; Herbster. Artie
G.: Hettig, Stewart B,; Heurich, Mrs. Charles
lAlma C. Thompsoni; Hilbish. William B.;
HotTman. Anna E. (Mrs. Leo A, Garveyi; Hogue.
Mrs. Ricliard W. Jr. iLeone E. Holtzapplei ; Hoke.
Myrtle M.; Houseliolder. John; Holthusen, A.
H.; Huang. Lo; Hubbard. Merle E ; Hudkins,
Winfield S.: Hurst. Clarence A,
I
Imboden. Harry M.; Imler. John; Iiikrote. E.
Jones. Sylvanus; Jones, Edward H.: Johnson,
Hannah M. : Kallir. Rosemary iMrs. Richard
Levii; Keebler. Oscar S.; Keil. Henry J.; Keller.
John W.; Kemp. Benjamin B.; Kerstetter. Frank
L.; Ketner. Mrs. John; Kimmel. Marian iMrs.
James H. Darsiei; Klaehn, O. C. D.; Klick,
Marvin W.; Kline-Gearhart. Minnie L,; Kloss.
Knight. George D.; Kosuhowski. Mrs.
A. ilsabelle M, Moritzi; Kuster. Cloyd
Charles;
Stanley
E.
Lahr.
Jervis;
Satzleri
Maude E.
William B.; Lauver. Guy C; Lawrence,
Leadmon. Mrs, Harry D. "Faye A.
Lisinski. John L.; Long. Ray K.; Lucas,
iMrs. E. E. Owensi; Lvtcr. Ruth.
Mc
McCarrell, Mrs. J. C. iJennie Scharfl; Mc-
Groarty. Frank P.; McKeehan. M. Catherine
I Mrs. Robert N. Smith i.
M
Machette. Grace; Maddox. Mrs. Ruth W. iRuth
N. Wrayi; Magee. Leila H.; Martens. Mrs. Mary;
Martin, Mrs. Mabel (Mabel J. Bauderi; Martin,
Milton; Meals, G. W.; Meals. I. N.; Meehan,
Jacob H.; Mertz. Regina iMrs. H. L. Elbrightl;
Meyer, Albert C; Mifflin, Plummer; Miller. Floyd:
Milligan, Mrs. J, S. iShirley Reichi; Milton,
Frank; Moritz. Isabelle M. iMrs. Stanley A.
KosulliOwskii ; Morning, Kathryn L. iMrs. Kath-
ryn M. Meyers! ; Morrison, Mrs. J. H. iPearl B.
Keelei I ; Morrison. J. H.; Moser, George E.,:
Moser, Mrs. G. E. (Beatrice DeWirei; Myers.
Mrs. Kathryn M. iKathryn L. Morningi.
PICTURE CREDITS — cover, football
team and freshman girls with Dr. Gil-
bert done by Bill Davenport '53, Luther
League group done by Eugene Kolva '55.
Pre-EngineeringAdded
To College Curriculum
After two years of planning and conler-
ences, Susquehanna and the University of
Pennsylvania have established a joint
five-year curriculum enabling Susque-
hanna students to study engineering at
the University of Pennsylvania.
The new program was announced Sep-
tember 22 by President G. Morris Smith
and President Gaylor P. Harnwell of the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
By taking general studies for three
years at Susquehanna and engineering
for two years at Pennsylvania, a qualified
student can earn two degrees — bachelor
of arts from Susquehanna, and bachelor
of science in a particular field of engineer-
ing from Pennsylvania.
Under the plan, a student completing
his third year at Susquehanna would
transfer into the junior class at Penn-
sylvania, where he would study chemical,
civil, electrical, mechanical or metallurgi-
cal engineerng.
The program is intended to draw more
students into the engineering profession,
in which there is an acute shortage of
personnel, and to produce engineers with
broadened educational backgrounds.
First of Susquehanna's pre-engineers
are enrolled with this year's freshman
class.
SEPTEMBER. 1954
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
CRUSADERS' 1954 FOOTBALL ROSTER
Nunn. Haag, Chamberlain, Erdley, Anoia. Bell, Pos-
Susquehannas 1954 football squad includes: front row left to right
pisil. Gulick and Quick.
Second row left to right — Yeich, Purnell, DeSilva, BaUes, Coates, Wilson, Lewis, Milroy, Benham and Crescenzo.
Third row left to right — Bartholomew, Hendricks, Scully, Anthony, Schell, Garland, Shaffer, Keiser, McLain and Yerger.
Back row left to right — Young, Pittello, Stagg and Bartlow.
Not included in picture are Morgan, Grain, Thompson, and Orren.
Coach Stagg Foresees
Improvement in 1954
Record on Gridiron
Philosopher Coach Stagg said last year
"If the alumni will send us more men
students, by the law of averages our foot-
ball prospects will improve."
With the influx of so many new students
Coach Stagg was happy to find 20 fresh-
men joining his squad on Labor Day. To
be sure, five or six had no previous foot-
ball experience, but the Coach is always
glad to give anyone who is interested a
chance to make the team.
No college in our conference has been
harder hit insofar as returning letter-
men are concerned. Even though we
have had many lean years, we probably
never have had as few as 5 lettermen
return. Building the team around Jim
Anoia. Bruce Bell, Bob Chamberlain. Ken
Erdley and George Pospisil is one of the
challenging propositions in which Coach
Stagg has had plenty of experience.
Encouraging note is the return of
Charlie Bailes outstanding player of 49-
50 who has just returned from military
service. Hailing from Shamokin. Bailes
is experienced and will be of tremendous
help in the back field.
Other returning players are Charlie
Coates. 6'. 204 lb. senior from Bloomsburg;
Bob Gulick, fast half-back from Sunbury;
Don Haag. 147 lbs. of dynamite from
Susquehanna's Football Squad for 1954
NO.
NAME
POS.
AGE
HT.
WT.
HOME TOWN
CLASS
* 1
Anoia. Jim
E
21
5' 9"
188
Atlas, Pa.
Sr.
29
Anthony. John
E
17
6'
165
E. Stroudsburg, Pa.
Fr.
17
Bailes. Charles
QB
26
5' 7"
155
Shamokin. Pa.
Jr.
34
Bartholomew. Ron
FB
23
5' 6"
150
Sunbury. Pa.
Pr.
* 3
Bell. Bruce
G
25
6' 1"
175
Northumberland. Pa.
Jr.
10
Benham. Walter
G
22
5' 9"
180
Lansdowne. Pa.
Fr.
* 5
Chamberlain. Bob
T
19
5'11"
220
Six Mile Run. Pa.
Soph.
14
Coates. Charles
C
21
6'
204
Bloomsburg. Pa.
Sr.
65
Crain. Bill
HB
18
5'10"
150
So. Williamsport. Pa
Fr.
16
DeSUva. Lionel
T
20
6' 1"
185
St. Albans. N. Y.
Soph.
■' 2
Erdley. Ken
HB
21
5' 9"
145
Mifllinburg. Pa.
Sr.
44
Garland. Jim
E
17
6' 2"
165
Orange. N. J.
Fr.
7
Gulick. Bob
HB
19
5' 8"
160
Sunbury, Pa.
Jr.
9
Haag. Don
HB
21
5' 8"
147
Hughesville. Pa.
Sr.
32
Hendricks. John
E
23
6-
165
Sunbury. Pa.
Fr.
■^6
Keiser. James
C
18
5' 8"
135
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Fr.
12
Lewis. Bob
QB
18
5'10"
170
Selinsgrove. Pa.
Fr.
39
McLain. John
E
24
5'11"
160
Albany. N. Y.
Fr.
11
Milroy, Veryl
E
18
5'10"
170
West Milton. Pa.
Fr.
69
Morgan. Jim
T
18
6' 4"
230
Northumberland. Pa.
Fr.
15
Nunn. Peter
C
18
5'10"
182
Newark. New York
Soph.
37
Orren. George
HB
23
5' 9"
140
Milton, Pa.
Pi-.
- 4
Pospisil. George
FB
22
6'
188
Union. New Jersey
Soph.
31
Schell, John
G
18
5- 7"
160
Lykens. Pa.
Fr.
22
Scully, Joseph
T
22
5-10"
175
Westville. N. J.
Fi-.
27
Shaffer. Bill
G
18
5' 8"
150
Shamokin. Pa.
Fr.
28
Thompson. Gordon
E
18
5'11"
170
Dover. Pa.
Fr.
8
Wilson. Gerald
G
24
510"
190
Hawley. Pa.
Jr.
20
Yeich. John
T
24
6' 1"
180
Selinsgrove. Pa.
Jr.
30
Yerger. Bob
HB
18
5' 4"
130
Selinsgrove. Pa.
Fr.
18
Purnell. Richard
HB
18
5'10"
175
Ashland. Pa.
Fr.
6
Quick. Leonard
Letterman
E
24
5- 9"
175
Snow Shoe. Pa.
Soph.
Coaches— A. A. STAGG.JR
(Head)
BOB PITTELLO
RICH YOUNG
Manager— CHALMERS BARTLOW
Hughesville; Peter Nunn, promising cen-
ter from Newark, N. Y.: Jerry Wilson,
hard-working guard from Hawley. and
Leonard Quick, promising end from
Snow Shoe.
Assisting Coach Stagg this year is
Rich Young, former little All-American,
and Bob Pittello. well known and popu-
lar Crusader of the class of 1950. Young
is assisting with the backfield. and Pit-
tello. the line.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA .4LUMNUS
SEPTEMBER, 1954
Year's Program Listed
By Women's Auxiliary
The Womer.'s Auxiliary of Susquehanna
University is looking forward to another
year of fellowship and service in the
cause of Christian Higher Education.
As in the past, all Auxiliary Funds from
member.': hips and b:ok entries will be di-
rected to the centennial goal— The New
Music Building.
Anticipating another season of Sat-
urday afternoons in the pleasant tradi-
tion of the Auxiliary, the following pro-
gram offers interesting entertainment, tea
and conversation with old and new
friends, along with the satisfaction of
participating in a worthwhile project for
our alma mater.
October 9 — Pennsylvania Week Celebra-
tion Honoring Stephen Foster, Pennsyl-
vania's Own Composer.
November 6 — A Travelogue of Scandi-
navia by Miss Phoebe Herman; Music by
Conservatory Students.
December 11 — Program arranged by
Alpha Delta Pi.
January 8 — Program of Music by Stu-
dents cf Conservatory cf Music, arranged
by Dr. P. M. Linebaugh.
February 5 — Program by Susquehanna
Players, Axel Kleinsorg, director.
March 5 — Program of Music, presented
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Kilda Kolpin
POSTMASTER— Please
Entered at Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
notify if undelivered
Pest Office as Second Class Matter
by younger students of the Conserva-
tory, arranged by Miss Mary K. Potteiger.
April 2 — Selinsgrove Area Joint High
School Forensic Contestants, arranged
by Mrs. June Hoke.
May 14 — Annual Meeting, 10:30 A.M.;
8th Annual Luncheon; Program of Music
presented by Members of the Faculty of
the Conservatory; College May Day.
Susquehannans on Parade from Page 4
Students Welcomed to Campus
lentown; Harold N. Johnson, Price,
Waterhouse & Co., N. Y. C; Herbert
Krauss, Ft. Jackson. S. C; Janet L.
Laue, Republic Aircraft Corp., Farming-
dale, N. Y.; Mrs, (Joann Moshclder) Lay-
man, teaching. Mesa. Ariz.; Nancy Lepley,
voice teacher. MeConnellsburg Public
Schools; George Liddington, BoiTOUgh's
Adding Machine Co.; Stanley Manning,
Ft. Dix, N. J.; Irene F. Meerbach, teach-
ing. Beard School, Orange, N. J.; Ro-
bert C. Mickatavage, medical student.
Temple University; Irene Oldt, social
worker, Philadelphia State Hospital, Phil-
adelphia; Ruth E. Osborn, teacher. Wood-
bury. N. J. public schools; Dorothy M.
Sites, music supervisor, township schools,
Chambersburg; Todd Solomon, student.
N. Y. U.; Shirley A. Thompson, medical
student. Woman's Medical College of
Pennsylvania., Phila.; Walter Tkaczyk,
Ft. Jackson, S. C; Betty M. 'Vincent,
teaching music, public schools. Globe,
Arizona; Audrey M. Warnets, Department
cf Education, Harrisburg; Margaret Web-
ber, music teacher, Millersburg. Pa. pub-
lic school; Miriam E. Wick, teaching in
high school, Audubon. N. J. and Fred
Winckler, Jr., Ft. Dix, N. J.
Shown above with Dr. Russell A. Gilbert, professor of German, are freshman co-eds
Nancy Lockett. Moosic, Pa.; Linda Kilbourne, Irvington, N. J.; Sylvia Zendt, Coco-
lamus. Pa., and Doris Keener, Leek Kill, Pa.
FORMER FACULTY IN THE NEWS
Dr. Robert T. Howling, former instruc-
tor in English at Susquehanna, has been
awarded an assistant professorship at
the American University in Beiruit. Leb-
-anon. Mrs. Howling and their two chil-
ing and their two children. Robert 5, and
Karen 2'-, will accompany him on the
19-day boat trip to the Near East. I>r.
Howling received his Ph.D. from Penn-
sylvania State University on August 27.
Miss Frances Brunkhorst. former voice
teacher at Susquehanna, this summer
became the bride of the Rev. Randolph
Stewart Smith of Gulf Port, Louisiana.
Mrs. Smith will continue teaching voice
in the Gulf Port school where she has
been since resigning her position at Sus-
quehanna.
SUSQUEHANNA Ui^ffVERs/rv
>CUNSGROVE, PA.
DECEMBER, 1954
VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER II
Clnnstnias. Hl^'il
A Holy, Happy Season is at our doors. Its holi-
ness is absolute, and does not depend on'
anything we do. This quality would abide in it,
if we were all a generation of Scrooges. The holi-
ness of Christmas ! It is unchanging. A birth in
Bethlehem has forever transmuted the cold of a
winter's day into the warmth and music of a sum-
mer's noon. This is the holiness of Christmas.
But what of its happiness? Aye ! This gives
us pause. It is a relative thing, and depends on
us. Is this last quite true? No : Here is what we
mean. How happy our Christmas will be, will
depend on how much love we put into it. And I
cannot love but for His enkindling grace. "Every-
one," writes John, "that loveth is born of God."
And again, "'We love Him, because He first loved
us."
Act upon this message? Yes ! How? By wor-
shipping the Lord in the beauty of holiness with
prayer, praise, and thanksgiving.
■With grateful hearts, I hear the shepherds say:
and see this
come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us."
"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem
thing which ha,
Christmas is holy. I hope it will be happy too.
I know it will be the happiest time I have ever
had, if I will unlock my heart to the heavenly
gift in Christ Jesus.
My wish is, that every day in the new year
will be for you Christmas day in the secret of your
soul.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
DECEMBER, 1954
Alton J. Carman, '31. was fatally strick-
en with a heai-t attack while attending
a football game in Sunburj^ October 1.
He had been Principal of the Junior
High School and former athletic coach.
At Susquehanna he took an active part
in athletics and captained the Crusader
football team two years. In 1948 he re-
ceived his M.S. from Bucknell. He began
his teaching career in 1931 in Sunbury
and played a vital role in their commu-
nity's program of education. Sen'ing in
the European theatre during World War
II. after his discharge, he became prin-
cipal of theii- Junior High School. A
member of Bond ajid Key, he was active
in the American Legion and the Masonic
Order.
Beulah E. Johnson, 17. died at her home
in Bridgeton. N. J. in September. Mrs.
Johnson was well know for her civic in-
terests in Bridgeton. having served as
president of the Board of Trustees of
their Public Librarj'. She was also a
member of Bridgeton's Civic Club and
the Count}' Historical Society.
George B. Roush, who for 15 years was
custodian of buildings and fireman at
Susquehanna, died November 11 at his
home in Selinsgrove. He had retired in
July.
Dr. Edward A. Phillips. 17, prominent
dentist and sportsman was stricken with
a heart attack October 16 while shopping
with his wife (Marion Rose X'lSi in Sun-
buiy. Dr. Phillips was a native of Sel-
insgrove and after gi-aduating from Sus-
quehanna received his dental degree from
the University of Pittsburgh. He served
in World Wai' I, and while conducting
his practice in Milton was active in all
civic affairs. He was president of the
Milton Board of Education for many
years and it was mainly through liis
efforts that Milton now has one of the
finest stadiums in the state.
Archie Swanger, '23, became Cambria
County's second polio fatality of the sea-
son when he died October 7 in the Johns-
town Memorial Hospital. Mr. Swanger
had taught in the Johnstown schools for
10 years. He received his M.Ed, from
Penn State. Mr. Swanger's wife, Gladys
Bantly '27. died September 28, 1952.
The Reverend John E. Rme, '17. after
a brief illness, died in Danville. Pa. in
early September. He graduated from the
Seminary in 1920 and in 1927 received his
A.M. from S.U. In 1929 he also received
from his alma matar his B.D. He was a
member of Phi Mu Delta and the Clio
Literary Society. He had served in eight
parishes in Pennsylvania. New Jersey
and North Carolina, and upon retirement
early this year moved to Milton. Pa.,
where his wife and two children now re-
side.
Mrs. Jchn N. Greene, the former Mar-
guer te Yagel '33, died August 21 in Miff-
linburg. Pa. Mrs. Greene's home was at
1020 Bryant Street. N.E., Washington.
D.C. where her husband and son are at
present. After receiving her A.B. at Sus-
quehanna she received an A.B. in Library
Science from the University of Michigan.
Mrs. Greene was a public school teacher
from 1933 to 1946. Librari.in at Bucknell
University in 1947, and for a number of
years a member of the reference staff
of the Public Library in Washingrton.
PHILADELPHIAN IS HONORED
S. Walter Foulkrod, Jr., '32, promnient Philadelphia .Attorney is showTi above re-
ceiving from the Philadelphia District Alumni Club the annual "S-in-Life" award,
most coveted award given to alumni of the Philadelphia area. Making the presentation
is Dr. Harold Ditzler, '28. chairman of the awards committee, as Rev. James Diffen-
derfer, '38, President of the Philadelphia Club looks on.
Auxiliary Remembrance
Books Proving Popular
The novel remembrance books inaugu-
rated by the Women's Auxiliary seven
years ago have proved to be a popular
means of remembsring loved ones and
Alma Mater alike. Among Alumni, as well
as Auxiliary members, book entries are
increasingly turned to for memorials and
for commemorating a variety of occasions.
Every month finds added pages of "little
Crusaders" in picture and print in the
delightful Children's Book— resplendent
as Christmas itself in red leather binding.
It takes only $5 (or morei per child, to
record for all time, and for all to see
in the University library land in the new
Music Building later on) the name and
picture of each little one. Rememt)er to-
day's entries are tomorrow's college en-
trants! These children will enjoy the
bui'ding their entry has helped to build.
The Golden Book has brought in 41
pages at $100, of loving Memorials, Life
Membirships, and Golden Gifts. The
Blue Book. Leaves of Remembrance, re-
cords every conceivable expression of joy,
sympathy, honor, and cares for contri-
butions of from $5 to $50 per page. Everj^
entry is followed by an attractive hand-
lettned message to the recipient in keep-
in? with the occasion, and announcing a
gift by the donor toward the New Music
Building project.
The Women's Auxiliary thanks all of
the Alumni who have so enthusiastically
taken hold of its promotion plan toward
the new Conservatory. Keep the Books in
mind for 1955, will you?
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931. at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa.
four times a year by the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, in the mionths of
, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Published
September, December, March and June.
DECEMBER, 1954
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Large Crowd of Alumni on Hand for Successful
Homecoming Celebration; Reports Presented
Sets Record for Entries
Homecoming, thanks to a break in the
weather and thoughtful planning on the
part of Preston Smith '38. president of
the Willi-imsport District Alumni Club.
and his homecoming committee, brought
one cf the largest crowds to the campus
in recent yeai's. Following the traditional
Homecoming program with a few innova-
tions, alumni began to arrive Fi'iday af-
ternoon. Many remained through Sunday.
For the first time registration started
Friday afternoon and although early
lejistraticn was light, those who attended
the Pep Rally and Bon Fire enjoyed cider
and doughnuts in the Student Lounge
while students held an informal dance
for the benefit of those Alumni present.
Winner of residence decorations was
Seibert Hall.
For the fii'st time in a number of years
the freshman football team defeated the
sophomcres on Saturday morning. Alumni
were impressed withe fine spirit of this
year's "Centennial" freshman class.
At the semi-annual General Aliunni
Council meeting Saturday morning. Pi'esi-
dent Clyde R. Spitzner '37 presided, and
although most of the District Clubs were
represented, many Class representatives
were unable to attend.
President Spitzner gave a detailed re-
port of the progress made during the
past six months, congratulating the mem-
bers of the Lehigh Valley Club for their
recent activation.
Dr. G. Morris Smith had been Invited to
come to the council meeting to outline
plans for the Centennial. He stressed the
report of the Middle States Accrediting
Committee of May 5, 1954 winch stated
in part:
"In preparation for the 1958 celebra-
tion, support for the educational goals
of the college should have priority
over buildings: . . . that a Music
Building and an addition to the Li-
brary should await the conclusion of
a program to support scholarships,
faculty salaries, sabbatical leaves,
aides to research, publications, etc."
"This note," said I>r. Smith, "is struck
several times in the report. In the light
of this emphasis, our needs as suggested
by the Middle States report would appear
in this order: The Human Side $250,000;
to complete the Music Building $75,000
( 175,000 now en hand > ; the addition to
the Library $150,000; to increase capacity
of the Central Heating plant $25,000. This
would give us a total of $500,000.
"The Directors at their annual meet-
ing ton October 4," continued Dr. Smith,
"approved the recommendations of the
Special Committee on the Synodical Ap-
peal for the Centennial as follows:
Resolved that the Executive Commit-
tee together with the supplemental
members as part of the Executive
Committee prepare a plan to be
presented to the Executive Board of
Synod in January, and to the full
Synod next Spring, using their dis-
cretion in the method of preparing
the report and in arranging tor what-
ever help they feel is needed in its
preparation."
Dr. Smith made it clear that no defin-
ite plans could be announced until the
abcve mentioned Syiiod meeting next
Spring.
The chairman then presented a report
on student enrollment, congratulating
the alumni for their efforts in directing
to Susquehanna 176 who are now in the
Centennial class. Total enrollment is
404.
A report was also presented to the
Council covering plans for this yeai-'s
scholarship program. The trustees once
again approved eight competitive scholar-
ships t: be granted to freshmen entering
in September, who will qualify by taking
a competitive examination on the campus
April 23. These scholarships range in
value from $800 to $2000 for the four-
year period, and are available only to
Liberal Ai-ts students in residence.
The chali-man reported that the alumni
Directory was in the hands of the printer
and in all likelihood would be mailed to
the alumni early in 1955. AU known
alumni will receive a copy.
A vote of thanks was given to Pi-eston
Smith for serving as host for the day's
activities.
Raymond 'Rip' Garman '30 offered the
sei-vices of the Hanover- York District
Club to be host for next Spring's Alimini
Day.
Although the score of the afternoon's
football game with Haverford was disap-
pointing, it was encom-aging to note that
many alumni became aware of the ur-
gency of referring more athletes to theii'
Alma Mater.
Mcst important innovation of the day
was the general coffee horn-, sponsored by
all the sororities and fraternities and held
in Seibert Lounge after the football game.
It was estimated that 300 alumni attend-
ed this coffee hour.
Large attendances were also repwrted at
the fraternity banquets in the evening.
The Homecoming Dance at night drew
one of the largest crowds ever to attend
a dance at Susquehanna.
Dr. George E. Fisher holds the
record for Woman's Auxiliary book
entries, having memorialized his wife
in the Golden Book, presented a
Golden Gift himself entered three
grown grandchildren in the Leaves
of Remembrance, and in the Chil-
dren's Book, five grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren. A resident
of York, he is professor emeritus of
Susquehanna.
Dr. Smith Participates
In Fund-Raising- Drive
President G. Morris Smith recently
joined a team of thirty college Presidents
and Administrators of Pennsylvania in
soliciting gifts for the Foundation of In-
dependent Colleges, Inc.
From November 30 to December 3. the
team visited over 200 firms and industries
in the Philadelphia area, and spurred on
by a gift cf $41.0C0 to the foundation by
the United States Steel Corp., met with
an enthusiastic response.
There are forty independent non-tax
•suppcrted members of the Foundation, of
which Susquehanna is one. The financial
appeal extends from June 1 to June 1,
and the sum total gathered is pro-rated
back to the forty colleges on a fair and
equitable basis.
Former Susquehanna Man
Prisoner of Communists
Word has just been received in the
Alumni Office that Lt. John Buck, who
was a member of Susquehanna's 35th
College Training Detachment on cam-
pus from September 2, 1943 to January
14. 1944. is one of 11 American Prisoners
cf War now being held by Communist
China. Lt. Buck's home is in Armath-
waite, Temi.
POUK
THE SUSQVEHANNA ALUMNUS
DECEMBER, 1954
. Susquehannans on Parade .
jQ/> On their return from the ULCA
OU meetings in Toronto. Dr. and
Mrs. Smith visited Susquehaxma's oldest
alumnus — the Rev.
WilUam H. Harding
of Cicero, N . Y .
They had a very
pleasant visit with
Pastor and Mrs.
Harding who both
manifested a lively
HARDING u,terest in Susque-
hanna. Pastor Harding celebrated his 95th
birthday December 8.
J "I r'lra C. Gross was re-elected a mem-
XD ber of the executive committee
of the Pennsylvania State Grange at
their recent annual convention. Mr. Gross
retired Jime 1 from the Soutlimont
Schools, Johnstown, where he had been
supervising principal for 25 years. He now
resides in Beaver Springs, Pa.
'OA ^^^ ^^^' ^*'"'S^ ^- Harman has
^\J recently been appointed pastor
of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Johns-
town. Pastor Hai-man had formerly been
in Duncansville for 26 years. A member
of the ti-ustees of Susquehanna, Pastor
and Mrs. Harman (Lulu Fetterolf '18)
wil reside at 1348 Virginia Ave. Dr. Jo-
seph L. Hackenberg recently was accord-
ed the honor of a Silver Beaver Citation
from the Susquehanna Valley Council of
the Boy Scouts of America.
^e\n The Rev. L. J. Kaufman, New Cen-
^/^ terville, has been elected president
of the Somerset County Lutheran Pas-
toral Association. Other officers of this
association include the Rev. David E.
Bomboy '48. Stoystown, secretary, and
the Rev. HiUis G. Berkey '31, Rockwood,
member-at-large.
?f)Q L. O. Raymer, has been transfer-
^J red from the Chevrolet Division,
General Motors Corp.. Buffalo, N. Y. to
the Detroit Plant. Besides his regular
emplcymer.t, LjTuie is a part-time teacher
of mathematics at 'Wayne Univ. and is an
ordained Perpetual Deacon of the Epis-
copal Church.
Chet Rogowicz, teacher ajid faculty
manager of athletics at Potts-
ville High School was listed among the
outstanding personalities honored at the
dedication ceremonies of the new Sun-
bur>'. Pa. Memorial Stadium.
)fjn' The Central Pennsylvania Synod
^i of the Evangelical and Reformed
Church has elected as its president. Rev.
Bert E. Wynn. In accepting this office
Rev. W>'Tm has resigned his pastcxrate in
Bedford.
'24
'29
After serving with the Army two
and a half years in Japan, Chap-
lain Raymond O. Rhine is now stationed
at the Post Chapel, Ft. 'Wadsworth, N.Y.
Chaplain Rhine's recent letter to the
alumni office relates many experiences
in serving with our men of the armed
forces.
Dr. Andrew V. Kozak, Chairman,
Mathematics Dept.. Concord Col-
lege, has been elected into membership of
the American Educational Reseai'ch Asso-
ciation for his work in Kalgometi'ics.
For the first time since 1938, and
second in the history of the col-
lege. Bob Pritchard has swept to an un-
defeated football season with his WPI
Engir.eers. Since 1952. Bob lias dii'ected
all athletics at 'Worcester Poly. Inst.
Jesse Kemberling, in December.
added to his ah-eady expanded
restaurant business in Pennsylvania, the
fourth "Dutch Pantry", located at St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Returning from Springfield. Mo.
this month, following completion
of duties with the U.S. Public Health
Service. Di\ Joseph Greco will resume
private practice in Mt. Carmel.
J J rt The Rev, John D. Ickes has recently
^^ been appointed Executive Secre-
tary of the Bronx Division. The Pi-otest-
ant Council, City of N.Y. Ralph E. Wolf-
gang has received his M.S. in Music Edu-
cation at Ithaca College. N.Y.
J i A Elinor Jane Stilt, in June, received
^^ her M.S. in Music Education from
Ithaca Colege and is now teaching music
at the Junior High School, York, Pa.
-±U sui
Univ. (
facult\
'52
'32
'36
'39
'41
Elaine Williams, diu'ing the
summer Labcrafory School of the
Univ. of Wisccnsin. was a member of the
faculty of the Rer.d ng Clinic.
Portraying one of the leading roles
in the Buick Dynorama road shr.v
is Jacqueline McKeever. The Buick show
co\ering 7,000 miles throughout the U.S.
will have its final showing in the Capi-
tol Theatre, N.Y.C. James Morris assumed
the pastorate of the Ross Street Methodist
Church. Lancaster. November 15. Jim
win graduate from the Lancaster Theo-
logical Seminary in May.
.Alexander Oshirak has become as-
sociated with Montgomery 'Ward
& Co., Baltimore, as an employee super-
visor. Irene Oldt, on September 1. ac-
cepted a position at the Philadelphia
State Hospital as Junior Social Worker.
'54
Dr. LJnebaiig-h Improved
After 3-Week Illness
Friends of Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh will
be glad to learn that he is just waiting
for a break in the weather to return to
his duties as Director of the Conservator}',
after a three week period under his doc-
tor's care.
CALENDARS FOR SALE
A six page, sixe 9'j x 11' i inches,
turn-over date calendar has been es-
pecially prepared by the University
and is on sale in the Campus Book
Store. The face of this calendar is
adorned with photographs of the
campus.
Address orders to Susquehanna Uni-
ver.'ity, c/o "The Bock Store" Price
65c postpaid.
PIC TORIAL GLIMPSE OF HOMECOMING m^
Picture No. 1 — 15th Anniversary of class of '39. 1st row seated, left to right, Harold
Bollinger, Miriam Miller Fisher. Dr. Edward Sivick, Isabel Tekwe.sburg Lauden-
slayer, Frank Laudenslayer, and Jean Beamenderfer, 2nd row standing, Verna Gay-
man Baldwin, Alverna Reese Lorah, Mathilda Neudoerffer Powell. GeneWeve
Cluck Slegal, Louise E. West, Marjorie Curtis Hansen. 3rd row standing, Howard Bald-
win, Shirley Finkbeiner Stehlin, Gladys Wentzel Phillips, Eleanor Croft Learn, Har-
old Benion, and Robert Bastress.
Picture No. 2 — Homecoming Queen. Carlene Lamade and her court, 1. to r. Mary Ellen
Strauch, Carolann Zust, the Queen, and Charlotte Sandt,
Picture No. 3 — Coffee Hour in Seibert Lounge.
Picture No. 4 — "Centennial" class "Covered Wagon' in Homecoming parade.
Picture No. 5 — More of Homecoming parade with Queen and her court.
Picture No. 6 — Kappa Delta Float in parade.
Picture No. 7 — Phi Mu Delta decorations
Picture No. 8 — "Centennial" class 'Crusader' heading the parade.
Picture No. 9 — Susquehanna Band leading Friday night's parade through town.
Picture No. 10 — Queen being crowned at Saturday night's dance.
(All pictm-es taken by Gene Kolva, '56.)
1954
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
(Identification of Pictures Appears on Page Four)
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
DECEMBER, 1954
1954-55 Loyalty Fund
Contributions Gaining
With 120 c3ntributing. or approximately
4^t cf the total, our S.U. Aluaiini Loyalty
Fund for 1954-55 has not yet gained much
momentum. With 183 contributors last
year, we fully jxpect to double this figure
before July 1.
For purposes of income tax deductions,
alumni should send their contributions
before the end of the year, or at least date
their checks for 1954.
FoUcwing is the list of those who have
contributed to date:
1886 — Dr. George R. Ulrich
1891— B. Meade Wagenseller
1898— Alice Conner Fischer
1899— J. D. Bogar. Jr.
Luther C. Hassinger
1902— D B. Moist
1903 — Sara Snyder Walter
1904 — J. B. Bulick
1907— Charles M. Teufel
1908 — Bertha Hough Federlin
Dr. George Dunkelberger
1909— Rev. J. Bannen Swope
1912— Rev. H. R. Shipe
1914 — Mary Mowery Zak
1915— N. A. Danowsky
Aberdeen Phillips
1911- Herbert S. Rausch
Rev. Parle W. Huntington
1918 — Rc-lda Robb Hamilton
1919 — Rev. Willard Allbeck
1920 — Yvonne Everest Harmon
1921 — Dr. O. H. Aurand
Marie Romig Huntington
M. P. Moller. Jr.
Ruth Larue Thompson
1922 — Merle A. Beam
Ruth Bastian Richard
1923 — Cornelius Jarrett
1924 — Alvin Carpenter
Dr. Joseph C. McLain
Rachel Brubaker Whited
1925 — Dr. N. R. Benner
Rev. Harland D. Fague
1926— Lee E. Boyer
Dr. Barbara E. DeRemer
Sara Hassinger Fague
W. Alfred Streamer
1927 — Ruth Brubaker
Emily Craig
1928— Elizabeth Stong Eichelberger
Mary Farlling •
Marshall Fausold
Sister EJorothy Goff
Edward Herr
Betty Hauser Kinsel
1929 — Helen Simons Barrick
1930 — Rhea Miller Frantz
Simon B. Rhoads
1931— S. Walter Foulkrod
Frank C. Gill'
Paul M. Haines
Rev. Paul Hartline
1932 — Thelma Crebs
Rev. Lewis R. Fox
Dr. Andrew Kozak
1933 — Martha Fisher
M. A. Graykoskie
J. Donald Steele
Bruce and Mrs. (Marian Walborni Worth-
ington
1934 — Rev. E. M. Clapper
Martha Bodman Martz
1935— Ruth Bair Badger
Robert R. Clark
Dr. John F. Hanna
1936— Eugene D. Mitchell
1937 — Clyde and Mrs. i Helen Wcntzeli Spitzner
Walter S. VanPoyck
1938— Mary Heim Davey
Rev. Karl Kniselcy
1940— Rev. J. Leon Haines
Eunice Arentz Knupp
1941 — Margaret Dunkle Knlseley
1942— John Adams
1943— Dorothy Williamson Adams
Lawrence Isaacs
Anita Bashore Roth
1944 — Ray Schramm
Elinor J. Stitt
Catherine Byrod Whitman
1945— Mary Moyer Bringman
John Kocsis
Natalie Kresge Isaacs
1946- Jean Wheat Schramm
1947 — Virginia Hallock Dam'ienckl
Hilda Markley Kocsis
JUNIOR CO-EDS and CRUSADERS
.Addleman — Wajiie Edgar, July 7. to Mrs.
Harry V. Addleman, iCannen Beckwith
'46 > of Boalsburg, Pa.
Biddle — Page Heather, on September 22,
to Mi-s. Arden Biddle (Emily Leiby
x'47). of Green Street, Muncy. The
Biddies have a son. Branch.
Buehler — Scott David, born September 21
ts Paul '50 and Virginia Blough '50, of
Paupack. The Buehlers have a daugh-
ter, Stephanie.
Clark — a daughter Beverly Jean on Oc-
tober 7 to Mr. '48 and Mrs. William S.
Clark. Bill is Director of Development
at Cedar Crest CoUege, AUentown, and
president of the Lehigh 'Valley District
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
MARGARET WEBBER '54 and CAR-
ROLL MILLARD '56 became Mr. and Mrs.
on November 27 in the Presbyterian
Church, Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Mar-
garet is teaching music in the Millers-
burg, Pa. school while Can-oil continues
his education at S.U.
SUZANNA SNYDER, x'56 in early No-
vember became the bride of Erdman N.
Roof in First Church of God, New Cum-
berland, Pa. Thi-ee of the attendants were
sorority sisters of the bride, Betsy Shirk,
Gtnevieve Thomas and Charlotte Sandt.
Ml", and Mrs. Roof wiU reside in Santa
Ana, Calif. Mr. Roof serves with the
Marine Corps.
MARILYN BEERS '51 and JAMES B.
REILLY '49 became Ml', and Mrs. Octo-
ber 23, 1954 in East Oi'ange, N. J. Ethel
McGrath '52 was a bridesmaid and Ro-
bert Wohlsen '48 and Charles Morris '49
were ushers.
Ruth Williams Zeidler
1948— Rev. Dale Bringman
Betty Reisch Jones
Rev. Augustus V. Tietbohl
William P. Yancho
Frank A. Zeidler
1949 — Jean Blecher Berninger
Dr. and Mrs. iDoris Wanbaughl Goetz
Grace Lau Hawk
Ann Getsinger Roman
Charles A. Morris
Columbus and Mrs. I Ella Fetherolfi Raup
James B. Reilly
S. Elaine Williams
John H. Wright
Evan and Mrs. iFrances Lybargeri Zlock
1951— Shirley Young
1952 — Charles Bomboy
Patricia Heathcote
Cynddylan M. Jones
Lynne Lightfoot
Kenneth A. Lenker
Lois Renfer
1953— Ensign Marvel I. Cowling
1954 — Carolyn Lucas Boyer
Irene K. Oldt
HONORARY and FRIENDS
Dr. George H. Berkheimer
Alice Holman Giauque
Bertha Hein
Dr. Amos A, Stagg. Sr.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, Jr.
William W. Tomlinson
Roland P. Cook
Alhalia T. Kline
Mrs. Margaret J. Miller
Harry V. Elliott
Alumni Club.
Hawk— a daughter Joan Ellen on August
15 to Mrs. Gene W. Hawk, (Grace Lau
'491 of 121 South Main St., Spring
Grove, Pa.
Johns — Marilyn Gale, born September 14,
to Dr. R, J. '46 and Mi-s. iGayle Clark
'47) Johns. Daughter Nancy is two.
Dr. and Mrs. Johns reside in Millers-
town.
Linn — Perry, born to Mr. '52 and Mrs.
Dcnald Linn. Pen-y's sister, Suzanna
and Mr. and Mrs. Linn are residing in
Lewistown.
Owen — Peter Holmes, November 10, to
Mr. '39 and Mrs. Stephen Owen, II.
Stephen Owen, III, is two. The Owens
are residing at Heiinosa Beach, Calif.
Reitz — son, David Alan, bom October 7
to Ml-. '48 and Mrs. Daniel I. Reitz, Jr.,
of Lititz, Pa. David has three sisters.
Rhoads — Deborah 'Virginia, on September
28. to Reverend '30 and Mrs. (Virginia
Andrews x'34), Luke H. Rhoads. Dr.
and Mrs. Rhoads reside in HolUdays-
burg where Pastor Rhoads is Superin-
tendent of the Lutheran Home.
Sullivan — Wendy Kim, born July 15, to
Bill '35 and Mrs. SuUivan. Wendy has
two brothers, Keith and Kent. The
Sullivans are residing at 40 39th St.,
Hai-risburg, Pa.
Warner — Melodie Louise, born August 14,
to Mr. '45 and Mrs. John D. Warner of
Red Lion. This is the first child to the
Warners, who are owners of the Warner
Music House in Red Lion.
Williams — a son, Brian Harold. September
25 to Mi's. Eldon Williams i Doris Gum-
ble '501 cf Tafton. The Wilhams have
another child. Denise.
Wissinger — Scot.t Alan, on April 7, to Mrs.
(Flora Banihart '51) and Donald '50
Wissinger. The Wissingers reside on
West Philadelphia Street, York.
Wohlsen — a s:n, Robert Thompson, born
on September 10, to Robert '48 and
Mrs. (Elsie Thompson '47) Wohlsen.
The couple have another child, Gail.
Bob and Elsie are living in Franklin
Square on L.I., N.Y.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
15 — Ly ccming A
28 — National Aggies A
29— Drexel A
2— Lycoming H
5— Wilkes H
9 — Elizabethtown H
12 — Elizabetlitown A
14 — Bucknell A
18— Fi-ankhn & Marshall A
19 — Washington College H
21— Hartwick H
26 — Juniata A
i
DECEMBER, 1954
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
SUSQUEHANNA LUNCHEON HELD IN TORONTO
Standii s left tu right. Kev. Paul Lottich; unidentified
guest: Kev. John Gensel '40; Rev. Benjamin Lotz, Faculty;
Rev. John K. Knaul 39; Dr. WiUard Allbeck 19; Miss Cather-
ine Juram; Rev. Robert G. Sander '40; Kev. Edwin M. Clapper
'34; Mrs. John R. Knaul; Mrs. G. Morris Smith; Mrs. Ray-
mond E. Shaheen; Rev. Lester Shannon '18; Rev. Raymond E.
Shaheen '37; Rev. Harner R. Middleswarth '24; Rev. Jacob O.
Kroen '28; Rev. Russell T. Shilling '29; Dr. Martin L. Tozer;
Rev. Lewis R. Fox '32; unidentified guest.
Seated at table, Dr. Barbara E. DeRemer '26; President
G. Morris Smith; Dr. John F. Kindsvatter '32; Dr. Russell
Auman '20; Dr. George H. Berkheimer, and Mrs. Lester Shan-
non (Susan Geise '151.
Arriving for dinner after picture was taken, were Mrs.
Henry Endress; Mr. Harold l'. Landis, and Rev. E. O. Steiger-
walt.
PHILADELPHIA
F:r the benefit of the Scholarship
Fund, the Philadelphia Club is selling
tickets to the "ICE FOLLIES" to be held
at the Arena on Thursday, Januai-y 6.
PLAN NOW to ATTEND. Contact Mis.
Helen Spitzner. 201 Morlyn Ave., Bryn
Mawr, or ph:ne LAwrence 5-3515 for your
tickets.
HARRISBURG
New officers recently elected are:
President, Harvey A. Heintzelman '27.
116 N. 25th St.. Camp Hill; vice president.
David M. Swartz '34, 2006 Swatara St.,
Han-isburg; secretary, Catherine ByTod
Whitman '44, 335 Pine St., Steelton.
Alumni will be notified within a few
weeks of the meeting being planned for
January.
NEW JERSEY
Although attendance at the 2nd Annual
Bridge Party. October 9, was disappoint-
ing, those present discussed some future
plans for the North New Jersey District
Club. Officers elected were:
Pi-esident, Raymond R. Schramm '44.
Haller Drive, Cedar Grove; vice president,
Ruth McCorkill '43, Upsala College, East
Orange; secretary, Ploris Guyer Haines
'50. 232 E. Cedar St., Livingston; treas-
urer. Herbert Haines '51, 232 E. Cedar
St.. Livingston.
LEHIGH VALLEY
On October 11 the alumni from the Al-
lentown. Bethlehem, Easton, Reading
areas met at the Lehigh Valley Club, Al-
lentown, and organized the Lehigh Val-
ley District Alumni Club of Susquehanna
University.
Presiding at the meeting, and appoint-
ed temporary Pi-esident was William S.
Clark '48. Other temporary officers ap-
pointed were: Dr. Nevin C. T. Shaffer
'49, vice president; Hannah Pitner Lam-
bert '28, secretary; and Erma Stahl Eve-
ritt '23. treasurer.
A committee wa.s appointed to select
seme group project which wiU directly aid
the University.
A n:minating committee will bring in
a slate of permanent officers at the next
meeting plamied for March or April and
probably to be held in Reading.
Guests attending were Dr. and Mrs.
Smith from the campus. Clyde and Helen
Spitzner represented the General Alimmi
Association and the parent Philadelphia
Club.
Dr. Orville Landis '26 led in group
singing.
YORK-HANOVER
A dinner meeting of the Alumni Club
will be held January 20. 1955. All mem-
bers of the club will receive notification
of the TIME and PLACE. PLAN NOW
TO ATTEND.
Dr. Dunkelberg-er Speaks
At Special Assembly
Dr. George F. Dunkelberger '08, Pro-
fessor Emeritus and former Dean at Sus-
quehanna, addressed a special assembly
of students and faculty in Seibert Chapel
during National Education Week. Novem-
ber 7 - 13. Theme of Dr. Dunkelberger's
addre.ss was "The Role of the Christian
College in the Development of American
Education."
28 Alumni and Friends
At Toronto Gathering
Twenty-eight Susquehanna aliunni and
friends were present at a luncheon at the
Rcyal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada, on
October 9, 1954, arranged by Dr. and
Mrs. Smith for those present at the Bi-
ennial Convention of the United Luth-
eran Church in America. Dr. John P.
Kindsvatter '32. presided at the luncheon,
and prayer was offered by Dr. George H.
Berkheimer. honorary alumnus, and Sec-
retary of the Central Pennsylvania Sy-
nod.
The table was tastefully decorated with
flowers and mementos of Susquehanna
University. All of the people at the tables
rcse and introduced themselves, giving
their present pcsitions and their places
of residence. Several guests were brought
to the lujicheon by alumni and they were
welcomed.
Dr. G. Morris Smith, Pi-esident of the
University, spoke briefly of the present
situatioa of the college and pointed the
h:pes of alumni forward to the 100th
anniversary celebration in 1958.
The meeting closed with the singing
of the Alma Mater with Professor Will-
iam Allbeck of Hamma Divinity School
at the piano, and the Reverend Harner
R. Middleswarth of the Parish and
Church School Board leading the sing-
ing.
SHOWS SAFARI FILMS
Simon B. Rhoads '30, who took a six-
week safari to Africa last winter, showed
colored movies of his trip to students
and faculty recently.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
DECEMBER, 1954
WITH OUR ALUMNI jthe susquehanna university alumnus
HERE and AROUND
THE WORLD
by RUTH Jl'KAM SMITH
Christmas time diaws the Susquehanna
family especiftlly close to our thoughts.
We rejoice with Christie Zinunerman,
'25 in Guntur, and Hazel Naugle, '35 in
Bhimavaram. as they with ardent Indian
Christians share the glad tidings of the
Saviom-'s bii-th with villagers cf India who
heaa- the message for the first time. Hap-
py are we in the closer fellowship here at
the college this Chi-istmas with Dr. Bar-
bara DeRemer '26 recently returned after
nearly a quarter century of medical ser-
vice in Kugler Hospital in that country.
This will be the first Christmas for
MariaJine Pague '51 in the sugar planta-
tion counti-y of British Guiana. Pi'O-
claiming the glad tidings challenges the
teaching ability of our most recent S.V.
missionai-j'. Among quite a different t>T3e of
student — the Spanish speaking of Buenos
Aii-es, Ai-gentina, Lillian Smith '50 is
spending her second Clu-istmas, under-
taking the important leadership train-
ing progi-am in the school and in the
Hiss WABGARET CAEEL
516 W. Pine St.,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
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Entered at Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
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churches of that busy metropolis.
Kei Sasaki '53 after graduating from
Susquehanna, completed in one year, work
for her master's degree at Columbia Uni-
versity, receiving it with special ccmmen-
dation for outstanding achievement in
the field of English. Now returned to
Kyushu Gakuin, Kumamoto, Japan, she
continues teaching at this 800 student
boy's school of the Lutheran Chm-ch in
Japan.
On the North American scene, Susque-
hannans continue to tell forth the
Good News as they engage in various
professional pursuits, teaching, preach-
DR. WOODRUFF IS NINETY
Dr. .lohn I. 'Woodruff, '88, beloved professor emeritus :m(l collese administrator, is
shown iibove as he received from President G. Morris Smith a bound volume of personal
congratulatory messages from former faculty, colleagues and friends, as he celebrated
his ninetieth birthday Wednesday, November 24.
Dr. Woodruff was also guest of honor at a birthday party given by the directors,
officers and personnel of the Snyder County Trust Company, of which he is board
chairman.
Continuing the celebration, Dr. Woodruff was feted at the 20th annual Pennsylvania
German Dinner, when 300 gathered to pay him honor.
ing, business, medicine and so forth, in
cities and in rural areas. The Toronto
Convention isee article in this issue) in
October brought us into delightful fel-
low^ihip with three score or more "Cru-
saders," from the United States and
Canada. A recent field trip by Catherine
Juram (sister cf the writer) who is field
.'■ecretary for the ULCA Board of Parish
Education, revealed some excellent dem-
onstrations of leadership — by S.U. grad-
uates. Sister Maiy Jane Jesson '49 was
admirably ^ei-ving the youth program at
University Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. The Rev. W. Mrrgan Ed-
wards '38, foiTner chaplain, now pastor
of Pii'st English Lutheran. Sacramento,
California, and at Culver City, the Rev.
William H. Blough, '24 — both were repre-
senting Susquehanna as pastors in this
fast growing home mission field on the
west coast. A very recent graduate, Bet-
ty Vincent '54, in the midst of her duties
as public school teacher in Globe. Ariz-
ona, was also ably teaching a weekday
church school class in that c:mmunity.
The impression cf Mary Ami Dixon's
'53 good promotion and visual aid demon-
stration in a recent Thank Offering Ser-
vice in York, Pa., is vivid and worthy
cf a Susquehanna May Queen. And the
eager expressions cf Ruth Osborne '54
and Irene Oldt '54, as they darted among
the toy displays at Wanamakers in Phila-
delphia where we met them, were evi-
dence of tlie happiness they were having
in sharir.g Christmas joy with children
in school, and patients of a mental in-
stitution to which groups they respectively
are devoted.
Susquehannans are telling the Christ-
mas st:ry — with effectiveness!
Plan Now for Alumni
Day Reunions
Is this your year for a big reunion?
Plans will be announced in the near
future for Alumni Day reunions for the
cla.sses of '05, '10. '15. '20. '25. '30. '35. '40,
'45 and '50.
Plan to be on hand May 7.
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
MARCH, 1955
Message from President Smith:
THE ALUMNI FUND NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
This morning I received a simple, beautiful note from Susque-
hanna's olcest alumnus, The Reverend William H. Harding, 95 years
old last December 8, and one of our most loyal, interested, and gener-
ous supporters. His letter started like this: "Your alumni appeal had
its effect. Please find check." Congratulations to our alumni office,
Dan MacCuish, Clyde Spitzner, and our class agents! Inclosed in the
letter was his personal check for $.50C. This was not the first time he
had sent such a check. Indeed, he has had his Alma Mater on his
heart for many years as a grateful son of this institution.
Reverend Harding's letter has suggested my message for this is-
sue — S. U.'s Alumni Fund.
"Alumni gr'tts" are "seed money" for
o.her financial help. Susquehanna
University belongs to the Pennsylvania
Foundation for Iiulependent Colleges.
Inc., but one of the determining- factors
in S. U.'s share of these gifts from
business and industry will be what
Susquehanna's alumni have given to
their .A.lma Mater during the year.
The Ford Foundation as of March 5,
1955, announced a gift of $50,000,000 for
the independent colleges and univer-
sities, notably for the purpose of improv-
ing faculty salaries, and in the an-
nouncement mention was made of the
plan to distribute this help on some sort
of matching basis. In proportion as the
natural costituency of a college helps,
.so outside funds will assist.
The General Electric Company is
matching gifts of their employes who
are alumni of colleges up to $1,000.
Alread.v one of our alumnae has taken
advantage of this offer to double her
gift to Susquehanna University.
In 1919 Charles W. Eliot, then Presi-
dent Emeritus of Hai-vard, wrote:
"It is, of course, largely by the extent
of the support accorded to a college by
its own graduates that the world judges
of the right of that college to seek
cooperation of others in planning for the
future. An institution that cannot rally
to its financial assistance the men who
have taken its degrees and whose diploma
is their passport into the world is in a
poor position to ask assistance from
others. It is not merely what the alumni
give; it is the fact that they do give
that is of supreme importance."
Alumni interest in S. U.'s annual
Alumni Fund is growing. For this we
are grateful. However, we still have
room for improvement. For the year
1953-54 contributions totaled $2726 from
18.3 out of .3164 alumni for an average
gift of $15 per person. This is good!
But only 6'/e gave. The national aver-
age for alumni giving according to the
American Alumni Council is 20.57c.
Princeton stands at the top with 68%
giving. If Susquehanna folks gave
ac'CTrding to national average, we would
hive 648 giving instead of 183.
My word is one of encouragement and
ajjpretiation, as I feel we are doing
much better in 1954-55 with the annual
•A-lumni Fund.
Faithfully yours,
G. Morri.s Smith
M:iich 9, 1955
What Will Our Dollar
Be Worth in 1969?
In 1939 our dollar is said to have been
worth 100 cents. At that time the Na-
tional Debt was $42,000,000,000, and the
National Budget $5,000,000,000. In 1953
the National Debt was $275,000,000,000
and the National Budget $60,000,000,000.
According to a graph prepared by Dr.
Donald L. Kemmerer, Professor of Eco-
nomics, University of Illinois, the dol-
lar was worth in 1953 about 52c. If the
purchasing power of the dollar loses 5''r
of its remaining value each year until
1969, the dollar will be worth, says Dr.
Kemmerer, 21.55c. (These figures are
based on Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Consumers' Price Index.) If legislation
is passed by Congress without reference
to deficits, it is likely that Dr. Keni-
merei's prediction will come true. —
U.L.C.A. Educational News.
So U. Honorary Alumnus
At Sunbury Conference
Dr. William W. Tomlinson, well
remembered for his Commencement
address of last year, journeyed to Sun-
bury high school on March 2 and de-
livered the keynote address at Sunbury's
Career Day Conference.
Theme of Dr. Tomlinson'.s address was
"The Adventure We Call Life".
"If I were to give you my formula
for happiness," the Philadelphia educa-
tor told his audience, "it would be to
view life as -a gi'eat adventure, and put
into it all of yourself that you have to
give."
YORK-HANOVER
Annual dinner meeting was held at
the University Club January 13. Just
to be different, a few of the loyal mem-
bers 'picked up the check' and invited
the member.ship to be their guests.
Another unique feature was that invita-
tions had been sent to presidents of
other district clubs, and trustees who
were Susquehanna graduates. Included
on the agenda were plans for the Cen-
tennial year, student recioiitlrg, a
strong faculty, athletic? and public re-
lations. Plans for the annual spring
dinner, which will be held at the Pine
Tree Inn, West York, on .A.pril 21. are
now being made.
NEW JERSEY
The New Jersey Club on March 26
held a "get together" at the Friar Tuck
Inn, Cedar Grove.
CENTER UNION
Center Union members will hold their
annual Banquet and dinner meeting at
the PENN HALL LUTHERAN Church,
vest of Millheim on Rt. 45, at 6:30
P. M., APRIL 18. DR. RUSSELL W.
GILBERT, Professor of German at Sus-
quehanna, will be the speaker.
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia District Club members
entertained the 'Crusaders' basketball
team at a basketball game between Tem-
ple and Penn State, while the Crusaders
were playing a week-end game in the
Quaker City.
Plans are being made for the Spring
Meeting, to be held APRIL 27 at the
CHATHAM PARK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL, Haverford Township. A pro-
gram of music and dramatics will be
presented by S. U. Students.
SUNBURY
.'\nnual Dinner Meeting will be held
.A.PRIL 18 at the Dutch Pantry, after
which members will journey to the cam-
pus to see "Romeo and Juliet".
JOHNSTOWN
The Johnstown District Alumni Club
will hold its Spring meeting in VonLu-
nen's Restaurant in Johnstown, Thurs-
day, APRIL 21, at 6:30 P.M., according
to word received from Bob Sanders,
President.
COVER PICTURE: The handsome
Susquehannan - of - ihc - Future is
( hristopher James Pirie, son of
Warren J. and Margo Giauque Pirie,
born .March 9, 1954.
Entered as seccnd-class matt«r September 26. 1931, at the Post OfQce at Selinsgrove. Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912, Published
foiu- times a year by the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, in the months of September. December, March and June.
MARCH 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
8 Class Reunions On
Alumni Day Program
Alumni Day, May 7, 1955 promises to
be one of the most memorable in the
history of the University. With eijerht
class reunions scheduled — more than in
any recent year, other special events
should bring out a biff, frolickinfr, en-
thusiastic crowd.
The following classes, according- to
woitl received in the Alumni office, will
hold reunions: 1905, 1910, 1915, 1920,
1930, 1935, 1945 and 1950. Yet to be
heard from are the classes of 1925 and
1940. If the;e two classes get together
it could very well be the first time in
the history of Susquehanna when every
reunion class managed a celebration.
Too bad these two classes could not get
together.
Big innovation in this year's program
will be luncheon to be served on the
cjnipus so that visiting alumni will not
have to search for a restaurant in town.
An assembly program in Bogar Hall
will follow the noon lunch. York Dis-
trict Club members will act as hosts for
the day.
With lunch scheduled for 12:00 noon
the plan is to serve a cold plate out-of-
doors. If weather is bad Seibert Hall
will be used. Those classes holding re-
unions will be assigned to private rooms
in Seibert whei'e they will find their
luncheon waiting for them. Privacy will
be assured so that a business session, if
desired, may be held.
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PROGRAM FOR ALUMNI DAY — MAY 7
10:00 A.M. Registration
10:30 A.M. Council Meeting in Bogar Hall, Room
103
12:00 Noon Luncheon ($1.00 per plate) and Class
Reunions
2:00 P. M. General Assembly in Little Theatre
3:00 P. M. Varied program — Baseball, Play,
Music, Etc.
6:00 P.M Annual Dinner, Horton Dining Hall
(Tickets $1.50)
Former Teacher Cited
For Philadelphia Work
Mrs. Janice Christian Felman, former
Director of Physical Education for
Women at Susquehanna, recently re-
ceived prominent publicity when her
picture appeared in the February 27
edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer. In
her spare time IVIrs. Felman is directing
sports activities for girls in the German-
town area, under the sponsorship of
the Police Athletic League. She is also
teaching swimming at the Y. W. C. A.
STUDENTS TO VISIT CAPITAL
The Art Department of Susquehanna
under the leadership of Asst. Prof.
Meader is conducting a student tour to
Washington the weekend of April 29.
Having conducted these tours for the
past seven years, IMr. Meader says the
students react most enthusiastically to
them.
MAKING 1958 CENTENNIAL PLANS
ALTking plans for Susquehanna's 19.^S Centennial Celebration are these
members of the Board of Directors, grouped around President G. .Morris Smith,
seated in the center. At his right is Frank A. Eyer, Selinsgrove, secretary-
treasurer.
Standing, left to right, are Jerry I). Bogar, Jr.; the Rev. John Harkins, D.D.;
Dr. L. S. Landes. Dan Smith, Jr.. the Rev. Viggo Swensen, D.D., and Charles A.
Nicely.
Two Concerts Presented
On Campus During: March
Two outstanding concerts were pre-
sented by Conservatory of Music organ-
izations during the month of March
the first by the band under the direction
of Dr. John Leach on Friday, March 4,
and the second by the Symphony under
the direction of Professor Russell C.
Hatz on Friday, March 18.
Both programs were well-rounded and
included music of the classic, semi-classic
and popular type. The Band concert fea-
tured an all-girl trumpet trio consisting
of Margaret Sultzbaugh, Berrysburg,
Elinor Wolfe, Herndon, and Barbara
Boob, Millheim, and presented as a group
such numbers as Bach's "Sleepers Wake,"
"Iiish Tune from County Derry," by
Grainger, Jerome Kern's "Smol<e Gets
in Your Eyes," and "Pavanne" by Mor-
ton Gould. They also played the well-
loved "Finlandia" by Sibelius, the "Pil-
grims' Chorus" from Tannhauser by
Wagner and compositions by Weinberg-
er, Prokofieff, Goldman, Fillmore, and
Sousa.
Major pre-^entation by the orchestra
was Mozart's "Symphony in G Minor
No. 40", and featured soloist was Miss
Helen Griflnths, pianist, in Grieg's
"Piano Concerto in a minor." Miss Grif-
fiths is a senior music education student
frcm Philadelphia, and proved herself
a most competent soloist in a very ar-
tistic interpretation of this familiar con-
cert piece. In addition the orchestra
played compositions by Beethoven, Boro-
din and Romberg.
Much praise was given Dr. Leach and
Professor Hatz for their choice of pro-
gi-ams and soloists and to the organiza-
tions for their excellent performances.
CHAMBER MUSIC ON CAMPUS
A series of Chamber Music Concerts
is being presented on Saturday after-
noons this year by Conservatory of
Music students. Held in Seibert Chapel,
the concerts are plaimed by students and
are proving to be of great interest.
POUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
MARCH, 1955
. Susquehannans on Parade _
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'30
The Rev. Wm. H. Harding, "Sus-
quehanna's oldest alumnus", has
moved from Cicero, N.Y. to Westmont,
N.J. His many friends will be g-lad to
know his new address, 25 Stratford
Ave., Westmont, N.J.
fey-t Dr. Mildred E. Winston, of the
^X Board of Education, ULCA, was
one of the leaders
who met with stud-
ents in individual
conference sessions
at Susquehanna's
recent Christian Ca-
reer Conference.
Dr. Harold
Ditzler, pas-
tor of St. John's
Evangelical & Re-
MISS WINSTON formed Church,
Lansdale, Pa., was principal speaker for
Religrious Emphasis Week at Heidelberg
College in early February. Dr. Ditzler
also was guest pi'eacher last August in
the American Church of Paris and in
South Morningside Church, Edinburgh,
Scotland. Dr. and Mrs. Ditzler visited
in Italy, Austria, Germany and England
on their tour.
John H. Wall was recently ap-
pointed a Vice President and Gen-
eral Manager of
Sei-vel, Inc. Home
Appliance Division,
Evansville, Ind. For
the past five years
he had been associ-
ated with Kent
Plastics as a Vice
President in charge
of manufacturing
At SU he captained
both the football
and basketball teams.
Former Supeiintendent of Schools
at Dunellen, N.J., W. A. Miller,
Jr. has been appointed to the same po-
sition at North Bergen, N.J. LaRue
Shempp has been having much success
with a unique form of photography and
projection. With Mrs. Shempp he illus-
trates Bible stories with a flannel board.
Effective use is made of a panel board
of lights. By means of controlled
switches, transformeis, a i-heostat and
spot lights, a phantom effect is as start-
ling as 3D film. "Williamsport Sun"
wrote a feature article fii-st of the year.
'/iA •''*'"' ^^ • Hoffman has recently
^U been aijpointed associate director
of the Engineering Experiment Station,
Michigan State College. Before going
to Michigan State he held teaching po-
sitions at the Univ. of Illinois, Penn
WALL
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REV. SANDER HOFFMAN
State and Susquehanna. Rev. Robert G.
Sander, pastor of Mt. Calvary Lutheran
Church, Geistown, was honored as
Johnstown's "Outstanding Young Man
of 1954". The honor was bestowed by
a committee of local judges and the U.S.
Junior Chamber of Corrmierce. Award
was based on his organization of a Lu-
theran Church in the Geistown area, his
counseling in juvenile cases and for
local civic interests. He is President of
Johnstown District Alumni Club.
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Principal speaker for the two day
an Career Conference held
recently on campus
was the Rev. Dale
S. Bringman, pastor.
Church of the Re-
deemer, Harrisburg,
Pa.
^J Tietbohl, Jr.
has left his practice
in Reading for a
two-year tour of
duty as a Naval BRINGMAN
Medical afficer. Mrs. Tietbohl (Susan
Foltz '51) will reside at 539 Holly Rd.,
Yeadon, Pa., during his absence. Edwin
Lee Bittenbender was recently commis-
sioned to serve as a Missionary to India.
He will receive his BD degree from Gar-
rett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111., in
June, after which he and Mr-s. Bitten-
bender, who was commissioned at the
same service, will go to their new field.
>["/> Dick Westervelt has been trans-
JU feired to the Chicago office of the
Prudential Insurance Company. Dick is
an ad writer for Prudential.
Fancher E. Wolfe spent a day on
impus soon after the new year.
Out of his experience as Student Aid
Counselor at the University of Minne-
sota, he discussed with the Administra-
tion several good suggestions for
improving Susquehanna's student aid
jii'ogi'am.
'rO (Qualified for the Army's Scien-
O^ tific and Professional Personnel
program, John Diehl has been assigned
to the .Medical Laboratories of the Army
'51 ':
Chemical Center, Md. Mrs. Diehl is the
former Maxine Chambers '52. J. Rob-
ert Dunlap x"52 was the first baritone
in over 5 years to be chosen by .Amer-
ica's only non-profit concert organiza-
tion, the National Music League. He is
also a member of the Robert Shaw
Chorale, with which he has appeared
as soloist and has sung leads in two
productions sponsored by the McMillan
Theatres.
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At ceremonies held at the U.S.
Naval Station Treatre, Newport,
R. I., Richard Bidelspach received his
Commission as Ensign in the Reserve
Otticei's. He is now qualified to serve
as Junior Officer aboard any of the
Navy's warships or supporting com-
mands. 1st Lt. Ernest R. Walker, now
serving with the Marine Corps in Ko-
rea, will shortly finish his overseas duty
and plans to enter law school this Fall.
'54
Ronald Goodman has recently
been elected to the faculty of the
Red Lion Area Schools.
'55
A Januar.v graduate, James Gorm-
ley, has secured employment with
the manufacturing chemists, Rohm and
Haas, of Philadelphia.
8 Scholarships Offered
For Incoming' Freshmen
Announcement has been made by the
administration that last year's very suc-
cessful competitive scholarship program
for freshmen would be continued this
year. Eight outright grants (with no
work responsibilities) and ranging in
value from $200 to $500 per year are to
be competed for by Liberal .Arts stu-
dents planning to live on campus.
To make the day a pleasant one, can-
didates are invited to come between 9:00
and 9:30 A.M. for early registration,
coffee and doughnuts. At 9:30 A.M. all
those competing will be interviewed. At
10:30 a program of music will be given
in Seibert Chapel. From 11:00 to 12:00
there will be an official tour of the cam-
pus and films of campus life.
All will be invited to lunch in Horton
Dining Hall at 12:15 and after a siesta
the test will be given at 1:30 P.M.
While candidates are taking the test,
parents and Alumni will be invited to a
program of chamber music in Seibert
Hall.
Last year the majority of candidate-
were sent to the campus by the Alumni
and it is hoped this year more Alumni
will talk with student prospects about
this splendid opportunity.
Write to the Public Relations office
for application forms.
MARCH 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
259 Alumni, Friends
Contribute $3,666.20
To 1955 Alumni Fund
Success of this year's Alumni Fuml
is now assured with 259 contributors
and $3,(561.20 to date. With last year's
total contributors for the year standing
at 183, the four remaining months of
1955 may very well double last year's
total. Success is due to the cooperation
of class representatives who took time
out to personally mail letters to all
classmates. The response has been most
eriCouraging.
Final report will be made at a later
date and recognition will be given to
the class showing the highest percentage
of contributors and the highest total
amount contributed.
Susquehanna's fiscal year runs from
July 1 to June 30. Listed in the adjoin-
ing columns are those who have con-
tributed to the curient fund since July
1, 1954.
CONTRIBUTORS TO ALUMNI FUND
[\1
Aug:usta C. Long:, '37, after being in
ill health for more than a year, died
February 1(3 at her home in Northumb-
erland, Pa. Mrs. Long was the first
woman to graduate from Susquehanna
after the Calle5>'e became a University,
and was well known for her interests
in church and community activities.
Sui'viving \t^ addition to her husband,
are fom thildren.
The Reverend Albert M. Lutton, '16,
' former pastor of the First English
Lutheran Church in Cincinnati, Ohio,
diod January 13 at his home in Albu-
querque, N. M., where he had been
I residing since his retirement four yeai*s
ago. He graduated from the Seminary
in '19 and later did graduate work at
I the University of Chicago. Sui-viving
are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Imler Lutton,
and three children.
Just before going to press details
v/ere received of the untimely death of
Joseph G. Streamer '21 of 264 High-
■ land Ave., Downingtown. Suffering a
. slight heart attack two years ago, he
! had not been in good health since. On
I February 19 he passed away with an
acute coi-onary occlusion, and was bur-
ied in the family plot in Punxsutawney,
Pa., on February 22.
Mr. Streamer, since gi*aduation had
been actively interested in his Alma
Mater, and for a number of years had
been the alumni representative on the
Board of Directors. In 1952 he received
from the Philadelphia District Alumni
Club the coveted "S-In-Life" Award.
IR86-N0 Representative
Dr. George R. Ulrich
Rev. Will. H. Harding
1888-No Representative
Dr. John I. Woodruff
1891 -No Representative
B. Meade Wagenseller
1898-No Representative
Frank A. Eyer
Alice Gortner Fischer
Bruce A. Metzger
1899-No Representative
J. D. Bogar, Jr.
Luther Hassinser
Dr. Harvey D. Hoover
1900-No Representative
Harry Weis
1901-No Representative
E. M, Brungart
S. Ward Gramley
1902-No Representative
D. B. Moist
1903-No Representative
Sara Snyder Walter
1904- No Representative
J. B. Bulick
Mildred Arbogast Morgan
1905-No Represent a ti\'e
Dr. Isaac D. App
1906-No Representative
Bertha Hough FederHn
1907-No Reijresentative
Charles M. Teufel
1908-Dr. John Houtz. Rep.
Dr. George Dunkelberger
Kathryn Moser
Marion Ferner Sellers
1909-No Representative
Rev. Mervyn V. Ross
Rev. J. Bannen Swope
1910-Miss Mary A. Phillips. Rep.
Dr. George B. Manhart
1911-Dr. Latimer S. Landes,
Rep.
Claude G. Aikens
1912-Dr. Claude Mitchell. Rep.
Laura M. Knepshield
Rev. H. R. Shipe
Rev. Paul H. Stahl
1913-Rev. John B. Kniseley.
Rep.
Helen G. Fisher
Rev, John and Mary Gray-
bill Kniseley
Rev. R. L. Lubold
1914-Dr. Frank P. Boyer, Rep.
Dt, Frank P. Boyer
Euphemia Brown Kerns
Rev, A. W. Smith
Mary Mowery Zak
1915-N. A, Danowsky. Rep.
Rev. Walter E. Brown
Jess Pleasanton Coxe
N. A. Danowsky
Rev. John F. Harkins
John HoUenbach
Ralph W. E. Kline
Emma Moyer Masteller
Aberdeen Phillips
Alice F. Weaver
1016-Rev. William E. Swoope.
Rep.
Katherine Wagner Harkins
1917-Rev. Park W. Huntington.
Rep.
Rev. Park W. Huntington
Herbert S. Rausch
1918-Eva Herman. Rep.
Relda Robb Hamilton
Miriam Grossman Lundahl
1919-Rev. H. A. Shoaf. Rep.
Rev. Willard Allbeck
1920-Dr. Joseph Hackenberg.
Rep.
Russell F. Auman
Evelyn Allison Boeder
Yvonne Everest Harmon
Ralph Woodruff
1921-Dr. Maurice R. Gortner,
Rep.
Dr. O. H. Aurand
Marie Romig Huntington
M. P. Moller. Jr.
Ruth Larue Thompson
Ernest F. Walker
1922-Rev. George R. Groninger.
Rep.
Merle A. Beam
Ruth Bastian Richard
1923-Dr. Beatrice Rettinger.
Rep.
Dorothy Margerum App
Cornelius Jarrett
1924-Dr. Joseph C. McLain.
Rep.
Rev. I. Wilson and Lottie
Brosius Kepner
Alvin Carpenter
W. John Derr
Alma V. McCuUough
Dr. Joseph C. McLain
Rachel Brubaker Whited
1925-Naonii Ulrich Linebaugh,
Rep.
Dr. Norman R. Benner
Dr. Roger Blough
Rev. Harland D. Pague
Alda Long
Luther Salem
1926-Theodore Ebberts, Rep.
Dr. Eugene T. Adams
Lee E. Boyer
Dr. Barbara E. DeReamer
Theodore Ebberts
Sara Hassinger Fague
Gertrude McKee Kaup
Margaret E. Keiser
Dr. Orville B. Landis
Anna M. Norwat
W. Alfred Streamer
1927-Laura Arnold. Rep.
Ruth Brubaker
Emily Craig
Anne Gealing Landis
1928-Dr. Harold Ditzler, Rep.
Dr. Harold Ditzler
Elizabeth Stong Eichelberger
Mary Farlling
Marshall Fausold
Sister Dorothy Goff
Edward Herr
Betty Hauser Kinsel
Dr. C. M. Shaffer
Helen Ott Soper
1929-Henry R. Carichner. Rep.
Helen Simmons Barrick
Carl O. Bird
Helen Ammerman Brown
Henry R, Carichner
Helen Carter Gehret
Gertrude Fisher Jones
Rev. F. A. Lundahl
George and Gertrude Arbo-
gast Spaid
1930-Clifford A. Kirakofe, Rep.
Paul Bishop
Rhea Miller Frantz
Florence Lauver
Ruth Goff Nicodemus
John S. Rhine
Simon B. Rhoads
1931-S. Walter Foulkrod. Rep.
S. Walter Foulkrod
Frank C. Gill
Paul M. Haines
Rev. Paul Hartline
Rev. Ronald E. Kehler
Mary E. Lauver
Dr. B. E. Nicodemus
1932-Margaret Markle Artley.
Rep.
Dorothy Puckey Clark
Thelma Crebs
Rev. Lewis R. Pox
Dr. Andrew Kozak
Dr. M. L. Rachunis
1933-Selon Dockey. Rep.
Martha Fisher
M. A. Graykoskie
J. Donald Steele
Bruce and Marian Walborn
Worthington
1934-Daniel T. McKelvy. Rep.
Rev. E. M. Clapper
Isabella Horn Klick
Helen Guss Lauver
Martha Bodinan Martz
Blanche Savidge
George P. Schwartz, Jr.
1935-Louise Mehring Koontz,
Rep.
Xavier Abbott
Ruth Bair Badger
Robert R. Clark
Dr. John F. Hanna
Louise Mehring Koontz
Erie I. Shobert. II
1936-Horace Hutchison. Rep.
Walter and Anna Bock Hertz
Horace Hutchison
Eugene D. Mitchell
Marcella Chaya Turnbach
1937-A. Mary Scott Gumpher,
Rep.
Clyde and Helen Wentzel
Spitzner
Walter S. VanPoyck
1938-Dr. Robert Boyer. Rep,
Dr. Robert A. Boyer
Ethel Ramer Coulter
Mary Heim Davey
Rev. Karl Kniseley
1939-Frank Laudenslayer. Rep.
Howard Baldwin
Miriam Miller Fisher
Robert L. Herr
Mathilda Neudoerffer Powell
Louise West
1940-Anna Hill Groce. Rep.
Dr. Louis P. B?.ylor
Elizabeth J. Barnhart
David Coren
Dr. Wm. L. Davis
Rev. Robert F. Fisher
Rev. John G. Gensel
Dr. W. H. Gehron
Rev. J. Leon Haines
John W. Hoffman
Clair Kaltreider
Eunice Arentz Knupp
Florence Landback Latsha
William L. Mease
Dr. Paul M. Orso
Jack P. Shipe
Barner Swartz
Eugene F. Williams
1941-Dorothy Artz, Rep.
Doiolhv Artz
Carl He It
Margaret Dunkle Kniseley
W. Edgar Meek
H. B. Thatcher
1942-Sanford P. Blough. Rep.
John Adams
1943-Ferne Lauver Zeigler, Rep.
Dorothy Williamson Adams
Lawrence Isaacs
Anita Bashore Roth
1944-Catherine Byrod Whitman.
Rep.
Ray Schramm
Elinor J. Stitt
Catherine Byrod Whitman
1945-William Hays. Rep.
Mary Moyer Bringman
John Kocsis
Natalie Kresge Isaacs
Rev. Herman G. Steumpfle.
Jr.
Jack Warner
1946-Dr. Arthur J. Gelnett. Rep,
Dr. R. J. Johns
Jean Wheat Schramm
Dorothy Sternat Thomas
1947-Frank Corcoran. Rep.
Virginia Hallock Damiencki
Jean L. Huver
Gale Clark Johns
Hilda Markley Kocsis
Elsie Thompson Wohlsen
Ruth Williams Zeidler
1948-Robert Wohlsen. Rep.
Rev. Dale Bringman
Betty Reisch Jones
Allan B. Packman
Rev. Augustus V. Tietbohl
Robert Wohlsen
William P. Yancho
Frank Zeidler
1949-Janies B. Peters, Rep.
E'ouglas Arthur
Jean Blecher Berninger
Dr. Robert and Doris Wan-
baugh Goetz
Juanita Keller Hartle
Grace Lau Hawk
Ann Get singer Hoinan
Charles A. Morris
Columbus and Ella Fetherolf
Raup
James B. Reilly
Charles H. Rohmann
Mary H. Smith Sanders
Lawrence Smith
Dr. R. H. Tietbohl, Jr.
S. Elaine Williams
John H. Wright
Evan and Frances Lybarger
Zlock
1950-Donald E. Wissinger. Rep.
Lillian C. Smith
Janet Wolf Statler
1951-Ben Alter. Rep.
June Klingler Biglieri
Shirley Young
Susan Foltz Tietbohl
Wm. D. Fisher
1952-James Hazlett. Rep.
Charles Bomboy
Patricia Heathcote
Cynddylan M. Jones
Lynne Lightfoot
Kenneth A. Lenker
Ethel McGrath
Lois Renfer
1953-David Bennett. Rep.
Ensign Marvel I, Cowling
Pamela McKegg Doney
Jane Wehr
1954-No Representative
Carolyn Lucas Boyer
Marilyn J. Huyett
Irene K. Oldt
HONORARY and FRIENDS
Dr. George H. Berkheimer
Roland F. Cook
Harry V. Elliott
Alice Holmen Glauque
Bertha Hein
Athalia T. Kline
Dr. Wm. D. Lewis
Dr. P. M. Linebaugh
Mrs. Margaret J. Miller
Dr. Amos A. Stagg, Sr.
Amos Alonzo Stagg. Jr.
Dr. William W. Tomlin.son
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
MARCH, 1955
Susquehanna Program, Publications, Faculty
Recognized in Carl Carmer's New "River" Book
Susquehanna Univei-.sity h:is receivod
outstanding recognition by Carl Canner
in his new book, The Susquehanna,
released at the beginning of February
by Rinehai-t and Company. Commenda-
tion is given to the college for the excel-
lence of its academic program, and
special mention is given to the Susque-
hanna University Studies, an annual
journal of faculty research articles now
about to enter upon twenty years of un-
interrupted publication.
Prominence is awarded to Dr. Fred-
eric Brush, who endowed the Susque-
hanna University Press and who has
written many books about the Susqu-
hanna. These are listed by Carl Carmer
in the bibliography Several chapters
in the book are head( .1 by poetry written
by Dr. Brush and published previously
by the Susquehanna University Press.
Other members of the university fam-
ily to be singled out for special mention
include Dr. Aithur Herman Wilson,
professor of English, with quotations
from an article of his on the Pantisoc-
racy. This article was part of a longer
piece of research in which Dr. Wilson
studied the literature of the Susque-
hanna Valley for two hundred years,
from 1743 to 1943. It was published
in the Proceedings of the Northumber-
land County Historical Society.
Dr. George F. Dunkelberger, professor
emeritus of education, is cited in the
bibliography for his history of Snyder
County. And Dr. William Russ. Jr..
professor of history, appears in the sec-
tion on acknowledgements, along with
Dr. Wilson, for the aid which both men
contributed to Carl Carmer as he was
gathering material for his book.
Concerning Susquehanna the exact
words of the author are, "Unlike many
other American colleges which though
founded to inculcate the creeds of dis-
tinctly separate denominations have now
become non-denominational, Susque-
hanna has maintained its Lutheran char-
acter in marked degree. It has held
to its religious purposes and, at the
same time, has made such progress in
the field of education that it is highly
regarded by these scholars and execu-
tives who make up the staffs of
America's foremost colleges. Members
of its faculty contribute important
monographs to a professional joui'nal
locally published, Susquehanna Univer-
sity Studies. Students, both men and
women, have upon gi-aduation proved
the worthiness of their training."
No other college along the more than
five hundred miles of the river has
received this kind of unstinted praise
fi-oni Carl Carnit'i'. himself a former
college professor.
Susquehanna University figures in
another quotation when Carl Carmer
states, "The facts about the Pantisocracy
have best been told by Arthur Herman
Wilson, professor of English at Susque-
hanna Uuiversity, who reports: 'Pant-
isocracy did not have any effect upon
the Susquehanna, but it did seem to
have an effect elsewhere, that is, in the
Fricker family, because it brought hus-
bands to all three girls, Mary, Edith, and
Sara. However, Robert Lovell died
young; Coleridge deserted his wife; and
so Southey was the one man in the world
who felt the full weight of the Pantiso-
cracy because he was left to support all
tliree of the Fricker girls for the rest
of his life.' "
In 1944, when it was known that Carl
Carmer was to undertake the writing
of the volume on the Susquehanna, the
university awarded him the honorary
degree of doctor of letters. Great satis-
faction was expressed that Dr. Carmer
was to prepare the book because his
ability to wiite lively narrative, embel-
lished with humor, was widely recog-
nized.
A graduate of Hamilton College, New
York, Call Carmer went to the Univer-
sity of Alabama to teach English some
decades ago. It was there that he burst
into fame with a national bestseller.
Stars Fell on Alabama, a magnificent
book of folklore. After returning to the
East, he wrote a great deal about the
folklore and natural scenes of his na-
tive state. New York, in such books as
Listen for a Lonesome Drum and Dark
Trees to the Wind.
He then became associated with the
"Rivers of America" series, published
by Rinehart and Company, and wrote
The Hudson. Dr. Cai-mer is at present
the editor of this series, and The Susque-
hanna is the forty-eighth "River" book.
At the invitation of President and Mrs.
G. Morris Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Carmer
will be guests of Susquehanna Univer-
sity on the campus for April 22 and
April 2.3. At that time they will attend
the Shakespeaiean spring festival when
Romeo and .Juliet will be performed.
Foi- Saturday afternoon, April 23, a
literary tea is planned. Word will be
sent to various societies in Northumber-
land, Union and Snyder counties inviting
their members to meet the Carniers at
the tea. About forty librarians, who
will be on the campus on that <lay for
a conference, will also have the oppor-
tunity to meet the Cjirmers at the tea,
which will be open to the general public.
REUNION NOTES
1905 ^'''^"""''"'■' plans tor 50TH reuii-
mii of the clas.s of 1905 are in the hands
of Jacob B. Bulick. Members planning
to be present should notify him at 2()
N. Market St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
1910 ^'''^ word was received fiom
Mary A. Phillips saying she had can-
vassed members of her class and fiml.s
a number interested in attending a re-
union this year. She expects others to
sign up later. Her address is: 218 West
Walnut St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
1915 ^*>^^ ^^ ^^^ alumni office from
N. A. Danowsky said: "Ralph Witmer,
with a committee of Walter Brown, Wil-
bui- Bennag'e, Aberdeen Phillips and Ira
Gross, has been requested to make nec-
essary local arrangements for our 40TH
I'eunion."
1 920 "^"^ Hackenberg spearheading
l)lans for their 35TH reunion, wants to
make it clear — that dinner will be helil
on the campus instead of at the Dutch
Pantry. Reservations should be sent to
him at 127 West Chestnut St., Shamo-
kin. Pa.
1930 P'-'"^ *°'' the 25TH reunion of
the class of 1930 are progressing under
the direction of Mrs. Marjorie Phillips
Mitchell. Members will meet for lunch
on the campus to be followed by a pe-
riod of renewing old friendships.
1933 ^'^^ ^^^^ reunion (to be held
in 1958) will be a joint celebration the
same year our Alma Mater celebrates
its 100th year. Class oflScers were elect-
ed last May to plan for this reunion.
Goal is a special gift of money to be
given the University with an average of
at least $25.00 from each member. Don-
ald Steele is class treasurer. His ad-
dress is 180 Orange St., Northumber-
land, Pa. Send your suggestions to Jo
Hoy Lamb, 21 Kensington Terrace,
Maplewood, N. J.
1 QQ^ In a lettei' to the alumni ottice
from Erie I. Shobert II he said, "Sev-
ei-al members of the class of 1935 are
making arrangements so that our 20TH
reunion will be somewhat different than
those of the past." Local arrangements
and reservations are being made by Mrs.
Kenneth L. Badger, 11 E. Mill St.,
Selinsgiove, Pa.
1945 ^"^^^'^ °^ the lOTH reuniim will
go out soon from Laverne Kohn Maho-
ney. She wi itos .... "my two tiny boys
keep me busy, but I am glad to put the
piomotion into this 10th reunion." Her
addiess: 1344 Chestnut Ave., Haddon
Heights, N. J.
1 QKf) Telephone call to the campus
fiom Don Wissinger just as the 'Quar-
terly' was going to press, brought the
good news that plans are being made
for a 5TH reunion. Woid will go out
from Don at a later date.
MARCH 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
CRUSADERS' 1954-55 BASKETBALL SQUAD
Front row, left to right: Frank Romano, Wealherly,
Pa.; Dick McCarty, Hughesville. Pa.; Dick Owens,
Stroudsburg, Pa.: Frank Smith, Maiich Chunk, Pa., and
Gary Schroeder, Honesdale, Pa.
Back row, same order: Don James, Hawley, Pa.; Pete
Bergey, Strasburg, Va.; Val Avot.s, Danville, Pa.; Bill
Morris, Newport, Pa.; Coach PfeilTer; Dwight Huseman,
White Haven, Pa.; Gerald Herbster, and James Keiser,
Selinsgrove; Joe Chase, Stroudsburg, Pa, and Bill Korbich,
Shamokin, Pa.
A. A, Stagg, Jr. Ends
31 Years of Coaching
On Febiuaiy 3 Piesident G. Morris
Smith released the following news story
to our complete press list:
".■\t the suggestion of Amos Alonzo
Stugg, Jr. the Executive Committee of
the Board of Direc-
tors of Susquehanna
University decided
to strengthen the
department of phys-
ical education by
the engagement of
an additional man
who will coach foot-
ball. Mr Stagg will
give his time to his
duties as teacher of
physical education and pea-sonal hy-
giene, and as manager of intra-muj'al
games.
"Mr. Stag-g has requested to be reliev-
ed of his duties as coach of football, and
the new coach will have complete charge
of this field under the direction of the
faculty-administration athletic commit-
tee. A program of intercollegiate ath-
letics will operate under the direction
of the faculty-administration committee
on athletics, of which Mr. Stagg is a
member."
Stagg, strong influence in the lives
of those who played under him, as a
result of this decision, has completed
thirty-one years of coaching football.
Beginning his coaching cai'eer at
Chicago University, under his famous
father, A. A. Stagg, Sr., he moved to
Susquehanna in 1935, and the famous
father-son combination again teamed up
at Susquehanna when the father came
fiom coaching at the College of the
Pacific in 1947, and for six years assisted
his son as advisory coach.
A number of applications have been
received for the vacancy but at the time
of going to press no decision had been
made about Stag'g's successor.
STAG(,
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
GERALDINE V. ROSENBAUM X'SO
became the bride of William W. Stewart
on December 31 in the First Baptist
Church, Lewistown, Pa. Mr. Stewart
is stationed with the Navy at Norfolk,
Va., and Mrs. Stewai-t will continue
working in Lewistown.
ROWIE V. DURDEN, JR. '52 and
Marcia Miller were married December
26 in the First Presbytei'ian Church,
Pitman, N. J.
JUNE E. KLINGLER '51 is now Mrs.
Biglieri and is residing at 5 Van Ant-
werp Rd., Schenectady, N. Y. Mrs.
Biglieri is employed by General Elec-
tric in Schenectady,
2 Transfer Students
Aid Basketball Team
t-iiach Ed. Pfeiffer's basketball players
wound up one of Susquehanna's toughest
schedules with a record of only four
wins ag'ainst 14 losses. Encouraging
note is that the team improved greatly
as the season progressed.
Two transfer students, Frank Romano
and Dwight Huseman, helped consider-
ably after the second semester.
Romano, 6' 2", 160 lbs., from Weather-
ly. Pa., came to Susquehanna from
George Washing-ton University, where
he captained the freshmen team. He is
shooting at Ev Zlock's '49 record, and
this year had an average of 28.8 points
per game.
Dwig-ht Huseman, strong man at the
back-boards, came to Susquehanna fi'om
Lehigh, and with his 6' 6" gives the
team much needed heig-ht and reach.
Both Romano and Huseman crashed the
National Collegiate Athletic Associa-
tion's statistics for small colleges, Ro-
mano placing eighth in the Nation for
individual scoring, and Huseman 14th
for rebounds.
Thre^ Seniors completed their inter-
collegiate playing careers this year —
Dick Owens, set-shot artist from
Stroudsburg: Frank Smith, speedy for-
ward from Mauch Chunk, and Dick
McCai-ty, shifty guard, from Hughes-
ville.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
MARCH, 1955
Women's Auxiliary
Donates $31,000 for
New Music Building
by Marjorie Wolfe McCune '43
President. Women's Auxiliary
Alumnae are tiiuiing jrreat satisfaction
in helping to assure fulfilment of a
dream that has haunted the University's
Women's Auxiliary for at least eig-ht
years.
The dream began at a time when a
300,000 dollar building was a large
vision indeed for a ladies' society of
approximately three hundred members.
Whoever it was who warned the world
never to underestimate the power of a
woman probably had the Auxiliary in
mind, for on its 25th Anniversary, in
1947, wonderful things began to happen
to this group of enterprising ladies.
With multiplied memberships and
memorial book entries its only means
of raising funds, the Auxiliary launched
a new and greatly expanded life.
Inspired by Mrs. G. Morris Smith and
a tlevoted executive and promotion com-
mittee, the org'anization began mush-
rooming to its present membership of
over 1700 women dedicated to the inter-
ests of Christian Higher Education,
particularly as it concerns Susquehanna
University. Construction of a new music
building on the campus by 1958 was
the overwhelmingly popular goal toward
which all funds are now directed. More
than $31,000 is available for the new
building fund to date, with the promise
of much more to come.
Alumnae weie quick to see an oppor-
tunity to serve their Alma Mater
through Auxiliary channels; hence every
phase of the Auxiliary's many activities
finds enthusiastic alumnae well rep-
resented. In the Executive Committee
Sally Brungart Stevens ('25) is First
Vice President, Olive Barry ('13) is
Recording Secretary, Ruth Bair Badger
('35) and Janet Rohrbach ('40) share
the chairmanship of the Program Com-
mittee, and Enrigean Pensyl Whitnioyer
('43) is Publicity Chairman.
Alumnae talents are always in demand
and are generously offered. Currently,
the Promotion Committee, which is
readying new promotion materials foi'
the Apiil-May membership drive, the
climax of all Auxiliary activities, is
utilizing the special abilities of Betty
Miller Leach ('47), who secures entries
of children of alumni in the Childien's
Red Book. On this committee, too, is
Jean Beamenderfer ('39), who contacts
parents of all students to enlist them
as members and contributors, while
Janet Rohrbach is invaluable as all-
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Miss HILDA KOLPIN
101 N. Market St.,
gelinsgrove, Pa,
POSTMASTER— Please
Entered at Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
notify if undelivered
Post Office as Second Class Matter
Copies of "Lanthorn"
Sought by S. U. Library
Miss Hilda Kolpin, Susquehanna Uni-
versity's Librarian finds that there are
a number of Lanthorns missing from
her files, and sends out a request to
alumni who might be able to help. The
following editions are needed: 1931,
1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941,
1942, 1944, 1945, 1940, 1947, 1948, 1951,
1952.
around liaison person and mimeograph-
er-in-chief. Also helpful has been the
work of Catherine Fisher ('42), direct-
ing activities in the Williamsport area.
The important job of addressing,
stuffing, and mailing the more than
0000 pieces of correspondence sent oul
annually is efficiently handled by Sec-
retary Barry and staff, which includes
Naomi LTlrich Linebaugh ('25) with
others who are willingly pressed into
jei-vice as the work requires.
The monthly programs make liberal
use of the talents of Susquehannans.
The April program will present Selins-
grove Hig-h School Forensic contestants
under the supervision of June Hendricks
Hoke ('42). Mary Potteiger ('24) pie-
sented her younger Conservatory stu-
dents in a delightful program at the
special children's meeting in March, and
earlier in the season, Phoebe Herman
('17) was most interesting with her
Travelogue of Scandinavia. A highlight
of the Annual Meeting last May was a
lovely half-houi' of music by four accom-
plished alumni — Marcella Chaya Turn-
bach ('30), Clark Nevin ('43), Jane
Southwick Peters ('49), and Janet
Rohrbach ('4fi).
To list all of the contributions to the
Auxiliary of these and other alumnae
would require a pamphlet, at least.
.\lunHiae serve as keywomen in churches
and other spheres where they devote
themselves to winning new members;
alumnae sei-ve as hostesses at the social
hours which follow the monthly meet-
ings; alumnae serve as promoters of the
memoiial books (which last year alone
JUNIOR CO-EDS
and CRUSADERS
JONES — a daug'hler, Nancy Hazt-n, born
to Mrs. Ralph E. Jones (Norma Hazen
'40) May 31. Mr. and Mrs. Jones
reside at Green House, Radnor Rd.,
Wayne, Pa.
MAHONEY— Brian Phillip, born Febru-
ary 4 to Mrs John L. Mahoney, Jr.
(Laverna Kohn '45) of 1344 Chestnut
Ave.. Haddon Heights, N. J. This
is the second son for the Mahoneys.
MATTHEWS— Stephen Eugene, born in
in October '54, has been adopted by
Dr. John '41 and Mrs. (Evelyn Wil-
liamson '43) Matthews of 920 S. 9th
St., Edinburg, Texas. The Matthews
have another child, John Robert, who
is two.
SMALL — a son, Kenneth Scott on No-
vember 27 to Mr. '50 and Mrs. (Sally
Mitchell '51) Kenneth Small. The
Smalls reside at 101 Manchester Ave.,
Paterson, N. J.
TIETBOHL— Gregory Lewis, boin Feb-
ruary 21 to Dr. '49 and Mis. (Susan
Foltz '51) Ralph Tietbohl, 229 N.
25th St., Mount Penn, Reading, Pa.
Gregory Lewis has a sister. Patty
.\ n n .
ZIM.MERMAN — lefTrey Collins, Novem-
ber 23 to Mrs. Raymond L. Zimmer-
man (Marianna Hazen '48). The
Zimmermans make their home at 508
S. Orange St., Media, Pa.
added more than $1700 to the treasury);
they serve as "ordinary" members,
broadcasting the name of Susquehanna
to places near and far, creating good
will and interest for the university.
With such loyal advocates the dream
of the New Music Building in '58 is
certain to be realized, as alumnae work
with others toward this common goal.
SUSQUEHAWNAUNIVERSfTT
•aiNSOiOVE, PA.
y.
JUNE, 1955
VOL. XXIII, NO. IV
"HcK- dear to one and all the name
Their Alma Mater bears,
When they have left its classic halls
To shoulder worldly cares. . . ."
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1955
YORK-HANOVER
The spring dinner meeting was held at
the Pine Tiee Inn, West York, May 12.
The club was entertained by David
Coren, vioUnist of the class of '40 and
Madame Annette Roussel Pesche, a
graduiite of the Paris Consei-vatory and
a foi-mer pianist of Phil Spitalny's
orchestra. Mr. Dan MacCuish and Dr.
William Russ were guests from Susque-
hanna.
Officers elected for the coming year
were: Raymond Gai-man '30, president;
Vei-non Fereter '36, vice-president; Pat-
ricia Heathcote '52, treasm-er; and Anna
E. dinger '35, secretary.
SUNBURY
The annual dinner meeting was held
at the Dutch Panti-y on April 18. Fol-
lowing dinner, membei-s came to Bogar
Hall where they had a business meeting
before witnessing "Romeo and Juliet,"
Officers elected were Patricia Houtz '50,
president, and B. Mary Shipe '42, sec-
reUiry. Harold Benion '39, retiring
president, presided.
JOHNSTOWN
Dr. William A. Russ addressed the
club at its meeting on April 21. Election
of officers was held as follows: Mai'lyn
R. Fetteroff '23, president; Russell N
Carmichael '34, vice-president; Thomas
J. Weible '23, secretary; and Robert A.
Gabrenya '40, treasurer. Mrs. Marlyn
R. Fetterolf (Mabel Kinzey '24) was
elected to the executive committee.
NORTH JERSEY
The Susquehanna University Alumni
"S" Club of New Jersey sent trophies
to the campus to be presented to out-
standing players on both basketball and
baseball teams of this year.
Dick McCarty, senior student from
Hughesville, was selected by the coaches
and athletic committee as the outstand-
ing player on both teams and on May
21 wiis presented both trophies.
For the past two years the "S" Club
has presented trophies to outstanding
players participating in Susquehanna's
three major sports — football, ba.sketball,
and baseball. The awards are popular
on the campus, and it is hoped this act-
ivity of the "S" Club will become a
tradition.
PHILADELPHIA
The spring meeting was held April
27 at the Chatham Park Elementary
School, Haverford Township. Invited
as guests to this dinner and meeting
were student prospects from the Phila-
Alumni Urged to Send
More Students for Sept.
The .A-dmissions Office reports that all
indications point to a good freshman
class in September, thanks to the many
alumni who took the time and trouble
lo refer students to their alma matei\
As of June 1, 135 had been accepted;
and if we can do as well during the
ummer as we did last summer, Sus-
quehanna will have another freshman
chiss of which all of us can be proud.
There are still vacancies, however,
for both men and women students, and
it is hoped the alumni will continue
their splendid efforts during the sum-
mer to insure the success of this year's
recruiting program.
Send names of prospects to the Pub-
lic Relations- Office.
Jean Lauver Joins S. U.
Public Relations Staff
Mrs. Jean Rowe Lauver on May 2
joined the staff of the Public Relations
Department of the
Univer.<;ity in the
capacity of secre-
tary and will assist
the department in
:ill it.s functions of
alumni work, pub-
licity, and student
recruiting. As Mrs.
Lauver becomes bet-
T » .n'-.^T> ter acquainted with
LAUVER , , - ..
the work of the
Public Relations Department, it is
expected she will be able to greatly
assist the alumni office in all its work.
She will give special attention to the
improvement of the akunni records, will
assist wdth the publication of the Quar-
terly, and will help plan for the various
Reunion Days.
Mrs. Lauver's husband, Orville H.,
also of the class of '54, is presently at
Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
MRS.
HOMECOMING — 1955
Plan now to attend Homecoming on
Saturday, November 5. A reminder will
be sent out later, but in the meantime
put the date on your calendar. The
football game this year is to be with
Wagner College, and friends of our new
Coach, "Whitey" Kell '39, will want
to see his team in action.
dolphia area. Parents of Susquehanna
students were also invited. Entertain-
ment was provided by Mr. Axel Klein-
sorg and a gi-oup of students from the
campus.
Pres. Smith's Message:
SYNOD APPROVES
$700,000 APPEAL
It is with pleasure that we announce
that at the meeting of the Central Penn-
sylvania Synod of the United Lutheran
Church in America held in Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, June 6 to 8, the Centen-
nial Appeal of Susquehanna University
for $700,000 was unanimously approved.
The appeal will be in two parts as
follows: $200,000 to be raised by the
University and $500,000 to be contri-
buted by the 620 churches of the Synod.
The appeal is scheduled for the fall of
1956.
The needs which the money is to
supply are the following:
$250,000 for the human side of the Uni-
versity (this recommendation
is of first importance by the
advice of the Accrediting Com-
mission which met on the
campus in February 1954)
$300,000 Music Building
$125,000 addition to the Libraiy
$ 25,000 for renovating and adding to
the heating plant
Susquehanna University will celebrate
its Centennial in 1958. The aim is to
have the buildings erected, dedicated
and free of encumbrance by that date.
The endowment must be increased to
strengthen the support of faculty and
staff.
A number i;f our Directors were pre-
sent as delegates to Synod and were
greatly delighted with the friendly spirit
which was shown by Synod toward the
forthcoming Centennial in 1958 and
toward the large amount of work which
needs to be done in order to have a
fitting and glorious celebration of that
event.
I am sure our alumni will be delighted
with the progress made in the Loyalty
Fund gifts to the human side of the
institution. The number of givers has
been greatly increased and the total
sum raised has been almost doubled.
As President I am most grateful for
this increasing appreciation on the pait
of our alumni of the importance of a
more geneious support for the personnel
of the institution. Every giver has my
own sincere thanks for his interest in
this phase of tlie L'niversity adminis-
tration.
I trust this summer will be one of
great profit and benefit to all of our
alumni who are serving in responsible
l)i>sitions in all walks of life.
Faithfully yours,
G. Morris Smith
Entered as second cla.ss matter September 26. 1931. at the Post Office at Sellnsgrove, Pa.,
four times a year by the Susquehanna University. Sellnsgrove, Pa. in the months of
under the Act of August 24, 1912. Published
September. December, March and June.
June, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
53 Receive Degrees at
97th Commencement
Susquehanna observed its 97th Com-
mencement prog:iam on May 28, jji-ad-
uating- 53 seniors and conferring' an
honorary degree on a prominent alum-
nus, The Reverend Harland Dinim
Fague.
President and Mrs. G. Morris Smitli
g-ave the traditional luncheon to the
seniors on May 26 at the Hotel Edison,
at which time the seniors presented
their class memorial g-ift to the Univer-
sity w^hieh included tihe following- items
— an electric basketball scoreboard, two
tape recorders, a three-way record play-
er, brass appointments for the chapel
altar, and a contribution toward film
sti'ips for the New York Times mici-o-
film reader in the library.
Pleaching the Baccalaureate sermon
on Friday night was Dr. Dwight F.
Putman, President of the Central Penn-
sylvania Synod of the United Lutheran
Church in America. After the Bac-
calureate sei-vice President and Mrs.
Smith received gTaduates, parents, and
fiiiends at Pine Lawn.
Commencement speaker was Dr. Don-
ald L. Helfferich, Vice-President of Ur-
sinus College.
The only other recipient of an honor-
ary degree was Dean Malcolm Eugene
Musser of Bucknell University.
The Reverend Harland Dimm Fague
is pastor of St. Stephen's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Lancaster. After re-
ceiving his A. B. degree at Susuehanna
in 1925, he graduated from the Theolog-
ical Department of Susquehanna in 1928.
In 1942 he received his Master of Sac-
red Theology degree from the Phila-
delphia Lutheran Seminary.
Pastor Fague's wife, the former Sara
Aima Hassinger of Mifflinburg, is also
a graduate of Susquehanna in the class
of 1926. Their daughter, Marianne,
now is a missionary in British Guiana;
she received her degree from Susque-
hanna in 1951.
FORMER COACH AT S. U. DIES
Henry J. Mowles, Federal Parole
Officer for twenty-six years died un-
expectedly at his home in Selinsgrove
May 23. Mr. Mowles sei-ved as athletic
coach at Susquehanna University from
192G to 1928.
LOCAL STUDENTS ENROLL
A total of 16 of the 115 graduates of
Selinsgrove Ai-ea Joint High School,
Class of 1955, have selected Susquehanna
for enrollment in the fall. The gi-oup
includes nine girls and seven boys.
Left to Right:
COMMENCEMENT PERSONALITIES
Dr. Donald L. Helfferich, Vice President Ursinus
College, Commencement speaker; Malcolm E. Musser, Dean of Men
at Bucknell U., who received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of
Pedagogy; President G. Morris Smith; The Reverend Harland Dimm
Fague '25, who received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Divinity.
SECOND GENERATION ALUMNI
Larry Bingaman with his dad, Paul; James Showalter and his
father, Fred S.; Nancy Hermann with her parents, William S. and
Madeline Steininger Hermann; Mary Ann Bingaman with her mother
and father, The Reverend Reid and Miriam Rearick Bingaman; Fred
Shilling with father the Reverend Russell T., and mother, Flora
EUmore Shilling.
POUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1955
Company Representatives
Interview S. U. Students
By Dr. Lyder L. Unstad.
Asst. Prof. Bus. Admin.
More and more industries of various
types are visiting college campuses
today in search of potential executives,
and the placement services at colleges
and universities — Susquehanna among
them — received many inquiries regarding
possible employees who have been stu-
dents in Business Administration, Eco-
nomics, Physics, Chemistry, etc. With
some companies the regular Liberal Arts
student is preferred to those who have
specialized. These companies prefer
graduates with a well-rounded education,
and they themselves conduct the nec-
essary speciality and indoctrination
ti-aining programs. Regardless of course
of studies in college, all companies find
it necessary to give new employees some
specialized training during a period of
six months to a year.
Since Januaiy of this year more than
twenty companies have sent representa-
tives to Susquehanna campus to inter-
view seniors. Salaries offered this year
have ranged from $50 a week to $380 a
month.
In all cases, firms ai-e seeking potential
candidates for future managerial posi-
tions (mercantile, manufacturing and
insurance firms), or the highly special-
ized work such as chemists, accountants,
actuarians, etc. Aside from academic
standing, the intei-viewers look for good
health and well-rounded experience out-
side the classroom. Candidates must
be free to travel fi-om plant to plant.
The companies have developed various
kinds of tests which are given to poten-
tial candidates in oixier to discover
latent characteristics and success for
the future.
America's great position in the world
today is due mainly to our abundant
natural resources and the productive
know-how in construction and manage-
ment, and corporations look increasingly
to the colleges for men and women of
quality and vision. Frequently, gi-ad-
uates from Christian institutions are
preferred because it is believed they
have gained a more than average por-
tion of such qualities as honesty, re-
liability, loyalty, and friendliness.
Some of the companies that have
visited Susquehanna this year are: Bur-
rough's Adding Machine, Price Water-
house, Sacony Vacuum, Armstrong Cork,
Bell Telephone, General Electric, Gen-
eral Motors, Intel-national Business
Machines, Firestone Rubber, Proctor &
Gamble, and Du Pont.
Class Representatives Spur Alumni Giving;
More Than Twice as Many Respond This Year
More than twice as many alumni responded this year to the
Loyalty Fund appeal than did last year. With total contributions
clcse "to $5,000, the record is one of the best in the history of the
university except for years when special appeals were made.
Last year 183 contributed a total of $2726.76. This year 397
contributed $4959.20.
The percentage of alumni contributing jumped from six percent
in 1954 to ten percent in 1955.
Such a splendid record is due to the efTorts of Class Represen-
tatives who willingly accepted the responsibility of personally con-
tacting all their classmates.
Not included in our Loyalty Fund total are the contributions of
many who support scholarship programs and other projects in their
District Clubs. In many cases these gifts are substantial and con-
tribute greatly to the general program of the University.
Since the last issue of the Quarterly, gifts have been received
from the following:
1887 Dr. Samuel T, Nicholas
1888 Dr. George E. Fisher
1891 Dr. Frederick Schrader
1898 Dr. I. Hess Wagner
1899 William M. Schnure
1900 W. Ralph Wagenseller
1901 Robert Z. Burns
1902 S. B. Burkhart
1907 Mary Jacobs Russell
1908 S. Luther Reed
1909 Grace A. Geiselman
1910 Paul H. Hartman
Dr. Warren W. Inkrote
Ethel Smyser Kemble
Mary Phillips
Dr. Walter H. Traub
1913 Sara B. Manhart
Dr. John B. Rupley
1914 Rev. Harry W. Miller
1915 Wilbur E. Bennage
Dr. J. Frank Faust
1916 Clovd E. Bottiger
Rev. David S. Kemmerer
1919 Helen Salem Wescoat
1920 Dr. Dallas C. Baer
Amnion K. Bateman
Calvin V. Erdly
Harold Y. Fisher
Albert R. Potteiger
Paul G. Winey
1921 Dr. Maurice Gortner
Ellis K. Lecrone
Dr. Mildred E. Winston
1922 Luther A. Fisher
1923 Rev. John and Stella Ris-
ser Cole
Marlyn R. Fetterolt
Marv Beck Grant
William E. Mitchell
Dr. Beatrice Rettinger
Martha Larsen Martin
Austin C. Roche
Ethel v. Taylor
1927 Laura M. Arnold
Ruth Evans
Harvey A. Heintzelman
1928 Margaret Buyers
Edwin O. Constable
Laura L. Gemberling
Benjamin T. Moyer
Ray Sheeler
Mary Wentzel Updegrove
1929 Harry J. Lupfer
Mildred I. Potteiger
Russell T. Shilling
Clarence Updegrove
1930 Dorothy Strine Bowers
Dorothy Heiser Fisher
Miller Gerhardt
Myer R. Musser
L. A. Pelton
1931 Lois Brungart Bendigo
H. Vernon Blough
Dr. Lawrence C. Fisher
Esther Larsen
Helen OConnell
Herbert C. Pearson
Minnie Wolfe Walters
1932 Harriet Leese Beck
Rev. Samuel Brosius
Herman R. Fenstermacher
Dr. John F. Kindsvatter
1933 Beatrice Gentzler Armold
Grace C. Boyle
Martin A. Graykoskie
Flora Ellmore Shilling
Amelia Krapf Williams
1934 Ruth Bergstresser
Rev. E. W. Huston
James C. Suter
1924 Rev. William and Marga- 1935 Dorothy C. Eastep
ret Widlund Blough
Mabel Kinzey Fetterolf
Glenn E. Fisher
Mary K. Potteiger
1925 Ruth Albert Baer
Rev. Marlin M. Enders
Marlin E. Grubb
Sara Brungart Stevens
Adeline Strouse
1926 Percy B. Davis
Hayes Gordon
1936 Katherine Weber Pink-
biner
Rev. Jerome V. Guss
John T. Skuba
Anna Mease Wagner
Julius Weinberger
1937 A. Mary Scott Gumpher
Rev. John C. McCune
Frances Smith Novinger
1938 Helen Hisdorf Dauberman
1939 Jean Beamenderfer
Harold Benion
W. Frank Laudenslayer
1940 Lt. Col. John D. Bice
Betty Lerew Bloodworth
Anna Hill Groce
Margaret Grenoble Long
1941 Katherine Dietterle Benion
Rev. J. Alfred Fryer
Faith Harbeson McNltt
1942 Melvin E. Haas
Edward S. and Blanche
Forney Rogers
Phillip R. Templin
1943 Ruth E. McCorkill
Marjorie Wolf McCune
1944 Lois Kramer Pritz
Jean H. Renter
Ada Jayne Romig
Rev. George Morris Smith
1946 James R. Clark
1947 Naomi E. Day
Mary Lizzio Govekar
Alan Parcells
Joseph Taylor
1948 Lois C. Dauberman
Carolyn Graybill Helm-
berger
Aria Bilger Marks
1949 Robert and Nancy Everett
Hoover
Richard L. Wilson
1950 Robert L. Block
Shirley Nicklin Bogdanffy
Patricia Houtz
Lillian C. Smith
Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson
1951 Marianne E. Fague
Gardhier Marek
.Tane Bollinger Schroedter
1952 Robert O. Bogdanffy
Richard L. Fyler
C. Dale Gateman
James Hazlett
G. Allan VoUmers
1953 Clara M. Williams
1954 Joyce K. Gilbert
Orville H. and Jean Rowe
Lauver
HONORARY and PRIENES
Bertha M. Hein
Rev. Richard Martin
Dr. George G. Peery
AMY RECEIVES PH.D. DEGREE STAGG, SR. AT CHICAGO U.
Mr. Robert L. Amy, Assistant Pro-
fe.ssor of Biology at Susquehanna, on
June 13 was granted a Ph.D. degree at
the University of Virginia, Charlottes-
ville. Mr. Amy has been doing his work
in the field of biology and has made a
special study of "The KfTects of Radia-
tion on Insect Developement."
Mr. Amy is continuing work in the
above field this summer at the biological
Division of Oak Ridge National Lab-
oratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Cnach Stagg, Sr., and Mrs. Stagg
journeyed from their home in Stockton,
California, im .June 2 to tittend the
annunl "C"' Dinner at Chicago Univer-
sity where 500 were in attendence. The
Occasion was a special celebration for
the fiftieth anniversary of Chicago's
football and track teams of 1905. Coach
Stagg was the principal speaker.
Coach Stagg, Jr., and Mrs. Stagg
attended the meeting.
June, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
LOYALTY FUND RLPOKT —
BY CLASSES,
1954-55
Total number contributing
-- 397
Percent of known alumni contributing __ _
- 10%
Total amount contributed _
$4959.20 1
Average contribution
$12.50 1
("lass
No. Con-
Class
Itepresentative
tributors
% of Class Amount |
1886
2
100%
$515.00
1887
1
100%'
25.00
1888
—
2
100%
45.00
1891
2
50%
60.00
1898
—
4
50%,
65.00
1899
—
4
29%
45.00
1900
—
3
33%
527.00
1901
2
29%
15.00
1902
—
2
10%
15.00
1903
—
1
13%
2.00
1904
1
5%
5.00
1905
2
18%
10.00
1906
—
1
8%
3.00
1907
2
13%
7.00
1908
Dr. John Houtz
4
17%
25.00
1909
3
12%
45.00
1910
Mary A. Phillips
6
26%
100.00
1911
Dr. Latimer S. Landes
1
5%
25.00
1912
Dr. Claude Mitchell
3
13%
18.00
1913
Rev. John B. Kniseley
7
35%
60.00
1914
Dr. Frank P. Boyer
4
17%
30.00
1915
N. A. Danowsky
11
31%
107.50
1916
Rev. William E. Swoope
3
9%
22.50
1917
Rev. Park W. Huntington
2
6%
7.50
1918
Eva Herman
2
7%
35.00
1919
Rev. H. A. Shoaf
2
6%
20.00
1920
Dr. Joseph Hackenberg
9
20%
122.50
1921
Dr. Maurice Gortner
9
16%
102.50
1922
Rev. George R. Groninger
3
7%
130.00
1923
Dr. Beatrice Rettinger
8
18%
49.00
1924
Dr. Joseph McClain
12
21%
117.00
1925
Mrs. Percy Linebaugh
10
13%
338.00
1926
Theodore Ebberts
15
19%
100.00
1927
Laura Arnold
6
6%
50.00
1928
Rev. Harold E. Ditzler
15
9%
175.00
1929
Henry R. Carichner
13
8%
69.50
1930
Clifford A. Kiracofe
11
9%
64.70
1931
S. Walter Foulkrod, Jr.
14
9%
104.50
1932
Margaret Markle Artley
9
8%
90.00
1933
Selon Dockey
9
10%
64.00
1934
Daniel T. McKelvy
9
11%
102.00
1935
Louise Mehring Koontz
7
9%
477.00
1936
Horace Hutchinson
10
13%
53.00
1937
A. Mary Scott Gumpher
6
11%
31.00
1938
Dr. Robert A. Boyer
5
9%
21.00
1939
Frank Laudenslayer
8
14%
54.50
1940
Anna Hill Groce
21
27%
133.50
1941
Dorothy Artz
8
13%
65.00
1942
Santord P. Blough
5
7%
42.50
1943
Feme Lauver Zeigler
5
11%
14.50
1944
Catherine Byrod Whitman
7
21%
60.00
1945
William Hays
5
17%
37.50
1946
Dr. Arthur Gelnett
4
14%
20.00
1947
Frank Corcoran
10
16%
43.50
1948
Robert Wohlsen
10
12%
49.50
1949
James Peters
22
18%
117.50
1950
Donald E. Wissinger
6
5%
55.00
1951
Ben Alter
7
9%
40.50
1952
James Hazlett
12
13%
62.50
1953
David Bennett
4
4%
16.00
1954
—
6
6%
52.00
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
WILDA OUENTHAL '52 is now Mrs.
Brady and is residing at The Parkway
— Apt.9G, 14 Marshall Street, Irvinglon,
N. J.
JANET MAE MILLER X'54 became
the bride of CHARLES WILLARD
TAYLOR, JR. '51 on April 9 in the
Camp Hill Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Taylor will be graduated this
summer from the School of Dentisti-y,
University of Pittsburgh.
AUDREY J. VOLLMAN X'5G and
WILLIAM VANDERHOOF, JR. '55
wei-e married in Selinsgrove's Trinity
Lutheran Churoh on May 28. They will
be at home at 430 North Line St., Laji-
caster, while Mr. Vanderhoof studies
at the FrankJin and Marshall Seminary.
VOYLET DEITZ '52 and HAROLD
CARR '52 became Mr. and Mrs. on
June 4.
HELEN GRIFFITHS '55 also chose
June 4 as her wedding date. She is
now Mrs. Charles Abbott Hendry.
NANCY LEE HERMANN '55 and
Luther Snook were united in marriage
cm June 4 in the Emmanuel Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Middleburg. Mrs.
Snook will begin teaching in the Lock
Haven Junior High School in the fall.
NANCY RICHARDS '55 on June 4,
became the bride of John McLain '58.
The wedding took place in North Wales.
ROSE MARIE SHARRETTS '55 and
CHARLES W. COATES '55 were wed
in Bloomsburg on June 4. Classmates
of the couple in the bridal party were
Carlene Lamade, Mary Ellen Krebs,
Ruth Scott, Kenneth Erdley, William
Vanderhoof, Larry Bingaman, and Fred
Shilling.
LOIS C. DAUBERMAN '48 on June
11 became the bride of William C.
Schultz of Dubois in Trinity Lutheran
Church, Selinsgrove. Mr. and Mrs.
Schultz will reside in Shanksville, where
they are both faculty members of the
Shanksville-Stonycreek Joint High
School.
ELINOR M. SMITH '53 and RICH-
ARD C. BURLEY '53, Lieutenant junior
grade. United States Naval Resei-ve,
were married on June 8. The ceremony
took place in Pottsville, Pa.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALXTMNUS
June, 1955
Class of 1935 Compiles
Interesting- Statistics
One of the successful reunions on
Alunmi Day was the class of 1935, and
Erie I. Shobert, II, has provided the
Alumni Office w-ith the results of an
interestinjT questionnaire that had been
sent to all members of the class.
Thirty-two out of a class of seventy-
six completed the questionaire.
Some of the interesting personal facts
are: twenty-six ai-e married and six
still single. The size of families ranges
from one to six children with an average
of 2.5.
There are eleven teacheis, eight home-
makers, four in business, three ministers,
one engineer, one surgeon, one high
school principal, one music supervisor,
one nurse, :md one doing research work.
In reference to church membership,
there are fifteen who are Lutheran, five
Reformed, four Presbyterian, two Cath-
olic, two Episcopalian, two Congrega-
tion;iIist and one Methodist.
Twenty-five are members of service
clubs, fifteen belong to social organiza-
tions, six to veteran's organizations,
five are members of professional soci-
ities, three are active in political clubs,
and four in scouting. In these organ-
izations thirty-seven oflices are held.
In reply to the question: Do you own
your own home ? Twenty-one replied
"yes" and ten "no."
Aside from personal statistics, the
class wanted to have some fun vrith
their questionnaire. The question was
asked of the married members: Do you
sleep in twin or double beds ? Nineteen
replied "in double beds", and two "in
twin beds." Two replied that this
question was impertinent.
In an effort to learn the favorite
beverage of the class members, the re-
sult was as follows: coffee, thirteen;
water, four; milk, three; beer, three;
coke, three; scotch, two; tea, two; rye
and gingerale, one; boui'bon, one; and
martinis, one.
The favorite movie actor was Spencer
Tracey, and the favorite actress was
Grace Kelly.
The question was asked: Do you con-
sider yourself successful ? Ten replied
"yes", five "no." Seven were not sure.
The final question asked was: What do
you remember most vividly about
Susquehanna ? Among the answers
were: W.ishing dishes; Freshmen Get-
Away; gym fire; waiting for Governor
Earle on Commencement Day; inspiring
teachers; fun I could have wth a dime;
Motet Choir; breaking a whole tray of
dishes; burning leaves in the fall; un-
defeated football team of 1932; meeting
my wife; dark and dingy G. A. Hall;
Erie Shobert's cello playing; oat lice
Mrs. Kline Leaves S. U.
President G. Moms Smith, at the last
faculty meeting of the academic year,
anounced that Mrs. Carol Kline, for the
past nine years pre-
ceptress at Hassing-
ir Hall, had resign-
.-.1.
Mrs. Kline, al-
ways popular witli
Susquehanna stu-
dents, has accepted
a position as Resi-
dence Diiector of a
sorority house at
\\'estminster C o 1-
lege.
.MRS. KLINE
John Leig-h Smith
Ordained in Virginia
John Leigih Smith, son of Piesidrnt
G. MoitLs Smith, and well-known to
many alumni was ordained June 12 in
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Strasburg,
Va. His brother, the Reverend George
M. Smith '44 is the present pastor of
this church where his grandfather, Dr.
Luther Leig'h Smith served as pastor
for 28 years.
Participating in the ordination service
were President G. Morris Smith and Dr.
Smith's brother. Dr. Charles J. Smith,
Provost of Roanoke College.
The newly ordained minister has ac-
cepted a call to Reformation Lutheran
Church, Greenville, Tenn.
S. U. Musicians Active
At the Eastern All-State high school
band festival held this year in the Cath-
olic High School of Harrisburg, Sus-
quehanna graduates were prominent in
directing its activities.
Russell H. Williams '48 served as
host; the guest conductor was Allen W.
Flock '47; and the presiding officer of
the Pennsylvania Music Educators As-
sociation was William 0. Roberts '29.
DR. ARMSTRONG TO 11 AW. All
Dr. Thomas F. Armstrong, Jr., with
his mother, will leave their home in
Philadelphia in early July to spend the
summer in California. His mother will
remain in California, but Dr. Armstrong
plans to spend .several weeks in Hawaii.
on mashed potatoes: Peg Carson print-
ing her initials on her hand with acid;
the evening vespers on campus; the
Sunday walks to the cemetery; baseball
at the colony; Selinsgi-ove Local puffing
uj) the hill; friendliness and good spirit
of nearly everyone; onion s;mdvvich
parties; truck load of colony boys being
delivered everyday; Teddy Bear's sand-
wich loaves at dorm "feeds."
Susquehanna Senior Plans
Visit with (ierman Family
.\ Susquehanna student. Miss Jessie
Smith '5(i of Schuylkill Haven, will visit
Geiinany this summer under the pro-
gram known as ".An Experiment in
International Living."
FouMd(>d in 1932 this program is a
non-profit educational corporatiim whose
purpose is to build up in all countries
groups of people who are eager to
promote mutual understanding and re-
spect betiveen their own and other lands.
On July 4. Miss Smith — sister of
Elinor M. Smith '.53 — will leave Quebec,
Canada, and go directly to Germany
where for thi-ee weeks she will be the
guest of a German family. With a
daug-hter of this family who is the same
age as Miss Smith, she will tour all of
Germany for another three week period.
She will return to the home of her
hostess for a farewell party. She will
leave Germany September 13.
Fraternity "Help Week"
For the first time, fraternities this
year turned "Hell Week" into "Help
Week" and offered their services to the
community in any constructive phase
during the week of April 18-23.
The borough council sug'gested a pro-
ject of clearing an old field for a play-
ground. Fifty-five pledges of the three
fraternities gave a total of more than
200 hours to the project, each pledge
giving at least five hours.
The program was very successful,
and the Inter-fraternity Council decided
to repeat it next year. The pledges
were enthusiastic and cooperated 100
per cent.
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS
With an enrollment of 71, this year's
summer school is one of the largest in
recent years. Included in the group are
15 veterans, several of whom plan to
continue in the fall. In attendance are
21 women and 50 men students.
PICTORIAL. (iLIMPSE
OF ALUMNI DAY
1. Class of 1920
2. Ethel Smyser Kemblc '10,
President G. Morris Smith,
Jerry D. Bogar. Jr., '99
3. One table of non-reunion
alumni lunching on campus
4. Class of 1915
5. Class of 1910
6. Class of 1945
7. Class of 1930
8. Class of 1905
June, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
(Idenlificalion of Pictures Appears on Page Six)
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1955
. Susquehannans on Parade .
'15 v"
Kyty L. s
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I.
'29
'37
Guy C. Lauver of Falls Church,
rginia, for the past eleven
years has been budget examiner in
the U.S. Bureau of the Budg'et, respon-
sible for checking a budget of over two
billion dollai-s on education of veterans.
M. Baker.
1 c e 1933
with the Union
Barge Line Corpor-
ation, Pittsburgh,
was recently elect-
ed Vice-President of
the Line and its sub-
sidiary company.
Southern Transfer
M. BAKEK Co., Memphis.
Major Kusseil P. Knoebel, serv-
ing as Chaplain since 1950 in the
armed forces, has been transferred from
Harlingen, Texas, to Wheeler Air Force
B;Lse located in Tripoli, North Africa.
Carl Bird is President of the Tar-
pon Springs, Florida, tourist
club; and in a letter to the Alumni Of-
fice said, "1 want my friends to know
where 1 spend winters and hope they
will come to see me." Mi-. Bird's per-
manent address is Volant, Pa.
Clyde K. Spitzner, President of
the General Alumni Association
and commercial manager of radio sta-
tion WIP, was x-ecently elected as a
member of the board of directors of the
Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia, the
oldest advertising club in America.
)QQ L)"". Kobert A. Boyer, head of the
00 physics department of Muhlen-
berg College, hiis recently been elected
Vice-President of the Central Pennsyl-
vania Section of the American Associ-
ation of Physics Teachei-s.
'/11 t:iydc Sechler, formerly with Fred
^J. Waring, is now with the Martha
Raye TV show.
y AQ William S. Clark, for the p;ist two
T:0 years director of Development
and Public Relations at Cedar Crest
College, has recently organized the Bev-
erly Publishing Company and will pub-
lish a monthly magazine to be known
as the "Lehigh Valley Jounial." The
magazine is scheduled to make its first
appearance August 2. R. H. Williams,
as coach of Harrisbm-g Catholic High
School junior varsity basketball team,
this past season won the Central Penn-
sylvania Catholic Leagoie Championship,
as well ii& the Hai-risburg Junior Var-
sity Championship.
Carl E. Dahlgren has accepted the
piisition of administrative assist-
ant for the Central Committee for Con-
scientious Objectors, 2006 Walnut
'49
Street, Philadelphia 3, Pa. He had for-
merly been employed as a drtiftsman in
the Water Department of the city of
Philadelphia.
Jr' A Theodore Horace (Mark this month
t)\J re<-eived hi.s Miuster of Education
degi-ee from the University of Dela-
ware.
>ri The Reverend William K. Smeltz
t/J. has accepted a call to the Jerome-
Boswell charge in western Pennsylvania.
^rrO The Reverend Charles L. Bomboy
tJLd hes recently been re-assigned by
the E.U.B. Chureh to the Castenea-
Farrandsville charge near Lo<-k Haven,
Pa. He was formerly located in Milton.
The Reverend James W. Morris was re-
cently graduated from the Lancaster
Theological Seminary of the Evangel-
ical and Reformed Church. He is pastor
of the Ross Street Methodist Church in
Lancaster. The Reverend David G. Volk,
recently gi-aduated from Theological
Seminary at Gettysburg, is now as.sist-
ant pastor of Zion Lutheran Church,
Sunbury.
Leonard A. Carlson, Susquehan-
Jniversity's first Fulbright
scholar, will sail in early September for
Germany, where he will study at the
State Institute of Music in Frankfurt.
His wife, the former Carol Ahr x'54,
will join him about Christmas. Mr.
Carlson in June received the degree of
Master of Sacred Music from Union
Theological Seminary, New York City.
Sieve Frank Torok this month received
his M.A. degree in physics from the
University of Delaware.
Joanne Heinly x, Ann Schuniach-
and Alice Schweighofer x,
were members of the gri-aduating class
at Presbyterian Hospital, New York
City, on June 2. Miss Schumacher was
president of her class, which included
109 members; and Miss Heinly was vice-
president. All received their R.N. and
A.B. from Columbia University. Presi-
dent G. Morris Smith attended the ex-
ercises.
Jr'Q Leonari
JO na Ur
Ot' er X, ai
S. U. to Share Grant
From General Motors
Word has just been received by Pres-
ident G. Morris Smith that the General
Motors Corporation will make unre-
stricted grants of $10,000 each to founda-
tions representing colleges in Indiana,
Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, and New England. Susquehanna
University is a member of the Pennsyl-
vania Fiiundation of Independent Col-
leges and will benefit from this $10,000.
U. S. steel Elects
Blough to High Post
S. U. alumni, students and friends
rejoiced hust month when announcement
was made that Roger Mylos Blough of
the class of 1925 was elected Boaixi
Chaii-man and Chief Executive Officer
of the world's largest steel firm — U. S.
Steel.
Press wires, national magazines, radio
and newspapers across the nation can-ied
the story in which Susquehanna was
mentioned prominently for contributing
to Roger's educational background.
Alumni will remember that Roger was
comniemenient spcuker in 1953 an<l re-
us*'™*
ROGER M. BLOUGH
ceived from his Alma Mater an honor-
ary LL.D degree.
Lanthorn of 1924, after listing offices
held carried this prophetic paragraph:
" 'Nic' is a faithful, honest, energetic
worker, taking an active interest in the
literary and religious oi-ganizations at
Susquehanna. As a student, there are
few to equal him and none better. It is
in athletics Chat Roger shines forth
most conspicuously. For two consecutive
years "Nic" has nuide the Varsity Fcwt-
ball Stiua<l, and has gained a reputation
of being one of the most consistent
players on the team.
"Those of us who know Roger licsi
have learned that behind that kind smile
and those laughing eyes there lies a
character containing those elements of
greatness before which the world will
some day bow in awe.
"So here's to "Nic" Blough, the most
loved, the most admired, and the most
respected man of the class."
Roger's many friends and all alumni
wish him well as he assumes his now
responsibilities.
June, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Pre-Eng-ineering- Added
3-2 Progrram with U. of P.
By Dr. t. townsend Smith.
Prof, of Physics
Susquehanna University has entered
into an agreement with the Univer-
sity of Pennslyvania by which we have
added a pre-eng-ineering' curriculum in
the Liberal Arts course. LTnder this
plan Susquehanna University will award
the Liberal Arts degree and the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, the engineering
degree. The student remains at Sus-
quehanna for three years and then
spends two years in the engineering
schools of the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
In the three years at Susquehanna
the student will study the less technical,
introductory parts of an engineering
curriculum. Such courses are English
composition, chemistry, mathematics,
and physics. Economics and, at times,
psychology are included in the program.
Some schools also include work in
English literature.
Since the above mentioned courses are
traditional Liberal Arts courses, theie
seems to be no good reason why such
introductory basic work should not be
given in a Liberal Arts college prior to
a student's entrance to an engineering
school.
Last fall for the first time about a
half dozen freshmen started on this cur-
riculum. The first group will be apply-
ing for admission to the University of
Pennsylvania in the fall of 1957, with an
engineering degree in prospect in the
spring of 1959. They will have spent
one year more in study than they would
have spent had they gone directly from
high school to an engineering school;
but there are a number of reasons why
it is profitable to spend this extra time.
One item of profit is the courses a
student will study under the Liberal
Arts program, coui-ses which are not
customarily given in technical schools.
Under the agreement between Susque-
hanna and the University of Pennsyl-
vania, just under fifty hours can be
listed as technical requirements and some
thirty to forty hours Liberal Arts.
Such Liberal Arts courses should open
up fields of thought and present problems
of great value which the technical stu-
dent ordinarily does not get in his
studies.
A second item of profit is the freedom
of choice which a student retains during
his early college years. One of our pre-
sent pre-engineering students decided
after a year that he did not want to
study engineering after all. He is now
planning to study law and is able to
make the change without any loss of
time. If a pre-engineering student de-
cides not to pursue engineering, there
NINE
Members of Class of '55 on their way to becoming Alumni
are excellent possibilities in mathema-
tics, physics, or chemistry. Some as
undergraduates, more as graduate stu-
dents may turn to the study of pure
.science. A fair proportion of our phys-
icists started as engineers.
There is one other considerable ad-
vantage in the pre-engineering program.
The starting pace is somewhat slower
in Liberal Arts colleges. In some of the
engineering colleges a freshman starts
the study of calculus immediately upon
entering. For many students the math-
ematical introduction is likely to be a
rough one, at times too rough for the
student's preparation. The number of
students who drop out of engineering
schools in the first two years is appall-
ingly large. More than a few have to
repeat freshman and sophomore courses.
This is a wasteful and discourging pro-
cess. Standai-ds of achievement have to
be met, but they can be met much moi'e
leadily if the initial pace is not too fast.
The student contemplating the study
of engineering should realize that he
will be entering a difficult course of
study. He can be promised a lot of hard
work; but, of course, a rewarding pride
of accomplishment if and when he
finishes his course.
The installation of a pre-engineering
curriculum at Susquehanna has required
very little change in the course offerings.
Courses in mechanical drawing and in
projective geometry have to be added.
The only other reaiTangement necessary
is in the physics program where it will
be necessary to give every year courses
in electricity and mechanics, which in the
past were offered only in alternate years.
The quality of the students who
entered our pre-engineering program
last fall is gratifyingly good. If the
promise of the freshmen here is fulfilled
by their subsequent accomplishment,
some competent students will go from
Susquehanna University to the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, students who will
be well prepai-ed to continue there their
preparation for the engineering pro-
fession.
1955 Lanthorn Dedicated
To Dr. P. M. Linebaugh
The 1955 LANTHORN, one of the
most attractive in recent years, was
dedicated to Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh,
director of the Conservatory of Music.
The dedication was in appreciation for
what Dr. Linebaug-h has contributed to
Susquehanna during more than thirty
years of unselfish service.
The theme of this year's LANTHORN
was "Shadows" and was successfully
developed throughout the entire book,
ending with these appropriate words:
"Go forth to meet the shadowy future
Without fear and with a manly heart."
Women's Auxiliary
Holds May Day Meeting
The Women's Auxiliary of Susque-
haiyna University rounded out eight
years of concentrated eff"ort for the new
music building with $.35,000 on hand
for its objective. Approximately four
hundred women — many of them S. U.
graduates, gathered on May Day for
a time of fellowship, business, special
music, and the May Day festivities.
Mrs. John McCune (Marjorie Wolf
'43) most capably completed two years
of leadership as president, and handed
the gavel to Miss Margaret Gabel as-
sistant librarian of the college, who is
the newly elected President.
CAREER CONFERENCE AT S. U.
On April 27 Susquehanna was host to
the Snyder County Career Conference
when 700 students from four high
schools gathered on the campus.
At an assembly in Seibert Hall Pres-
ident G. Morris Smith welcomed the
group. Students then had an opportun-
ity to listen to consultants from twenty-
eight occupational fields.
This is the fourth year the Snyder
County Principals' Association in coop-
ei-ation with Susquehanna has held such
a conference.
TEN
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1955
CLYDE
SPITZNEK
SPITZNER REELECTED ALUMNI PRESIDENT
Alumni Day Sees 8 Class Reunions; Lunch
For All Served on Campus
At an enthusiastic meeting of tJie
General Alumni Association on Alumni
Day — May 7, Clyde R. Spitzner, radio
executive from Philadelphia, was re-
elected President of the Association.
The Alumni Association during the
past year, under the leadership of
Spitzner, has showTi great progress, and
alumni everywhere have great confidence
in his leadership as the university ap-
proaches its centennial year.
Highlighting this year's program vi^ere
eight class reunions, more than in any
other recent year. Classes celebrating
anniversaries were: 1905, 1910, 1915,
1920, 1930, 1935, 1945, and 1950.
In planning for the day's program,
Pi-esident Spitzner had suggested that
luncheon be sei-ved on the cam,pus to
reunion gi'oups and pi-ovision also be
made for others so that they would
not have to leave the campus for lunch.
Rooms in Seibert were tastefully decor-
ated for the reunion classes, and a buf-
fet luncheon was sei-ved out-of-dooi-s
for other alumni and their families.
An-iving early in the morning, mem-
bers of the York-Hanover district club
took charge of registration and in gen-
eral directed the activities of the day.
Chainnan of the committee was Ray-
mond P. Gai-man '30.
Presiding at the morning Council
meeting. President Spitzner gave an
encouraging report on this year's Alumni
Fund and reported on the progress of
the Centennial Building Fund.
During the meeting a resolution was
presented empowering the president to
appoint a committee to draw a set of
rules governing an award, which shall
be knovvTi as the "Outstanding Achieve-
ment Award" and empowering the com-
mittee to select an outstanding alumnus
for this year.
Another innovation of this year's pro-
gram was an assembly held after lunch
at which time Dr. G. Morris Smith gave
a detailed report on the college. He
spoke enthusiastically about the support
of the alumni and said, "We are rolling
along" in several directions — in tradi-
tion, in making a little go a long way,
in student enrollment and in alumni
support.
Continuing, Dr. Smith said, "We are
rolling along in intelligent discernment
of the real things that are needed." He
described the philosophy of Susquehanna
— "a superior college within the limita-
tions of its resources," and spoke of
the future of Susquehanna ;us being a
"quality college of some 600 students."
Paying tribute to able and wise lead-
ership on the part of the alumni, Pres-
ident Smith said the college was proud
of the achievement of so many of its
graduates.
At the conclusion of Dr. Smith's talk,
a prog-ram of music was presented by
students of the Consei-vatoi-y of Music.
Immediately following the program in
Seibert Hall, alumni went to the Little
Theati-e and enjoyed a variety show
under the direction of Axel Kleinsoi-g.
To round out the afternoon's program,
many alumni attended the Susquehanna-
Teniple baseball game.
At the annual banquet held in the
evening, election of officers for the en-
suing year resulted as follows: Clyde
R. Spitzner '37, president; Dr. John I.
Woodruff '88, honorary president; Win-
ston Emerick '23, first vice-president;
Mai'y Farlling '28, second vice-president;
Janet Rohrbach '46, recording secretary;
W. David Groce '47, treasurer; Edwin
W. Brungart '00, statistician; Raymond
Garman '30 and Glenn Musser '41, mem-
bers-at-large.
President Spitzner expressed appre-
ciation for the long-time service of
Miss Ruth Bergstresser '34, who faith-
fully kept minutes and acted as secre-
tary to the Council for nine years.
Honored guest at the banquet was Di\
Russell W. Gilbert, professor of German
at Susquehanna, who was admitted into
the Quarter Centui-y Club and who was
presented with a cup emblematic of
twenty-five years of sei"vice.
President Spitzner gave recognition
to alumni in attendence who graduated
Continued ore Page Twelve
JUNIOR CO-EDS
and CRUSADERS
HITTENBENDER — their first child.
Amy Maureen, born to Mr. '49 and
Mrs. Edwin L. Bittenbender in Evans-
ton, 111., on May 4. Eaiiy in Septem-
ber The Reveiend and Mrs. Bitten-
bender will leave for India where they
will serve under the Board of Missions,
Livision of World Missions, of the
Methodist Church.
CHURCH— Deborah Ann, born to Mr.
'54 and Mrs. (Helen Spaeth x'55)
William C. Church on May 31. They
are presently residing at 1501 Wake-
field Place, New Orleans, La.
DERR — a daughtei', Di)nn:i Jane, born
March 20 to Mr. '50 and Mrs. Donald
Den-. The Dens reside at 4860 66th
Ave., Landover Hills, Hyattsville, Md.
GOETZ— Susan Elaine born to Dr. '49
and Mrs. (Doris Wanbaugh'49) Robert
L. Goetz on March 11. Dr. Goetz is
presently located at the Naval Re-
cruiting Station in Jacksonville, Fla.
HORNING— a son, Ronald Kermit, on
May 3 to Mr. '54 and Mrs. Keniiit G.
Horning. Mother and son are making
their home in Shamokin, Pa., until Mr.
Hoi-ning completes his lour of duty
with the armed forces.
IjANDIS — a second daughter, Joanne
Mai-ie, born March 19 to Mrs. Richard
M. Landis (Nancy Myers '47). Baby
has a sister, Suzanne, who is 2%
years old. Dr. and Mrs. Landis reside
at 653 W. Chestnut St., Lancaster, Pa.
OBERHEIM— a daughter, Karen Lee,
born to Mrs. Robert J. Oberheim
(Leah Cryder '47) on May 19. Karen
is the first child to arrive at the
Oberheim residence, 518 Allegheny
Street, Hollidaysbui-g, Pa.
PRITZ— a son, Alan Keith, born Nov-
ember 2, 1954, to Mrs. Donald D.
Pritz (Lois Kramer '44) of 425 Chest-
nut St., Perkasie, Pa. A daughter,
Karen Lois, three, and a son, David
Mark, six, complete the Pritz tiio.
SMELTZ— William Clair, born June 2,
two weeks after his fathei''s giadu:i-
tion from Gettysburg Seminaiy. Tlie
Reverend William R. Smeltz '51 and
Mrs. Smeltz have moved from Gettys-
burg to the piLslorate of the Lutheran j
church in Boswell.
WAHL— Margaret Ida. born to Mrs. !
Robert Wahl (Ruth Schwenk '42) on
April 26. Margaret joins John, three,
and Nancy, two, at the Wahl's Pied- i
mont, California, residence. .
June, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ELEVEN
May Day Events
Honor Story Teller
Several hundred persons jammed the
campus of Susquehanna on Saturday,
May 1-4, to witness the annual May Day
activities.
A pageant entitled "Hans Christian
Anderson's Tale of May" was presented
on the athletic field. The big event in
Denmarl< this year marks the 150th
birthday of Hans Christian Anderson,
bu; the students, parents, and friends
of Susquehanna didn't have to cross the
ocean to view Anderson's enchanting
fairy tale world.
The famed story teller was portrayed
by Larry Bingaman '55, of Elizabeth-
ville.
Carlene Lamade of Kingston was
crowned as the good and beautiful Queen
by Miss Eleanore Steffey, who reigned
as the 1954 May Queen. This was the
second time during the year that the
student body had chosen Miss Lamade
as a campus queen, Homecoming in the
autumn sei-ving as her debut. Queen
Carlene had as her lady-in-waiting
Barbara May of Baldwin, N. Y. Princ-
May Queen and Iler Court
esses in the Queen's royal court in-
eluded Barbara Frank, Delanco, N. J.;
Margaret Gordon, Philadelphia; Nancy
Hermann, Middleburg; Ann Lacock,
Wayne; Ruth Scott, Coatesville; and
Rose Marie Sharretts, Bloomsburg.
May Day festivities ended on Satur-
day night with a Royal Ball held in the
Queen's honor at the college gymnasium.
NECMOLOGY
Harold L. Bolig A. B. '2(), supervising
principal of Selinsgrove Area Joint
Schools since 1946, died suddenly May
26. He had been suffering with a heart
condition for the past four years.
Active in athletics at Susquehanna,
"Pete" Bolig's first position was at the
Duncannon High School where he taught
science and coached football. When he
first came to Selincgrove he coachod
football, basketball, and track. He re-
mained in the coaching field until 1912
when he left his teaching career to
become a field representative for the
American Red Cross, in which capacity
lie served two years. A daughter,
Xancy, and a sister, Mrs. Isabolle Bolig
Heckert, attended Susquehanna Univer-
sity.
Robert W. Mitchell B. S. '26, A. M.
'29, died recently at his home at 300 S.
Locust St., Myerstown, Pa.
Since leaving Susquehanna Mr. Mitch-
ell had been a teacher of science at the
Myerstovni Boro High School. He was
widely known throughout the state for
his pioneer work in setting up a student
(hiver training program in the schools.
Under the sponsorship of the A. A. A.
he also started the first adult driver
training course in the country.
Coach Bob Bastress and his 1955 Crusaders with a season's "'^ ^'^e, the former Mabel Kessler,
record of five wins and eight losses. Left to Right - 1st Row: B. Gulick, s^raduated from Susquehanna in 1928.
D. McCarty, G. Herbster, H. Kocher r^,„<. r i „.!> '•,•>' a- a t
. ^ „ ^ „T, .L T-, T-, ueorge C. Lyter 22 daed on Januai-y
2nd Row: R. Fleming, G. Thompson, J. White, R. Fox 2, 1955. He had been living in Port
3rd Row: Coach Bastress, G. Schlucterer, F. Romano, M, Kratzer, Royal, having retired after thirty-two
G. Lewis years as Supervising Principal of the
4th Row: D. Purnell, S. Shilling, J. Rodkey, R. Sheldon Montoursviiie schools.
TWELVE
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1955
•WHITEY" KEIL
"Whitey" Keil Joins
S.U. Coaching Staff
Dr. G. Morris Smith on May 19th
announced the appointment of Henry J.
"Whitey" Keil as head football coach
for 1955.
Keil, well-known as an outstanding
athlete at Susque-
hanna during the
years 1935-39, jour-
neyed to the campus
on May 19 from his
home in New Jersey
and was introduced
to the members of
the football team.
"Whitey" has had
extensive experience
in the coaching field
and made an impressive record for him-
self at J:unes Milliken University, Deca-
tur, Illinois, where he was head coach
of football and baseball from 1948-51.
In 1947 he was line coach and baseball
coach at Carthage College, Carthage,
Illinois, and in 1951 was line coach at
Upsala College, East Orange, New Jer-
sey. He has had extensive high school
coaching responsibilities and has re-
cently been directing the football activi-
ties in his home town at Union Hill
High School.
After graduation from Susquehanna
in 1939, Keil took special courses in
education at Seton Hall College, Jersey
City, and at the State Teachers College
in Montclair, New Jersey. He received
a Master of Arts degree in Physical
Education from Columbia University
in 1945.
Making a big impression with mem-
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
ALUMNUS
Entered at Selinsgrove Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
POSTMASTER— Please notify if undelivered
BOSSART GRANTED LEAVE
Ml'. Phillip C. Bossart, Instructor in
Psychology at Susquehanna for the past
three years, has been granted a one-year
leave of absence to continue work tov^^ard
his doctorate in the field of psychology.
He has been granted a fellowship at
Syracuse University and will be an as-
sistant in the Department of Psychology.
bers of the athletic council and football
team, Coach Keil outlined his plans
for September. "I want you to get the
desire to be on a winning team," he
said. There is nothing wrong with win-
ning, and we are going to do our utmost
to win as many games as possible."
Continuing, the new coach said that
he expected members of the team to
be in shape when they arrived on
campus. Outlining a number of con-
ditioning exercises that would be of
value, he urged all the players to faith-
fully condition themselves during the
summer.
Firally, he said, "I want you to be
SPITZNER REELECTED . . .
Continued from Page Ten
more than fifty years ago and also
introduced members of the various re-
union classes.
President G. Morris Smith was en-
thusiastically received and brought be-
fore the members an encouraging report
of the progress being made by the
university.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR i;»55
Oct. 1 — Ursinus at Collegevillc
S— Swathmore at S. U.
(Parent's Day)
15 — National Assies at Doylestown
29 — Juniata at Huntinfvdon
Nov. 5 — Wagner at S. U.
(Homecoming)
12 — Haverford at Haverford
100 per cent football players; during
the football season you must make foot-
ball your number one interest."
"Whitey's" present address is 340
Westview Avenue, Fort Lee, N. J.
Business Society Auction of 1955
SELINSOBOVE, PA.
Vol. XXIV
September, 1955
No. 1
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HOMECOMING PROGRAM-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1955
Registration will begin in Student Lounge Friday night. Come and enjoy the traditional parade and pep rally.
SATURDAY MORNING
9:00 Traditional Frosh-Soph Football Game.
10:30 Susquehanna University Alumni Council Meeting — Room 103, Bogar Hall.
Noon Buffet luncheons at Phi Mu Delta, Bond and Key and Theta Chi.
Snack Bar in G. A. will be open for alumni desiring to lunch there.
AFTERNOON
1 :30 Football Game— S. U. vs. Wagner.
4:00 Coffee hour for everyone — Seibert Lounge — sponsored by the sororities.
9:00 Homecoming Dance in alumni gymnasium.
Do not forget to register in G. A. Lounge
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1955
DR. SMITH OUTLINES PLANS FOR CENTENNIAL;
EXCERPTS FROM HIS REPORT TO BD. OF DIRECTORS
Planning for the Centennial in 1958
Susquehanna University will be 100 years old in 1958. During the past year,
besides routine duties in connection with the normal conduct of the college, our
major work has been planning for the worthy celebration of the centennial. This
has involved a number of important meetings with faculty and staff, directors,
architects, fund-raising counselors, synodical committees, and finally with the
Central Pennsylvania Synod itself on June 8, 1955, when the synodical appeal for
$500,000 for the Susquehanna University centennial was approved for the fall of
1956. The fine spirit of unanimity with which synod gave its approval is a source
of hope and encouragement to all of us as we gird ourselves for this worthy effort.
By pulling together, and with God's blessing, we can achieve in this appeal a
resounding success for Christian higher education.
An additional sum of $200,000 will be available to finance the Centennial
Program, making a total objective of $700,000.
Steps So Far Taken
In a movement of this magnitude it
will be helpful to outline the decisive
steps so far taken:
April 16, 1953 — The Executive Com-
mittee of the Board of Directors met
with representatives of Administration,
Faculty, Alumni, and Women's Auxil-
iary to discuss centennial objectives and
the financial appeal. Result: (1) the
need for a new Music Building and an
addition to the Library, already ap-
proved by the directors, reaffirmed by
this over-all committee; (2) Resolved
that the campaign for funds "be started
in 1956, or before that date if the cir-
cumstances warrant."
February 2-4, 1954 — Evaluating team
from Middle States makes observations
and suggestions on centennial planning.
May 24-26, 1954 — Approval in prin-
ciple by Central Pennsylvania Synod of
Susquehanna University Centennial Ap-
peal, details to be submitted to the
Executive Board of Synod in January
1955 for approval by Synod in June,
1955.
September 1, 1954 — Questionnaire to
faculty on projected enrollment and
primary needs. Response: Ideal enroll-
ment 500 — an increase of 40% over
1954.
September 15, 1954— The President,
Director of Conservatory, Librarian and
Business Manager met with a repre-
sentative of the architects, Lawrie and
Green, on the campus to discuss pre-
liminary details as to the size and func-
tion of the Music Building and addition
to the Library.
September 16, 1954 — Meeting of spe-
cial committee of the Board of Direc-
tors on size and primary needs — discus-
sion based on reports of faculty ques-
tionnaire and Middle States evaluating
committee's recommendations.
September 30, 1954 — Meeting of Spe-
cial Committee of faculty and adminis-
tration (music faculty largely repre-
sented) to discuss in detail the archi-
tects' memorandum on tentative plans
for Music Building and Library.
October 4, 1954 — Board of Directors
approve report of Special Committee of
the Board on size and building needs,
and request the appeal to the Central
Pennsylvania Synod for a campaign in
the fall of 1956 of $500,000 to be distri-
buted: $250,000 for the human side and
$250,000 for plant improvement.
February 15. 1955 — Report of archi-
tects on heating needs for plant im-
provement.
June 8, 1955 — Centennial appeal of
$500,000 for Susquehanna University
unanimously approved by the Central
Pennsylvania Synod meeting at Gettys-
burg, Pennsylvania.
The mere outlining of the course of
developing plans can by no means set
forth the prayer, thought and effort that
have underlain the progress so far
made. The big hurdle is still ahead —
the actual gathering of $500,000. With
God's spirit leading us, I am confident
our goals can be achieved. So far He
has guided us beyond our deserving;
my prayer is that He may bless us in
all our efforts and lead us to ever
growing victories in His Name.
Education and the Human Factor
In a letter dated May 5, 1954, the
chairman of the accrediting commission
wrote as follows:
"ParJicularlv does the commission
wish to caution the institution to
'n-ure that its objectives are clari-
fied, and that it has strengthened its
program ?nd financial structure in
order to be able to maintain them
adequately. We feel that the in-
stitution should not subordinate ed-
ucational considerations in its cen-
tennial as it is likely to do, if it
see'iis funds primarily for the erec-
tion of new physical facilities."
There is a generally increasing ap-
preciation that excellence in education
depends more on the personal, human
material in classroom and faculty than
on brick and mortar. The alumni are
seeing this, and are devoting their giv-
ing to the human side of the college by
investing their gifts in a larger per-
manent endowment.
We are most grateful, too, for the
vision of the Central Pennsylvania
Synod in this matter of stronger sup-
port for the faculty and personnel. Of
the $500,000 to be raised by Synod
through the centennial appeal, $250,000
is to be set up for strengthening the
human factor. More generous support
for personnel is one of the outstanding
needs of the university. The competi-
tion for able men and women of char-
acter is keen. Without highly qualified
teachers no college can do distinguished
work.
Alumni Giving on the Rise
The Alumni responded in multiplied
fashion to the appeal of Clyde Spitzner,
President of the Alumni Association,
for support of Alma Mater through the
annual Roll Call. Contributions rose
from $1201 in 1950-51 to $5072 in 1954-
1955. Below is a summary of totals for
the past two years:
1953-54, $2726.76, number of contri-
butors, 183; percent of known alumni
contributing, 6%; average contribution,
$14.90.
1954-55, $5072.20; number of contri-
butors, 408; percent of known alumni
contributing, 13%; average contribution,
$12.43.
Our sincere thanks to all who have
demonstrated the growing capacity of
our alumni in this matter.
Conclusion
We must ever be mindful of the pur-
pose of the college, — "to provide for its
students adequate educational facilities,
and competent Christian scholars as
teachers who shall create an environ-
ment and an atmosphere conducive to
the production of Christian character."
We have had a good year; in many
ways, one of our most constructive
years. We have laid the groundwork
for a great Centennial. Now it remains
for all arms of support to team their
efforts cooperatively so that by 1958 we
will have achieved our goals. God
helping us, we cannot fail. Let His
Name be praised. To Him be the glory!
For the help and friendship of the
directors I am most grateful.
Respectfully submitted,
September 1, 1955
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of September, December, March and June.
September, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
FRESHMAN CLASS NUMBERS 184; SCORE HIGH;
INCREASE IN STUDENT BODY OF 16%
Susquehanna University opened its
98th academic year on Monday, Sep-
tember 19, when Dr. Ralph C. Robinson,
Secretary of the Central Pennsylvania
Synod of the United Lutheran Church
in America, spoke to the student body
and the faculty on the subject "What
Next?"
Early reports from Dean Gait's office
show an increase of 16% in the size of
Susquehanna's student body.
The Freshman Class numbers 184, a
slight increase over last year's record
of 179.
Once again Alumni can take a bow
for their splendid efforts in directing to
Susquehanna what appears to be one
of our best Freshman Classes.
Dr. A. A. Zimmer, head of Susque-
hanna's Department of Education, in
commenting on the quality of the new
class, said, "From indications of the
testing program offered during Orien-
tation Week to our Freshmen, this pres-
ent class records the highest standards
in the history of Susquehanna".
Dr. G. Morris Smith, as he intro-
duced the Convocation speaker, said,
"In opening its 98th session, Susque-
hanna does so in the providence of God
and in a continuing faith in His leader-
ship."
Dr. Robinson urged his audience to
consider the basic principles for a real-
ly successful life. "There are three
such basic principles," said the speaker:
"spiritualize your concept of life, regu-
late your life by the principle of service,
and energize your Ufe through the
power of God.
"The price of real success in life is
complete self-dedication. The selfish
man will always be a failure. The vital
question for each of us is not so much
'What do I want to do?' but 'What
does God want of me?' "
To one of Susquehanna's largest stu-
dent bodies in recent years. Dr. Robin-
son spoke frankly and bluntly when he
said "The world doesn't owe you a
thing. You are the debtors.
"You owe your freedom to the mil-
lions who have fought and bled and
died upon some field of battle," said
the speaker. "You also owe your health
to an army of dedicated men and wo-
men in white uniforms who through the
years have been waging a ceaseless war
against disease."
Describing other debtors. Dr. Robin-
son said, "You owe your opportunities
for success to a great company of men
and women in our industrial economy
— who by using their intelligence and
working long hours have created in
America the most productive nation the
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
Jacob M. Spangler, Jr. '52 was married
on April 23 to Shirley Mae Crosby of
Baltimore, Md. They reside at 10
Wetmore Avenue, Morristown, N. J.
Kent R. 'VVeHer '50 took as his bride
Nancy Ruth Hampton in June. Mr.
Weller is a member of the high school
faculty at Hatboro.
Robert J. MacNamara, Jr. '53 heard
wedding bells on June 11 when he
was married to Linda L. Fox in Hol-
lidaysburg. Pa. Kay Campbell '54
served as best man. They are resid-
ing near Greensburg, Pa., where Mr.
MacNamara is on the high school
teaching staff.
Joyce L. Wagner '53 and Steve F. Torek
'53 became Mr. and Mrs. in Beaver
Springs on June 11. Matron of honor
for her sister was Mrs. Glen Bingman
(Dorothy Wagner '47). Mr. and Mrs.
Torok are at home at 504 Anne Street,
Bethayres, Pa.
Eleanor F. Banner '55 on June 19 be-
came the bride of Donald C. Stuck.
Mrs. Sterling Naugle '56 presented
the organ recital, and Anne Hepler
'56 was soloist at the ceremony which
took place in Middleburg.
Clara Mae Williams '53 was married to
Edmund A. Anderson, Jr. on June 25
in Hazleton. Mrs. Anderson is Music
Supervisor of Elementary Grades in
the Alfred I. DuPont School, Wil-
mington, Del.
Shirley Jean Decker x'55 and C. Dale
Gateman '52 were united in marriage
on June 25 in Elysburg. Best man
was Jay L. Hand '50, and serving as
ushers were the Rev. Gerald Moore-
head '51 and Dale Fulmer x'52. Sol-
oist was Richard Fyler '52. The couple
world has eve- known."
Dr. Robinson then described the
noble army of men and women, the
teachers in our schools to whom all of
us owe a great debt.
"Last but not least", continued the
speaker, "you owe your present secure
status to the home which since your
arrival in this world — has cherished
you, loved you, waited on you, prayed
for you."
With his audience listening intently
the speaker concluded his address by
saying, "At this hour you are largely
the result of the devotion and sacrifices
others have made. What are you going
to do about it?"
will reside in New Jersey while Mr.
Gateman attends Columbia University
Graduate School.
Carolyn J. Hester x'57 and Donald S.
Haag '55 have announced their mar-
riage which took place July 12 in
Frederick, Md. They are presently
residing at 1186' 2 Park Avenue, Wil-
liamsport. Pa.
Helen G. Williams '55 and Richard K.
Boyd '55 are at home at 47D Brook-
dale Gardens, Bloomfield, N. J., since
their marriage on August 20.
Louise Caroline Miller '31 on April 2,
became the bride of W. Curtis Proth-
ers in Kingston, Pa. Mrs. Prothers
is Mathematics teacher in Dallas-
Franklin-Monroe High School.
Melva Schmeltz '55 and Harold E. Vog-
ler '54 were united in marriage on
August 6. Susquehanna graduates in
the wedding party were Anne Lacock
'55, Mary Ann Bingaman '55, Mimi
Vogler Olson '51 and Dave Volk '51.
Mrs. Volger is teaching in the Lake
Township High School, Lake Ariel,
Pa.
Dr. James Rumbaugh '50 was married
to Pat Baer on July 16, 1955. Jim
has completed his internship at Poly-
clinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa.
Fat Hess and Stan Manning (both '54)
made it Mr. and Mrs. in June.
Lorraine Rarich '52 and George Lid-
dington '54 were married August 20.
Attending her sister as matron of
honor was Jean Rarick Detweiler '53.
Bridesmaids were Ruth Smith Rob-
inson '52 and Janet Miller Waite x'52.
Les Heilman '52 and Helen Thomas x'57
heard wedding bells on August 27.
They were married in Trinity Evan-
gelical United Brethren Church, New
Cumberland.
Max J. Herman x'57 took as his bride
Peggy Ann Casson, August 27. Mr.
Herman entered the University of
Pennsylvania School of Veterinary
Medicine, Philadelphia, in September.
Sandra Gilfillan x'57 and James G.
Showalter '55 are now Mr. and Mrs.
They were married in Philadelphia
on August 27. Attendants were Beth
Linebar x'57, Elizabeth Stradling '57,
Harry F. Kocher, Jr. '55, Walter C.
Albert Jr. '55, Kenneth F. Erdley Jr.
'55 and Franklin G. Smith '55.
June L. Hoffman '46 became the bride
of Nicholas R. Repke, on August 27,
in Hazleton. Mrs. Repke is teaching
in Chicago, where the couple is re-
siding.
Danfel W. Williamson '53 and Joan
Wiant x'53 were married June 4, in
Westfield, New Jersey. They are pres-
ently residing at Ft. Bragg while Dan
is in training.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1955
Of Winning Maids
and Noble Lords
— ^— by Ruth Juram Smith ^■^—
More than two hundred women had
assembled for Conference Hour at
Lakeside - on - Lake Erie this summer
and as a warmer up-er (not that we
needed one with the Ohio temperatures
hovering in the 90's all week) song
sheets had been distributed, and then
we looked around for a pianist and song
leader. "Dr. Dolberr is here," several
cried, and sure enough, up the aisle
walked Dr. Martin L. Dolberr '16, re-
turned from more than a score of years
as missionary in India and now a pas-
tor in Marion, Ohio. With professional
skill our S. U. friend had the rafters
ringing. He's doing the same thing, we
heard later, for the coming convention
of the Women's Missionary Society of
the U.L.C.A., in Cleveland in early Oc-
tober. Dr. Russell Auman '20 is sched-
uled to conduct a Bible Study at the
Hotel Statler on World Communion
Sunday for the same occasion. Dr.
Auman is on the faculty of Hamma Di-
vinity School, Springfield, Ohio.
We were sitting in the mammoth
auditorium at Massanetta Summer As-
sembly, enjoying one of the Lutheran
Week mass meetings attended by 1000
Virginia men, women and children,
when who shared a book with us but
the Rev. Robert R. Sala '34 who is a
mission developer at present in the
suburbs of Richmond! Dr. Paul M.
Orso '40, Director of Lutheran Welfare
in Washington, D. C, was a member
of the faculty of this school.
The Rev. Hamer Middleswarth '24
of U.L.C.A.'s Parish Education Board
staff led more than 2500 youth in daily
worship at the Luther League Conven-
tion at Ann Arbor from August 15 to 20.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bussey
(Prudence Fish, former S.U. faculty
voice teacher), Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Hatz tracked down another S.U. clergy-
man, the Rev. David J. Heim '44 by
way of a neighbor of the Busseys.
Pastor Heim had just been called to
Burlington, Vermont's First Baptist
Church and his coming was featured in
that evening's Burlington Free Press.
When the Rev. Oliver Nace an-
nounced the 100th Anniversary cele-
bration of St. Paul's Evangelical and
Reformed Church of Selinsgrove, he
named the top attraction of the event,
the coming of Dr. Cyril Haas '99. Dr.
Haas has served as medical missionary
for a lifetime in the Near East and with
Mrs. Haas, is now retired and living in
Tennessee.
SPITZNER LAUDS SUCCESS OF LOYALTY FUND!
GIVES CREDIT TO CLASS REPRESENTATIVES
At the close of the academic year,
final total contributed by alumni was
$5072.20. With 408 contributing, the
fund showed a greater increase than in
any other one year, as far as we could
learn from our records.
President Clyde R. Spitzner, com-
menting on the report, said, "Success
of last year's Loyalty Fund is due to
those Class Representatives who co-
operated and did so much to enlist the
support of their classmates."
Three early classes, 1886, 1887 and
1888, considerably reduced in size, had
100% response. The classes of 1891
and 1898 had a 50% response. Best
record for more recent years was that
of the Class of 1913 with Rev. John B.
Kniseley as Representative, which
showed a record of 35%. Class of 1915
with N. A. Danowsky as Representa-
tive, had 31%. contributing. As wo
come down to more recent years, the
Class of 1940 with Anna Hill Groce as
Representative reported an excellent
27%.
President Spitzner, through the col-
umns of the ALUMNUS, wants to thank
all those Class Representatives who did
so much to make the Fund successful.
His hope is that they again will share
some of this responsibility and having
met with such success last year, will
be able to show an even better record
for the year 1955-56.
There are always a few rare souls
who send in their contributions early
in the year, without even a reminder.
This year early responses came from
the classes of 1909, 1941, 1946, 1950 and
1954.
Contributions received for last year
but too late to be included in the June
issue of the ALUMNUS were:
1910— Clyde W. Shaeffer
1913 — Maria Geiselman Gabrielson
1915 — Guy C. Lauver
1925 — Christie Zimmerman
1927 — ^Katherine Kleinbauer
1930 — Clifford A. Kiracofe
1941 — Earl G. Minkwitz
David S. Keim
1948 — Rev. H. Lee Hebel
1949 — Edith Wegner Hebel
1950 — Lillian Hoover Bloomquist
Other alumni were prominent this
summer at Camp Susquehanna — on
Susquehanna's Campus for its 31st
season. The Rev. A. P. Bingaman '29,
chairman of the program, had on his
staff as chief counselor. Dexter Weikel
'48, Ada Jayne Romig '44 as Girls' Ath-
letic Director and two teachers, the Rev.
Jerome V. Guss '36 and the Rev. John
Weikel '22.
Homecoming To Draw Crowd;
Harrisburg Club Host
Members of the Harrisburg District
Alumni Club will act as hosts at this
year's Homecoming Program, the week-
end of November 5. Harvey A. Heintz-
elman, '27, President of the Harrisburg
Club is moving ahead with a committee
to develop plans.
President of the General Alumni As-
sociation, Clyde R. Spitzner, pleased
with changes inaugurated last year, has
asked that insofar as possible, last
year's program be repeated.
President G. Morris Smith has ap-
pointed a committee from the campus
to work with the Harrisburg club.
Chairman will be Dan MacCuish, Direc-
tor of Public Relations and committee
members will be: Miss Ruth A. Meister,
Dean of Women, Miss Jean B. Beam-
enderfer '39, Miss Betsy McDowell,
newly appointed Director of Physical
Education for Women, Dr. John R.
Leach and A. A. Stagg, Jr.
Since many alumni coming from dis-
tant points often arrive Friday evening
and stay in Selinsgrove over night, a
successful social hour was held last year
in the Student Lounge, giving early ar-
rivals an opportunity to see the tradi-
tional parade and take part in the pep
rally. Students served cider and dough-
nuts and music was provided for those
interested in dancing.
Notices will be sent out later by the
various Fraternities and Sororities an-
nouncing plans for special meetings.
Special announcement will be seen else-
where of plans for an S. A. I. luncheon
to be held at the Blue Hill Restaurant.
The most impressive change in last
year's program was the coffee hour held
in Seibert Lounge. Sponsored by So-
rorities and Fraternities, once again all
alumni will be invited to get together
in one place after the game, rather than
attend coffee hours at the different So-
rorities and Fraternities.
Members of the student body are
making elaborate plans for the Annual
Homecoming Dance which is always
enjoyed by so many alumni.
Picture Credits
Cover and football pictures taken
by Frederick C. Stevens, Assistant
Professor of Sociology at S. U.
September, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
Club News
NEW JERSEY
The North Jersey District Club will
have another informal buffet - supper
meeting in October or November. Facil-
ities will be available for projecting
photographs and 35 mm slides which
should help us get to know each other
better. Bring shots of your family,
home, vacation, pet, etc. — limit 12.
Members will be notified of place and
date. Alumni or friends who did not
receive an announcement of our spring
meeting notify our secretary, Mrs. Her-
bert R. Hains, 232 Cedar Street, Liv-
ingston, N. J., so we may put you on
our mailing list.
Ray Schramm, President
North Jersey District
Alumni Club
SUNBURY
At the spring meeting of the Sunbury
District Alumni Club, it was suggested
that the Selinsgrove - Snyder County
Chapter be invited to meet with the
Sunbury group at the fall meeting to
discuss a merger of the two clubs.
Presidents of the respective clubs,
Pat Houtz '50 and Davis Gross '47, have
discussed possible dates for the meeting
which will be held in Selinsgrove and
announced at a later date.
HANOVER- YORK-LANCASTER
The annual summer picnic of the
Hanover-York-Lancaster Alumni Club
was held August 25, 1955 at St. Paul's
Lutheran Picnic Grove in Hametown,
Pa. It was an old fashioned picnic with
all baskets opened and shared as in one
big family with corn on the cob fur-
nished by the club as the main course.
About 50 people attended at which
time the president of the club, Raymond
Garman, announced that Miss Joyce
Hancock of Spring Grove, Pa., had been
awarded the George E. Fisher Memorial
Scholarship.
Recent contributors to the Scholar-
ship Fund are: Dr. Paul Ochenrider,
Patricia Heathcote, Mary FarlUng, Dr.
Spurgeon Shue, Clair Kaltreider, David
Coren, Selon Dockey, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Wissinger, Rev. Lester Karsch-
ner, H. Vernon Ferster, Anna dinger.
Rev. Kenneth James, Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Klinedinst, Anna Allewelt,
Joseph Fopeano, Mrs. G, A. Livingston,
Raymond P. Garman, Grace Geiselman,
Henrietta Flickinger, Ethel Reuning,
and Anna Koontz.
It was also announced that there are
other scholarships available for stu-
dents living in this area. If you know
of anyone interested please contact any
Carl Shoemaker, promising back from Ashland and Jack Anthony,
Sophomore end from East Stroudsburg, assist the Coach
in carrying new equipment to field — (air dummies).
Junior Co-eds and Crusaders
ACCIAVATTI — a new personality,
Richard Gerard, was announced by
Mr. x'51 and Mrs. Richard Acciavatti
on June 12. The father is Director
of the Rehabilitation Department, Tu-
berculosis Sanitorium, Cresson, Pa.
BOTHWELL— a bouncing boy, Kenneth
H., Ill, arrived June 5 at the home of
Mr. '54 and Mrs. Kenneth H. Both-
well, Jr., in New Providence, N. J.
BRANDAU— Mark Allen was born to
Rev. "51 and 'Mrs. Walter L. Brandau
June 21. Rev. Brandau is now in Espy.
FISHER— a daughter, Willa Mina, was
born February 22 to Mrs. William S.
Fisher (Edith Kemp '47). The Fish-
ers reside in Wilmington, Del.
GEHRIS — Judith Louise arrived at the
home of Dr. '50 and Mrs. (Martha
Martin '51) James C. Gehris May 23.
Her brother, John, is two years old.
member of the scholarship committee
or notify the college office.
Patricia Heathcote '52, Treas.
LEHIGH VALLEY
Plans have been made for the annual
meeting to be held on Friday, October
21. The time is 6:30 p. m. and the
place is the University Room of the
Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Pa. Fur-
ther information will be sent to mem-
bers at a later date.
JONES — proud parents of a son born
June 28 are Mr. '51 and Mrs. Paul
Jones. Paul is a teacher in the Nor-
thumberland High School.
LARRIMORE— their first child, Judson
Kepner, was born June 17 to Mrs.
Jack L. Larrimore (Lillian Kepner
'50). The Larrimores reside in Laur-
el, Md.
MARTS— the birth of Thomas E. Marts,
III, has been announced by his par-
ents, Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Charlotte
Neuman x'54) Thomas Marts. Little
Tom arrived July 8 in Philadelphia.
PERSAN— a son, Richard Henry, was
born May 29 to Mrs. Herbert Persan
(Mary Ellen Wood '48). Richard
joins Wanda, four, and Nancy, two, at
Persan's Massapequa, N. Y. residence.
SPOONER — John Allen is the main
topic of conversation at the home of
Mr. '43 and Mrs. (Ruth Billow '43)
Donald Spooner. He was born on
June 28 and is the Spooners' second
son.
REILLY — Katherine Jean, a darling lit-
tle girl, was added to the home of Mr.
'49 and Mrs. (Marilyn Beers '51)
James B. Reilly on August 22.
MILLARD — Stanley Wendall born in
Community Hospital, Sunbury, Aug-
ust 30. The proud parents are Mr.
'56 and Mrs. (Peggy Webber '54) Car-
roll Millard.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1955
— Susquehannans on Parade — '41
'05
Walter Young, although retired
for the past few years, has re-
cently received generous newspaper
publicity on the contribution he has
made to the stage and the movies. In
the publicity re-
leases, Mr. Young
gives credit to Sus-
quehanna for his
start in the dramat-
ic field. While at
S. U., he developed
his iirst love for the
stage and organized
Walter Young
a dramatic club
which was known
as the Themard Club. Some of the
plays produced were Shakespeare's
"Othello", "Way Down East", "La Belle
Marie", and several others of the same
type.
After college, the young actor was
fortunate enough to play with Ethel
Barrymore at the old Empire Theati'e
in New York. He also played with
John Barrymore in "His Excellency the
Governor".
For 12 years Young played in stock
with Jessie Bonstelle. Following this,
he played with Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
in "The Show Shop".
During World War I, Mr. Young en-
tertained in France, Belgium, London,
Helsinki and Moscow. He later spent
three years in Hollywood where he was
under contract with Warner Brothers,
Universal and Fox, playing in 19 pic-
tures.
'16
In memory of Luther D. Gross-
man, a set of electronic chimes
will be placed in the Tresslertown Lu-
theran Home where he had served as
superintendent for 14 years.
'17
Phoebe Herman and Eva Her-
man, '18 with their sister Bea-
trice (S. U. Bursar for 25 years) have
just returned from a two-months' Med-
iterranean tour. On this, their third
European trip, the Misses Herman vis-
ited Spain, France, Italy, Egypt; and in
the holy lands they traveled to Damas-
cus, Syria, Jordan, Jerico, Jerusalem,
Bethlehem, and Nazareth. They flew to
Tel-Aviv and Istanbul before returning
to Athens to sail back to the States.
'27
The Rev. Bert E. Wynn has been
installed as full - time President
of the Central Penn-
\^ sylvania Synod of
■ ■ the EvangeUcal &
Reformed Church.
*9Q ^^
LJUk
Judith Ann
)unkle, the
daughter of Frieda
Deese Dunkle, was
chosen to reign as
Rev. Wynn "Miss Washington,
D. C. of 1955" and participated in the
"Miss America Pageant" at Atlantic
City.
'32
Michael A. Strohosky received
his master of arts degree from
Bucknell University at the close of the
summer session.
'35
Dr. Hazel Naugle has recently
been transferred from Bhima-
varam, India, where she has been serv-
ing as director of Christian education
for the Lutheran missions in the prov-
ince, to Guntura, South India.
Dr. RRl.ih C. Ge'?!e received prominen:
men:ion in a lecent issue of Modern
Schools when the featured article de-
sc-iteJ his development program at the
Oakmont, Pa. Public Schools where he
has been Superintendent since 1953.
'36
Charles L. Fasold has been ap-
pointed assistant to the super-
Vismg principal of Selinsgrove Area
Joint Schools.
'38
Mrs. Harvey C. (Frances E.
Moyer) Wynn received her mas-
ter of arts degree from Bucknell Uni-
versity at the close of the summer ses-
sion. Mrs. Wynn is teaching in the Sel-
insgrove Area Joint Junior High School.
'39
Robert M. Bastress has been ap-
pointed assistant county super-
intendent of Snyder County Schools.
He previously held the position of guid-
ance director of Selinsgrove Area Joint
High School. For the past few years.
Bob has coached S. U.'s baseball team.
'40
Dr. John A. Leain accepted a
position at St. Clair Memorial
Hospital, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, ef-
fective September 1. Dr. Learn former-
ly was on the staff at Sunbury Com-
munity Hospital.
Donald L. Ford has successfully
completed all examinations for
the designation of Chartered Life Un-
derwriter in The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
9 AC\ Mr. and Mrs. (Jeanne Fenner)
^^ John Helm were recent visitors
on the campus.
^ A A "^^^ Rev. David J. Helm, minis-
TTT ter of Huntingdon's First Bap-
tist Church for the past seven years has
resigned to become pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Burlington, Vermont.
f A'J Ongkar Narayan of British Gui-
T I ana was a recent visitor on the
campus. He has spent the past summer
in England and will remain in the
United States to complete further edu-
cation in the State Teachers College in
Southern Missouri. Clair Eastep, with
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. since
1947, has recently been promoted from
Senior Salesman in Harrisburg to Re-
gional Promotion Man in Philadelphia.
Major Frank Corcoran is now on Army
assignment as Assistant Professor of
Military Science and Tactics at Penn-
sylvania Military College in Chester.
Howard H. Soloman was a recent
caller on the campus, returning from
Indonesia where he is employed by the
Standard Vacuum Oil Co. Howard is
enjoying a six month furlough and was
happy to see some old friends, some of
whom were Robert Wohlsen '47, Robert
Radell '48 and Earl Bernstine '50.
'48
The Rev. H. Lee Hebel has been
called by the Central Pennsyl-
vania Synod of the U.L.C.A. to be the
first rural missionary in this synod. He
will serve small congregations within
an area 30 miles from Bedford, Pa.
'Jim' Peters is the new varsity
football coach at Western Area
Joint High School, Mifflinburg, Pa.
■Jim' was a former all-around athlete
at S. U.
John Hospodar, Jr. was appointed As-
sistant to the Manager, Systems and
Methods, General Offices, Campbell
Soup Company, Camden. N. J. on June
16, 1955.
Dr. Robert L. Goetz has left his gen-
eral practice in Corning, N. Y., for duty
at the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station in
Jacksonville, Fla. In January Bob will
attend the Naval Aviation School of
Medicine in Pensacola, studying supple-
mentary medical courses, flight train-
ing, rescue work, etc.
Dorothy I. Shaffer has been assigned
to a Department of the Army Depend-
ent School in Germany, where she ex-
pects to teach upper elementary grades.
(Continued on Page 7)
September, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
New Faces On Campus
Very few faculty and administratior,
changes have occurred this year. Mr.
Harold Gullbergh has come to the De-
partment of Education to fill the va-
cancy created by a one year leave of
absence granted to Mr. Phillip C. Bos-
sart. Mr. Gullbergh has come to us
from Colby College, Me. He holds
masters' degrees from Cornell and
Rutgers, and has recently finished his
residence study for the doctorate at
Syracuse. His last teaching position
was at Colby College.
Mrs. Rachel M. Thompson of Harris-
burg is the new House Mother of Has-
singer Hall. She replaces Mrs. Carol
Kline who resigned last spring to ac-
cept a position at Westminister College,
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
Miss Betsy McDowell is the new
Phj'sical Director for Women. She re-
places Miss Frances A. Rhoads who was
at Susquehanna for only one year.
Miss McDowell is a graduate of Luther
College, Decorah, Iowa, and was a stu-
dent of Mrs. Ruth Sparhawk Soule,
well known to many alumni.
Mrs. Jean Lauver '54 and Mrs. Anna
Shaffer resigned their positions in the
Public Relations Department and have
been succeeded by Mrs. Goldie Moyer.
Freeburg, Pa. and Miss Ann Lee Day,
Danville, Pa.
Mrs. Aria Marks, Secretary to Dean
Gait for the past 10 years, has also re-
signed. Mrs. Martha Leach, Port Trev-
orton, Pa. is the new Secretary to the
Dean.
"SUSQUEHANNANS ON PARADE"
(Continued from Page 6)
'50
Richard G. Westervelt has been
promoted to Assistant Sales
Promotion Manager with the Prudential
Insurance Co. He is located in Chicago.
Dr. Joseph A. Ladika has completed
his internship at Misericordia Hospital,
Philadelphia, after graduating from
Jefferson Medical College. He has op-
ened a medical practice in Kulpmont,
Pa.
Dr. James C. Gehris has completed a
one-year internship at Reading Hospi-
tal and has opened practice of general
medicine in Shamokin, Pa.
'53
Orville Glass and Paul Nestler,
Jr. have received their Master
of Business Administration degrees
from the Wharton Graduate School.
Arthur W. Roush has been discharged
after two years in the Army and will
begin teaching in the Montrose, Pa.
High School.
NECROLOGY ""^^'^ ""^ ^^^^^^ %f.
A
Sig:mund Weis '03, Vice President and
Treasurer of Weis Pure Food Stores,
Inc., Sunbury, died in the Sunbury
Community Hospital, July 3. Mr.
Weis was co-founder of the Weis
Markets, which started as a small
grocery store and has grown until at
present the corporation is operating
34 self-service supermarkets.
Ira T. Fiss x'09, former Speaker of the
State House of Representatives, died
June 18 in the Geisinger Memorial
Hospital, Danville, Pa. Well known
as a contractor, Republican Assem-
blyman, civic and church leader, he
had retired in 1951.
Rev. Joseph M. Janson '21, pastor of
Trinity Lutheran Church, Sunbury,
since 1929, died in the Parsonage,
July 18. His only other pastorate
was in Mon'cursville, Pa.
Robert L. App '08, died on July 4. He
had been high school principal at
Millheim, Pa., for a number of years.
Rev. E. S. Keller '26, retired Lutheran
pastor and former superintendent of
the White Hill Industrial School, died
suddenly, August 30. He was the
first Protestant chaplain at the school
and served as superintendent from
1946 until 1950.
At one time he was pastor of the
English - Lutheran Church, Miners-
ville, Pa., and for eight years was
pastor of the First Lutheran Church,
Watsontown, Pa.
William S. Beckwith '52, died suddenly
August 12 in the Presbyterian Hospi-
tal, Pittsburgh. After graduating
from Susquehanna's Conservatory of
Music, Bill taught music for two
years in the Lewisburg, Pa. High
School. He later moved to S. C.
where for the past year he was a
member of the faculty at Greer
School. He would have received his
Master's Degree from Columbia Uni-
versity this summer. A sister. Car-
men Marie (Mrs. H. V. Addleman) of
Boalsburg, Pa., received her degree
from Susquehanna in '46.
Willis W. Pratt '28, died suddenly, Sep-
tember 13, in Ashland, Pa. He had
served as athletic director and teacher
in the Ashland High School since
1936. Prior to that, he had been head
coach at the Kane, Pa. High School.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Oct. 1 — Ursinus A
Oct. 8 — Swarthmore (Parents' Day).H
Oct. 15 — National Aggies A
Oct. 29 — Juniata A
Nov. 5 — Wagner (Homecoming). H
Nov. 12 — Haverford A
Walter C. Albert, Jr.— trainee for Sears,
Roebuck & Co., Philadelphia.
Ivars Avots — University of Pennsyl-
John Edward Barrett, III — Princeton
Theological Seminary.
Bruce A. Bell — Agency Instructor
Trainee, New York Life Insurance
Co., Harrisburg.
Sister Shirley Anne Bell — St. John's
Lutheran Church, 409 W. Shipley Rd.,
Linthicum Heights, Md.
Larry R. Bingaman — Technical Corre-
spondent, Carbide and Carbon Chem-
icals Co., New York.
Mary Ann Bingaman— Math Teacher in
the Berwyn Junior High School, Ber-
wyn. Pa.
Helen Williams Boyd — residing in
Bloomfield, N. J. with husband Rich-
ard K.
Charles W. Coates — Gettysburg Semi-
nary.
Anna Austin Corporon — residing in
Northampton, Mass.
Phyllis A. Crumbling— Director of Vo-
cal Music, Newport Joint Schools,
Newport, Pa.
D
Annabel Broeske Delp — residing in
Lansdale, Pa.
Eleanor S. Dively — graduated in May
from the Lutheran Deaconess School,
Ruxton, Md.
E
Kenneth F. Erdley, Jr.— U. S. Army.
F
Lana A. Fegley— Secretary, The Magee
Carpet Co., Bloomsburg, Pa.
Polly Ann Fisher— Medical Technician,
Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Dan-
ville, Pa.
Russell E. Furman — Accountant, J. H.
Drass Co., Inc., Sunbury, Pa.
G
Arlan K. Gilbert — Graduate School,
University of Delaware.
James J. Gormley — employed by Rohm
& Haas Co., Philadelphia: planning
graduate study this fall at Temple
University.
H
Donald S. Haag — Management Trainee,
S. S. Kresge Co., Williamsport, Pa.
Barbara J. Harper — Peabody Conserva-
tory of Music.
Helen L. Hassinger — Deputy Prothono-
tary and Clerk of Courts, Snyder
County Prothonotary's Office, Middle-
burg.
(Continued on Page 8)
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1955
Football Squad Showing
Spirit And Hustle
Coaches "Whitey" Keil and Bob
Pittello are working hard to produce a
football team that will show improve-
ment over the last couple of years.
Working alone. Coaches Keil and Pittel-
lo are doing a wonderful job and feel-
ing on campus is that their efforts will
be productive.
On the first day, twenty-four men
reported, giving Susquehanna the larg-
est first-day turnout in many years.
However, it looks as if the final roster
will have about the same number.
Only five major "S" winners are on
the team, backfield men Dick Purnell
of Ashland, Bob Lewis of Selinsgrove,
and Bob Gulick of Sunbury. Up front,
only Veryl Milroy of Milton and Walt
Benham of Philadelphia lend experi-
ence.
Coach Keil, in commenting on this
year's prospects has recently said, "If
spirit, hustle and hard work will bring
about an upswing in Susquehanna Uni-
versity football fortunes, then we're on
the way back."
Eight promising Freshmen give hope
for the future. In a recent scrimmage
with Dickinson, four frosh were listed
in the starting combination. Most prom-
ising of the first-year men are Harry
Haney, tackle from Mifflinburg; Fritz
Fichtner, tackle from Wyommissing;
John Vought, guard from Mifflinburg;
Joe Yocum, center from Northumber-
land; Carl Shoemaker, back from Ash-
land; Ted Sees, back from Northum-
berland, and Ronald Forster, back from
Selinsgrove.
Upper classmen who are battling
Freshmen for starting posts are: Bill
Shaffer and Jack Anthony, ends; Joe
Scully, Jack Bishop, and Chalmers
Bartlow, tackles; John Schell, Jerry
Wilson, and Gordon Boop, guards; Jim
Kaiser, center; Bob Yerger and Joe
Maher, backs.
Lost to this year's squad by way of
graduation are four boys who were
standout players during the past four
yeai-s: Jim Anoia of Atlas, Charles
Coates of Bloomsburg, Ken Erdley of
Mifflinburg, Don Haag of Hughesville,
and Bruce Bell of Northumberland.
Not returning to college this year are
Bob Chamberlain, huskiest man on last
year's team. Bill Crain, promising back,
and Lionel DeSilva, lanky tackle. Other
letter-men who for one reason or an-
other decided not to play this year are
Chuck Bailes, Peter Nunn, George
Oran, George Pospisil, John Yeich and
Leonard Quick.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
LIBRARY,
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pa.
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
NEWS OF CLASS OF 1955—
(Continued from Page 7)
Nancy Henderson — attending Lutheran
Deaconess School, Baltimore, Md.
Helen Griffiths Hendry — studying pri-
vately (music) in New York.
Donald E. Heilman — Officers Candidate
School at U. S. Naval Station, New-
port, R. I.
Daniel O. Hoy — teacher at Tredyffrin-
Eastown Junior High School, Berwyn,
Pa.
K
Harry F. Kocher, Jr. — Chemist, duPont,
Philadelphia.
Mary Ellen Krebs — Music Supervisor,
Johnsville, Pa.
L
Anne Lacock — Secretary in the Wyeth
Laboratories, Inc., Philadelphia.
Carlene M. Lamade — Resident Profes-
sional Woi-ker, Children's Service
Center of Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-
Barre.
W. Deen Lauver — Automobile Sales-
man, Roush Motor Co., McAlister-
ville. Pa.
M
Richard E. McCarty — Deltox Rug Co.,
Trainee, Oshkosh, Wis.
Nancy Richards McLain — living in Sel-
insgrove with husband, John '58, who
is continuing college.
Wayne E. Miller — Temple University
School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
O
Edgar W. Oestreich — Lutheran Theolog-
ical Seminary, Mt. Airy, Pa.
Richard Owens — ^Military Service.
R
Annabelle Thomas Rogers — recently
moved to State College, Pa.
S
Ruth E. Scott — Film Speciahst with E.
I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Wil-
mington, Del.
Rose Marie Sharretts-Coates — with hus-
band, Charles W., in Gettysburg.
Frederick L. Shilling — Gettysburg Sem-
inary.
Sigma Alpha Iota
Luncheon
Attention all S. A. I.'s! There
will be a Homecoming Luncheon
for all returning S. A. I.'s on Sat-
urday, November 5, at 11:45 a. m.,
at the Blue Hill Restaurant (In-
tersection of Rts. 11 & 15). Res-
ervations must be sent to Mrs.
Anna Heimbach, R. R. =2, Selins-
grove, Pa., by October 29. We're
looking forward to a wonderful
reunion with all of you, so send
in your reservations without de-
lay!
Don't Forget!
Homecoming Nov. 5
James G. Showalter — Claims Adjuster,
Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Washington,
D. C.
Frank G. Smith — Trainee, Sears-Roe-
buck & Co., AUentown.
Eleanor Benner Stuck — English teacher,
Southern Joint School District, Glen
Rock, Pa.
Nancy Hermann Snook — English
teacher. Lock Haven Junior High
School.
Sandra Swinehart — Student nurse at the
Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, Del.
U
Merle F. Ulsh, Jr.— U. S. Navy.
V I
William H. Vandcrhoof, Jr. — Franklin
& Marshall Seminary, Lanca.ster.
W
D. Richard Walk — Hahnemann Medical
College, Philadelphia.
H. Lee Walker — Chicago Lutheran Sem-
inary. Worked in Yellowstone Nat-
ional Park during the summer.
Carl R. Winey — U. S. Army. '
Z
Charles W. Ziegenfuss — Music Teacher
at Cumberland Valley Joint School
System.
SUSQUEHAh,«iA UNIVbRS/n
6ELINSOROVE, PA.
VOL. XXIV
December, 1955
No. 2
The holy, joyous season is at our doors. It is
the festival of love and good will. God was in Christ
reconciling the world unto Himself. The Word be-
came flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and
truth. God hath visited His people, to give light to
them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
May our alumni everywhere fix their faith in
Him where true joys abide.
TWO THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS December. 1955
Dr. Smith Reports on Centennial Plans;
New Music Building to be Started Soon
Progress is being made in new building plans. On November 4, 1955 the
Executive Committee of the Board of Directors authorized the architects to pro-
ceed with preliminary drawings for the new music building and the addition to ■* ^l^\ *"% *
the library. Following the approval of these, a brochure will be prepared show-
ing general outline of buildings and something of the interior of these structures.
It is hoped that ground may be broken for the new music building before the end
of the present academic year.
The music building alone without ~ 7 ~ , . , , ,
.., . _. J . . • .., management. His value is enhanced by
auditorium is expected to cost in the .u - u» ■ * ..■ , , ,
■ uu u J i- ^ocn n,^^ •■!- '"6 insight into operational problems
neighborhood of $250,000 — with equip- uuu ^u..,.-
* „„„- ,,„„ „ Ji • 4 which he gains through his experience
ment $275,000. If an auditorium is to • • , ■ ^ ., Z ■ ■,, ■
. . .. J • .,_ , •, ,. ., in a wide variety of businesses. He is
be incorporated in the new building it -. -. ,. , . ,
.• . J *u * .^^,= r.,,r. jj-.- , ■„ therefore rehed upon increasingly, not
is estimated that $75,000 additional will i <• .u *■ <■ . . __^^__
, , T /, , „„^„ „„„ .. only foi" the preparation of tax returns ^H^^^H *■
be needed — or a total of $350,000. At ^ r * * .■ ^^^^^^m
., , ^. , ^ .„„ ' „ . . and for suggestions on tax accounting
the present time about $245,000 is in ,.. u * i * • ^ . , ■
matters, but also for important business
advice and for assistance in procedural, r,n^w-^ „m w,, ^,i^..
The Centennial appeal for $500,000 organizational and administrative mat- ROGER M. BLOUGH
from the 625 churches of the Central tg^s y^s demands on the profession '^^^ Board of Directors at the an-
Pennsylvania Synod of the United ^ave grown, so has the appreciation of ""^' nieeting in October, elected to the
Lutheran Church has been approved jjg services with the result that it is Board, Roger M. Blough '25, Chairman
for the fall of 1956. What the churches now one of' the best paid professions. °^ ^^^ Board of U. S. Steel. As a
give will be divided equally between ^ „ ., ■ ■ , ^^ ^- ^ x, leader in the steel industry, Mr. Blough
, , J , . . " , , One of the principal attractions of the , - . . . ■ ^ . • f
endowment and plant improvement. In *• ■■ ^u »• , .i- ■ ^ ^ nas manifested great interest in the
,,-,.,,, , profession is the stimulating variety of , , .i. ■ j j . n
the years ahead, it will be necessary to ., , j 4u u j ^ , work of the independent college.
„ . , , ^ the work and the broad range of people
have more financial strength to secure , . -xi, ,_■ u u
,,,,,.,, ,..,,, , and companies with which one becomes
and hold highly qualihed faculty people. acquainted. Because most of the work counting. The period of internship is
Money to provide for a hmited amount j^ ^^^^.^^ ^^^ .^ ^^^ ^^.^^^,^ ^^^^_ ^^^ one month, beginning with the end of
of research too, is needed. The total ^^^^ .^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^, the first semester.
budget needs for the Centennial plan- . ■ , , ,, t .,_•.■■.■,, .,
. f 11 ■ various businesses, large and small, Internship training is founded on the
' operate, gaining a knowledge of busi- educational philosophy that supervised
Endowment $250,000 ^ess management far sooner than is employment in public accounting en-
Music Building 350,000 possible in other fields of endeavor. To hances comprehensive learning and
Addition to Library 150,000 those debating the choice between pub- professional adaptation. It exposes the
Larger heating capacity — 25,000 Hq and private accounting, a feature of student to the practical values of a bus-
particular interest is the fact that the iness environment, in addition to the
Total $775,000 broad and concentrated experience ob- usual classroom and laboratory exer-
G. MORRIS SMITH, tained in the profession qualifies cap- cises, enabling him not alone to become
President. able staff members for important posi- acquainted with auditing and account-
tions in industry. Many accountants ing skills concurrently with his acadcm-
S and other executives, including presi- ic training, but also to develop his con-
II MPVPlnn^ InTPrnQnin ^ents of a number of companies, re- fidence and capacity to arrive at con-
• ''■ Ww'UlUpU ■lll.Jl IIOIlip ceive their initial training in public elusions based on knowledge of prac-
1% I 11 X & accounting, and we are proud that our tical, as well as of theory. Important,
I rOQ^ram lOr ACCOUnL^nrS °^" alumnl are in positions of import- too, is the fact that it teaches how to
w ance throughout the business world. deal with people under work-a-day
The growth of the American economy Here at Susquehanna University our conditions.
has made increasingly essential the Business Administration Department is An internship program as planned
role of the public accountant in inde- establishing an internship program in and operated here at Susquehanna Uni-
pendently examining and reporting accounting with Price Waterhouse and versify serves as an indoctrination
upon financial statements. There can Company of New York. The program, course, at the same time permitting the
be no question of the mounting de- starting with the Class of 1956, is open intern and the firm, without embarrass-
mand by management, stockholders, to seniors with an accounting major. ment to either, to decide whether a
creditors and the government for such To be eligible for the internship pro- later permanent connection is desirable,
independent examinations by C.P.A.'s. gram, a student must demonstrate in It also takes to nonparticipating stu-
Today, however, the public accountant's classroom discussions, in the results ac- dents word-of-mouth reports by fellow
work encompasses much more than aud- complished in school and national tests, students on the life of a public account-
iting, for accounting is a language of and in his attitude toward accounting, ant and on the encouragement and
business, and the public accountant, as that he has the necessary understand- training given by the more experienced
its skilled interpreter, is in a unique ing of the subject, the aptitude and the members of the staffs with whom they |.
position to render many services to personality for the profession of ac- worked.
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, lit 12.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and Juiu'.
December, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Christmas Letter from
Alumni President
Greetings :
One of the joys of Yuletide season is
that which gives us opportunity to express
appreciation to our many friends.
For your kind thoughts ... for your
friendly support ... for the many courtesies
and hearty cooperation which you have extended
me during the past year as President of the
General Alumni Association, I want to say thank
you sincerely.
Susquehanna University is looking forward
to the 1957 Centennial Celebration. We must
prepare now if we wish to make the Centennial
Celebration a complete success. I hope that
each and everyone of you will think about
Susquehanna and how you, as aliomnus, can assist
in the Celebration — not necessarily financially,
but spiritually.
I do hope that everyone will make a
special effort to return to the campus on Alumni
Day, Ma^ 5, 1956.
So, thank you for all your favors, and
a MOST MERRY Christmas and a PROSPEROUS, HAPPY
New Year 1
Sincerely yours.
Club News
CRS/rb
Clyde R. Spitzner, President
General Alumni Association
Susquehanna University
Junior Co-eds
BURGESS — a bouncing boy, Gregory
Thomas, arrived September 22 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. (Frances M.
Bittinger '45) Edward F. Burgess,
University Heights, Selinsgrove, Pa.
FISHER — Karen Louise arrived at the
home of Dr. '31 and Mrs. Lawrence
C. Fisher, August 30.
HOCHSTUHL— a daughter, Jane Ann,
was born April 20 to Mr. '47 and Mrs.
(Dorothy Delleclcer '43) Ray Hoch-
stuhl.
STEIGER — proud parents of a son,
Keith John, born on September 2,
are Mr. '51 and Mrs. (Lois Gordon
'52) John Steiger. The Steigers re-
side at 1 Pine Court, Little Falls,
N. J.
MAYPER — Robin Sue, arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. (Jacqueline
Bravemen '47) Myron L. Mayper, Oc-
tober 13. Robin Sue is the Mayper's
second daughter.
LEHIGH-VALLEY
The second annual meeting of the
Lehigh Valley District Alumni Club was
held Friday, October 21 at the Hotel
Bethlehem. There were 25 present.
Officers elected for the coming year
were as follows: Pres. Mrs. Erma Stahl
Everitt '23; V. Pres. Harold R. Kramer
'48; Sec.-Treas. Mrs. Margaret Maguire
'33.
Bill Clark was asked to select a com-
mittee to think over club projects with
the following suggestions: 1. How the
club can draw more students to Sus-
quehanna. 2. What project can be un-
dertaken for the Centennial.
Speaker of the evening was Coach
"Whitey" Keil. Dan MacCuish brought
a report from the campus.
SUNBURY- SELINSGROVE
A combined meeting of the Sunbury
and Selinsgrove District Clubs was held
November 5 at the Dauntless Hook &
Ladder Co., Selinsgrove. Forty were in
attendance.
Members of the two clubs discussed
the advantages of merging and all were
in favor.
Coach "Whitey" Keil was the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening.
The following nominating committee
was appointed by Patricia Houtz who
presided at the meeting: Harold Ben-
nion (Chairman), Janet Rohrbach,
Simon Rhoads, and Mary Potteiger.
Guests attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde R. Spitzner, Dr. and Mrs. G. Mor-
ris Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Dan MacCuish,
Assistant Coach Robert Pittello and
Mrs. Keil.
A spring meeting is being planned for
April.
NEW JERSEY
The North Jersey District Club will
hold a meeting in the form of a buffet
dinner on February 25, 1956 at the
Friar Tuck Inn. Each member may
bring a dozen slides or photographs
of his family to be projected on a
screen. Nominations for new officers,
will also take place at this meeting.
The cost per person will be $3.00 and
reservations may be made early by
mailing your money to: Raymond
Hochstuhl, 35 Hawthorne Avenue,
Bloomfield, N. J., or Herbert R. Hains,
Jr., 232 East Cedar Street, Livingston,
N. J.
FREEBURN — a son, Thomas, was born
July 4 to Mr. and Mrs. (Anne Wright
'49) Robert Freeburn. Thomas joins
Robert, Susan, and James.
(See Co-Eds, Page 4)
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1955
NECROLOGY Coronation Sets New Homecoming Tradition;
Alumni Council Informed of Centennial Plans
FRED R. FISHER, '31. manager of the
Bellefonte Theaters, died September
24, in the Centre County Hospital. He
is survived by his wife, the former
Margaret Hoffmeiser '31 and two
daughters. Margaret and Diana.
THE REV. WILLIAM H. HARDING,
'86, retired Lutheran minister, died
September 29 at the home of his son
Reed M. Harding in Westmont, N. J.
Dr. Harding had founded two
churches. Trinity Lutheran of Darby,
Pa. in 1900 and Holy Trinity of Aud-
ubon, N. J. in 1913. He also held
pastorates at Camden, N. J., Wil-
liamsport. Pa. and Guilderland Cen-
ter, N. Y. At 95, he was Susquehan-
na's oldest alumnus.
MRS. FRANKLIN LEE ROSSON, (Mar-
garet Johns '47), her husband, and
their six year old son Harvey were
fatally injured on September 20 in a
tragic highway accident near their
home in Brandy, Va. Margaret had
taught for the past six years in the
Culpepper High School, was active in
the community, PTA, and was a
worthy matron of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her parents, Mr.
& Mrs. H. P. Johns, Honesdale, Pa.,
and a brother. Dr. R. J. Johns '46,
Millerstown, Pa.
MRS. FRANK A. STAIB (Dorothy
Rearick) '18, died October 2 at her
home, 605 Fourth Street, Monanga-
hela. Pa. Her husband, Frank A. was
of the class of '18. He and one son,
Robert B., survive. Mrs. Staib's fa-
ther and mother. Dr. & Mrs. Wil-
liam M. Rearick of Mifflinburg pre-
sented a Golden Book memorial in
her honor at the November meeting
of the Women's Auxiliary of Susque-
hanna U.
JUNIOR CO-EDS
(Continued from Page 3)
CARLSON— Mark Steven was born Oc-
tober 17, to Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Carol
Louise Ahr x'54) Leonard Carlson.
Len it at present in Germany on a
FuUbright Scholarship and Carol ex-
pects to join him before Christmas.
LINDEMANN— Gary Richard arrived
at the home of Mr. '48 and Mrs. (Ger-
trude A. Roberts '48) Richard Linde-
mann, October 21. Gary joins Susan
who is now three years old at their
home at 81 Jackson Avenue, Pompton
Plains, N. J.
HEBEL — Thomas Lee, was born on No-
vember 6 to The Reverend '48 and
Mrs. (Edith M. Wegner '49) H. Lee
Hebel. The Reverend and Mrs. Hebel
with Ernest, Donald, and little Tommy
live at 732 Green Lane, Bedford, Pa.
In an effort to draw more alumni to the campus on Friday evening of Home-
coming week, this year's early arrivals were particularly happy to witness a beau-
tiful pageant in Seibert Chapel, when, for the first time in the history of the college,
the Homecoming Queen and her attendants were presented to an enthusiastic
audience of students and alumni.
What undoubtedly will become a tra-
dition at Susquehanna, this Coronation
ceremony was breath - taking in its
beauty and startling in its simplicity.
After a brief program of music. Presi-
dent of the Men's Student Council, John
Yeich, introduced the four girls who
had been chosen by their classes for
Homecoming honors. By popular vote
Miss Charlotte Sandt '56 of Havertown,
Pa. was selected Queen. Her attendants
were: Elizabeth Stradling "57 of Barclay,
Pa.; Janis Quigley '58 of Boyertown,
Pa. and Joan Hoffman '59 of Athens, Pa.
After the Coronation. President of the
General Alumni Association, Clyde R.
Spitzner, congratulated the students for
their splendid program and thanked
them, on behalf of the Alumni Associ-
ation, for all the time they had given to
making Homecoming a success.
After the traditional torch-light parade
through town, followed by a bon-fire.
students and alumni gathered in the
student lounge for informal dancing.
With weather that could not be sur-
passed, more alumni started to arrive
early Saturday morning and after reg-
istering, witnessed a thrilling football
game between the freshmen and sopho-
mores.
Council Meets
Presiding at the Alumni Council
meeting Saturday morning. Clyde Spitz-
ner welcomed thirty Council members
and briefly outlined the progress made
by the Alumni Association in the past
few years.
Present at the meeting was Coach
"Whitey" Keil who spoke enthusiastic-
ally about the spirit of the football
players. He urged the alumni to help
him. as the job of rebuilding a team
continues.
President Spitzner later introduced
Dr. G. Morris Smith who brought the
Council up to date on recent develop-
ments in the University's building pro-
gram and plans for the Centennial.
Alumni were interested in learning that
authorization had been given to the
architect to prepare by January 1,
sketches of the music building and the
addition to the library. Dr. Smith's
letter, published elsewhere in the
"Alumnus", covers much of the infor-
mation presented to the Council mem-
bers.
In reply to a question by one of the
members. Dr. Smith prepared a graph
showing comparative position of Sus-
quehanna in faculty salary scale with
sixteen other colleges of approximate
size.
In reply to another question as to the
EKjlicy of the administration in refer-
ence to inter-collegiate athletics. Presi-
dent Smith described the difficulty of
finding opponents who hold to the phil-
osophy of amateurism in sports. He
told of some possible changes in the
football schedule and made it clear that
the Athletic Committee is doing every-
thing possible to maintain a wholesome
program in inter-collegiate athletics.
At the invitation of President Spitz-
ner, John Yeich then presented the
Homecoming Queen and her attendants
to the Council.
Dan MacCuish was asked to give a
report on student enrollment and in
giving credit to the Alumni for their
efforts in referring students, he reported
that there was a 16% increase in en-
rollment this year, bringing the student
body to four hundred and seventy-five.
One hundred and eighty-three freshmen
entered in September.
"Rip" Garman, President of the Han-
over-York District Club explained in
detail their club scholarship program.
He offered to visit any club that might
be interested in starting such a program.
President Spitzner then appointed the
following nominating committee: John
Auten (Chairman). "Rip" Garman, and
S. Walter Foulkrod.
The President, in reporting for the
chairman of the Outstanding Achieve-
ment Award Committee, said that a
candidate would be nominated in the
near future. The Council agreed to ap-
prove the selection to be made by this
committee, pending final approval by
the President of the Alumni Association
and the President of the University.
President Spitzner then advised the
Council of a visit he had made to the
American Association of University Wo-
men and reported that Susquehanna's
application for membership will be
acted upon in the near future.
Following the afternoon football
game, a story of which may be found
elsewhere, alumni and friends enjoyod
a coffee hour in Seibert Parlor.
December, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
SCENES FROM HOMECOMING
(1) President of the General Alumni Association, Clyde R. Spitzner '37 crowns Homecoming Queen, lovely Charlotte Sandt
'56 of Havertown, Pa. (2) The Queen presents football to team representatives before Susquehanna-Wagner game. Left
to right, Jack Anthony, sophomore end from East Stroudsburg; Dick Purnell, sophomore back from Ashland, Pa. and Wal-
ter Benham, sophomore guard from Lansdowne, Pa. (3) President G. Morris Smith outlines plans for Centennial Appeal to
Alumni Council. Seated are President Spitzner and Secretary Janet Rohrbach. (4) Performing at half time with Susque-
hanna's band is Tommy Enterline of Milton, former world's champion baton twirler. The band having one of its most suc-
cessful seasons, has been under the direction of Dr. John R. Leach '47. (5) Kappa Delta float in pre-game parade.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1955
— Susquehannans on Parade — '48
'88
Dr. John I. Woodruff was hon-
ored on the occasion of his 91st
birthday at a Pennsylvania German
Dinner in Selinsgrove, when 275 friends
gathered and presented him with a
birthday cake.
'99
Dr. Harvey D. Hoover, supply
pastor at St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Spring Grove, Pa.,
presided over the 75th Anniversary of
this church the week of October 9-16.
X'03
Dr. Thomas J. Smull who was
Dean of Engineering at Ohio
Northern Univer-
sity for 12 years
and chief examiner
of the Ohio Engi-
neer Registration
Board since 1923,
retired in July.
Known as the
"Dean" of Ohio
Engineers, Doc
Smull was honored
by some 40 engineers and staff members
of the Ohio Department of Highways,
as he stepped down from regular duty.
He reminds us that while at Susque-
hanna, the Crusaders baseball battery
was composed of Deibler and Smull.
He is listed in "Who's Who in America"
and in retirement, plans to do some
traveling.
Dor Smull
'17
Dr. Park W. Huntington of Wil-
mington, Delaware, was recent-
ly honored by the
a State of Delaware
at the annual Gov-
ernor's Day at Fort
Miles, Delaware.
He was cited in a
special order by the
State Adjutant Gen-
eral for his "many
years as a National
Dr. Huntington Guard chaplain, for
his military service
in two World Wars and his Christian
example and work among all faiths."
Dr. Huntington has recently published
a devotional booklet "This is the Hour".
'29
The Reverend Charles I. Rowc
recently invited President G.
Morris Smith to be special speaker for
the Trindle Spring Lutheran Church,
Mechanicsburg, Pa. as members cele-
brated their 190th anniversary.
'30
Paul M.
pointed
r»
Bishop was recently ap-
Director of the Harris-
fa urg Evening
School Program
where he has been
on the faculty for
23 years. Paul is
also on the faculty
of the William Penn
High School.
Paul M. Bishop 'QQ Walter C.
tJv M e t z gr e r
writes that he would be glad to be of
service to any Susquehanna Personnel
on military duty in his area. For the
past 9 years, he has been Civilian Man-
ager of the Navy Exchanges in the
Pennsylvania Area. His present address
is Custic Woods, 711 Bridle Road, Glen-
side, Pa.
'35
The Reverend Robert R. Clark
moved October 3 from his
Church in Mechanicsburg to the United
Lutheran Publication House, 1228
Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. He
edits two Church Publications, "Light
For Today" and the Pastor's Desk Book.
He is residing at 404 Linden Avenue,
Glenside, Pa. Dr. Ralph C. Geigle, Su-
pervising Principal of the Oakmont, Pa.
Schools has been elected to the Board
of Directors at Lycoming College.
'39
Louise West is now a teacher in
the Commercial Department of
the West Chester Joint Senior High
School. She formerly taught in the
Coaldale High School.
'41
Willard H. Schadel has been
promoted to the rank of major
in the U. S. Air Force Reserve, and is
presently assigned to the flight oper-
ations training course at Lehigh Uni-
versity.
William S. Clark is now the ed-
itor and publisher of a new
monthly magazine, "The Lehigh-Valley
Journal". "Bill" resigned his position
as Development Director at Cedar Crest
College to publish this magazine of 40
pages which features articles on Lehigh-
Valley industries, institutions, personal-
ities, history, etc. Two feature articles
were written by Dr. Nevin C. T. Shaffer.
x'49. James F. Howell has recently ac-
cepted the position of High School Prin-
cipal in the Orbisonia Area Joint
Schools.
'49
Edward D. "Skip" Madden, Jr.
has recently been promoted to
the National Advertising staff of The
Milwaukee Journal. His new address
is 1720 E. Newport, Milwaukee 11, Wise.
Mr. and Mrs. (PEGGY BATHGATE
'48) William Ruhl while touring Eu-
rope this summer met Ethel Taylor '26
at a hotel in Paris. The Ruhls were
just beginning their tour, while Miss
Taylor was ending hers.
'51
Virginia Lee Yinger has been
appointed as the first full-time
campus worker for
the National Luth-
eran Council of
Churches. She will
serve as advisor to
Lutheran student
associations in col-
leges and universi-
ties of the Houston
and Galveston area
of Texas. Joseph
P. DriseoU recently accepted a position
on the faculty of the New London Higli
School as an instructor in English. His
new address is 36 Fern Street, New-
London, Conn.
Virginia Yinger
'52
Chester G. Rowe was recently
elected Guidance Director of thf
Selinsgrove Area Joint Schools. "Chet"
is also assistant football coach.
'54
Bette Vincent has recently been
appointed Music Supervisor at
the Mendota Union Schools. Her ad-
dress is P. O. Box 83, Mendota, Calif.
December, 1955
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
S. U. Alumni at Cleveland Convention
^ J-
Susquehannans take time out lor a reunimi whMc at the Cleveland Convention
of United Lutheran Church Women. Seated around the luncheon table at Captain
Frank's Sea Food House are Dr. Martin L. Dolbeer, Sr. '16, Marion, Ohio, and Dr.
Barbara E. DeRemer '26, Montoursville, Pa., both of whom have served as mission-
aries in India for more than a quarter century; Mrs. Franklin C. Fry, guest, New
York City, wife of the President of the U.L.C.A.; Mrs. Essex Botsford Wagner '28,
Front Royal, Va.; Mrs. Hilda Bahner Lutz '24, Mahanoy City, Pa.; Mrs. John F.
Kindsvatter, (husband '32), Wooster, Ohio; Mrs. Susan Geise Shannon '15, Wil-
liamsport. Pa.; Mrs. Janet Earhart Harkins '36, Bloomfield, N. J.; Mrs. Ruth Bastian
Richard '22, Havertown, Pa.; and Mrs. G. Morris Smith, wife of President Smith.
Others at the convention unable to join the party were Dr. Russell Auman '20,
Springfield, Ohio; Dr. Nona M. Diehl '49, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Mildred E. Winston
'21, Washington, D. C; Joanne Heinley x'54. New York City.
Standing on the dock afterward, ten hearty voices sent the music of Susque-
hanna's Alma Mater ringing out over the waters of Lake Erie.
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
CAROL ANNE CLEMENT x'56 and
KAY G. CAMPBELL '54 became Mr.
and Mrs. in the First Presbyterian
Church, Blairsville, Pa. on August 13.
Alumni serving in the wedding party
were: Robert MacNamara '53, best
man; Betsy Shirk x'56, maid of honor
and Margie Lamon x'56, vocalist.
Kay is teaching and is Co-Head Coach
of Football at the Jersey Shore, Pa.
High School. Their address is 311i'2
Smith Street, Jersey Shore.
BARBARA MAY '55 and JAMES
ANOIA '55 were united in marriage
on September 11. Barbara is em-
ployed by the Department of Public
Welfare, Mineola, N. Y. as a Case
Worker while husband Jim is in
Military Service.
JAMES ALBERT TREXEL '50 took as
his bride Jane Barbara Zimmer, Oc-
tober 9, in the Moxham Lutheran
Church, Johnstown, Pa.
CLAIRE ROSENGARTEN x'56 became
the bride of WALTER C. ALBERT,
Jr. '55 on June 4, "in a little red brick
church in the State of Virginia". The
wedding was kept secret until mid-
September. They are living at 1614
Ridgeway Road, Havertown, Pa.
LT. (j.g.) GARDINER MAREK '51 was
married to Miss Evelyn Crosby on
August 21, in Charleston, S. C. Their
address will be 1 Wesson Avenue,
Charleston, S. C. until Gardiner's dis-
charge on March 5.
ROBERT J. FENSTERMACHER '52 was
married on November 5 to Doris
Warfel, in the Lancaster Avenue
Methodist Church. They reside at
421 North Pine Street, Lancaster, Pa.
were Bob is employed by the Raup
Supply Co.
LENORE GARMAN '47 became the
bride of Jackson G. Horner on No-
vember 11, in the Redeemer Lutheran
Church, Harrisburg. Mrs. Horner is
a music supervisor in the Harrisburg
school district.
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To THE S.U.CbMPUS EFIRThI
A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION of the
Women's Auxiliary of Susquehanna as
they face the last lap of their efforts
toward the NEW MUSIC BUILDING!
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1955
Football Changes
Announced; Juniata
Out After 24 Years
The Crusaders victory over Wagner
on Homecoming is now history, but the
echoes still ring. If the boys could win
but one game this year, it had to be
for the Alumni, and for the Alumni it
was. To be sure, the team had come
close to winning other games this year
and they eventually had to break
through. With their Coaches "Whitey"
Keil and Bob Pittello all set to welcome
their Alumni friends, the boys decided
it was to be this game.
Our two Coaches did a magnificent
job this year. Carrying one of the
smallest rosters in recent years and a
team made up mostly of Freshmen and
Sophomores, their success was due to
the tremendous enthusiasm whipped up
by the Coaches, and the expert scout-
ing of Coach A. A. Stagg, Jr.
Coach Keil, before leaving campus
said, "Prospects for next year are
bright. We lose only two men through
graduation and have several experi-
enced players now on campus who are
anxious to turn out for the first time.
"If the Alumni will help us", con-
tinued "Whitey", "we should be able to
recruit 10 or 12 good Freshmen; — and
please get word to the Alumni, — al-
though we will be very happy to get
some first string players, we will be
just as happy if they will send us some
boys who are not necessarily stars but
who have had the opportunity of play-
ing under good systems."
It is well know that the solution to
the woes of any athletic team is "sched-
uling", and Susquehanna's problem in
football is finding opponents who rep-
resent colleges of similar size and who
maintain the same athletic policies.
The 1956 schedule, just released by
the Athletic Committee, shows some
changes from the past few years.
Ursinus, Swarthmore, Wagner and Hav-
erford are still listed, but notably miss-
ing is Juniata. After a series of 24
games dating back to 1923, Juniata's
contract has not been renewed.
Our contract with the National Aggies
expires with the 1956 game and is not
to be renewed thereafter.
The Athletic Committee, shooting for
a seven game schedule, has brought in
one new opponent and is looking for a
second. The new opponent is Bridge-
water College of Bridgewater, Va.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Miss HILDA KOLPIN
101 N. Karket St.,
Selinsgrove, Fa.
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
REUNION CLASSES FOR ALUMNI DAY
Alumni Day, May 5, should be on the calendar of every Alumnus.
President Clyde R. Spitzner, happy over the success of last year's Alumn'
Day Program, wants nothing short of 100% response from Reunion Classes.
Listed below are this year's Reunion Classes with names and addresses
of class presidents. If class presidents cannot promote Reunion Programs
this year. President Spitzner would like them to select some other class officer
and so notify the Alumni Office.
Anniv. Year President
55th 1901 Mr. Murray B. Herman, Linwood, Pa.
50th 1906 Rev. 1. W. Bingaman, 2019 Vt. St., Quincy, 111.
45th 1911 Dr. Latimer S. Landes, 454 W. Market St., York, Pa.
40th 1916 Rev. William E. Svvope, 1406 Oak Street, Lebanon, Pa.
35th 1921 Mr. Guy M. Bogar, 2936 Green Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
30th 1926 Mr. Theodore E. Ebbe.-ts, 608 Pickering St., Ogdensburg, N. Y.
25th 1931 Mr. S, Walter Foulkrod, 12 E. Princeton Road, Cynwyd, Pa.
20th 1936 Mr. Horace M. Hutchison, 625 Osborn Avenue, Morrisville, Pa.
15th 1941 Mr. Clyde D. Sechler, 228-07 A 69th Ave.. Bavside, L. I., N. Y.
10th 1946 Dr. Arthur J. Gelnett, 327 High Street, Milton, Pa.
5th 1951 Mr. Herbert R. Hains, Jr., 232 E. Cedar St., Livingston, N. J.
Dr. Cyril H. Has.s, i(J, pictured above with President G. Monis Smith and
Dean Russell Gait, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Sus-
quehanna University at a special Chapel Service September 30. Dr. Haas had been
recommended by the faculty and Board of Directors for this degree some years ago
but had not been able to attend any of our Convocation exercises until his recent
return from Turkey where he had been a medical missionary for 40 years.
VOL. XXIV
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVlRSItiF
March, 1956
No. 3
Day
Issue
May
5th
1956
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1956
THE PRESIDENTS' CORNER . . .
Friendi;
This is the last opportunity I shall
have before Alumni Day to urge you to
return to the campus for a day of fel-
lowship and rejuvenation on May 5.
At this time we shall need every one
of you to assist in forming plans for
the Centennial in 1958.
As all of us rec-
ognize, 1956 is the
crucial year in our
planning, for this
is the year that will
tell whether or not
we shall get the
$700,000 from syn-
od, alumni, and our
friends, without
which we cannot
have a proper cele- !*■■• Smith
bration of the first 100 years. But this
appeal will go over the top, if all
sources of support work cooperatively.
In order that all parts of our con-
stituency take off with assurance, im-
portant announcements will be made
on May 5 to all alumni. It is urged
that you plan to be present. We are
counting on every ono of you.
Susquehanna had an unusual basket-
ball team this year, winning a majority
of their games. The regular team was
made up of a fine group, all of whom
were above average students. Brains
and good athletics go together. Now
the baseball season is on us and we
lock for a good season in this sport.
We feel, too, we have turned the corner
in football.
Hoping to greet you on May 5, I am
Faithfully yours,
G. MORRIS SMITH
President
Susquehanna U.
Dear Alumnus:
Alumni Day this year will be Satur-
day, May 5!
Plans have been completed to make
Alumni Day 1956 the finest in the his-
tory of the institu-
tion. A packed-full
schedule of activi-
ties has been plan-
ned for returning
alumni, their wives
and friends begin-
ning promptly at 10
in the morning.
Activities have been
so arranged to pro- Clyde Spitzner
vide diverjiflcation and selection.
All class reunion luncheons will be
served on the campus promptly at 12
noon. The various class reunion meet-
ings will be held immediately following
the luncheon in individual x'ooms in
Seibert Hall.
For the returning alumni whose
classes are not having anniversary re-
unions, a "picnic-style" luncheon will
be served on the campus at 12 noon.
The Johnstown Club is serving as the
official host for the occasion. A de-
tailed program schedule is listed in this
issue of the Alumnus. Class represen-
tatives who are spearheading the anni-
versary reunion celebrations are like-
wise listed in this issue.
Please make a special effort to return
to the campus May 5 and enjoy the day
renewing old acquaintances.
Slincerely yours,
CLYDE R. SPITZNER,
President
General Alumni Assn.
— Flashes from the Campus —
Frederick C. Billman, Associate Pro-
fessor of Music, presented his annual
piano recital on January 6. As usual it
was enthusiastically received.
ary 9. Miss Potteiger's collection con-
tained landscapes, still life, and por-
traits in various media.
On February 3 the music students
presented on the campus "A Night At
The Opera", a thoroughly enjoyable
opera containing much humor. The
program was in two parts: "The Im-
presario," a delightful Mozart comedy,
and "Sunday Excursion" by Alec
Wilder.
The New York University Glee Club
presented a special program in Seibert
Hall on February 21 under the spon-
sorship of the Chapel Choir. Playing
to a capacity audience, the proceeds
went to the Chapel Choir for new choir
gowns.
Miss Ann Potteiger, '12, well-known
Ambler, Pa. artist, held an exhibit of
her paintings in Bogar Hall on Febru-
Two authorities on the current scene
in Russia debated in Seibert Hall on
Thursday, Mar. 15, on the question, "Is
Revolution Possible in Russia?". The
debaters were Dr. Harry Schwartz, a
specialist on Soviet affairs with the
New York Times, and Mr. Boris Shub,
a writer and authority on international
affairs.
Susquehanna held its most successful
Career Conference on March 8. All
classes were canceled and the program
opened with a key-note address by Dr.
Arthur A. Hitchcock, Executive Secre-
tary of the American Personnel and
Guidance Association, Washington, D.
C. Then followed a panel discussion
on "What's Your Line?" After a re-
laxing coffee break, one-hour group
sessions were held when qualified rep-
resentatives of the various professions
met with students interested in their
particular fields.
The Conference was brought to an
end by a stimulating talk by Dr. Paul
C. Empie, of the National Lutheran
Council, New York City. Taking part
in the Conference were several Sus-
quehanna people including William O.
Roberts '29, Dr. Joseph Greco "41, Mr.
Earle I. Shobert, II '35, Dr. Mildred E.
Winston '21, and Mr. Paul C. Shatto '41.
On February 13, Susquehanna stu-
dents were privileged to hear a concert
by the Thiel College Choir under the
direction of Marlowe Johnson.
The Susquehanna University Library
recently has been selected to receive
one of the 1600 sets of Great Books of
the Western World. The books were
distributed through a selection commit-
tee of the American Library Association
under a grant from the Old Dominion
Foundation. The set contains 54 vol-
umes, spanning Western thought from
Homer and the Bible to the 20th cen-
tury.
Members of the three fraternities at
S. U. will assist in moving the Selins-
grove Little League baseball field as
their annual "Help Week" project. They
will begin work the week after Easter.
On March 9th, the Su.squchanna Uni-
versity concert band presented to an
over - capacity audience in Seibert
Chapel, their 6th annual program un-
der the direction of Dr. John R. Leach
'47. Featured soloist was Eleanor
Hinkle, Clarinetist.
Second quarter of the 1956 ULCA
Commentaries, used in Sunday schools
across the nation, is written by The
Reverend Benjamin Lotz, Assistant
Professor of Religion and Philosophy
at S. U.
(Continued on Page 5)
March, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
S. U. History to Be
Published by 1958
Susquehanna University Press, which
is committed to editing and publishing
the history of the University in time
for the Centennial year of 1958, is glad
to report that the writing of the manu-
script is completed up to the present
year of 1956. The finished material is
now in the hands of the editors who
will be busy with it for many months
to come.
By appointment of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors,
William S. Clark '48 was named to write
the history. After a number of years
of work, "Bill" completed the first sev-
enty years (1858-1927). Then the press-
ure of business activities prevented him
from having time to carry on the pro-
ject farther, and so in the summer of
1955 the Executive Committee ap-
pointed Dr. Arthur H. Wilson, Profes-
sor of English since 1931, to do the
writing from 1928 onward, the span of
the Smith Administration.
Dr. Wilson is well fitted to undertake
this assignment, not only through his
long interest in writing, editing, and
publishing, but also through his posi-
tion as an eye witness of the thirty
years that he will be narrating.
When William S. Clark started his
work on the history, he was a graduate
student at the University of Pennsyl-
vania, following his war service. At
Penn he centered his studies in the field
of American Civilization, a combination
of American History and American Lit-
erature. At Susquehanna "Bill" had
concentrated his work in this same
combined field. At present he is editor
and publisher of the "Lehigh Valley
Journal," a quality magazine with
headquarters in Fogelsville, Pa.
The general editors for the Centen-
nial History of Susquehanna University
are Dr. Russell W. Gilbert, Professor of
German at Susquehanna University
since 1930, and Dr. William A. Russ, Jr.,
who came to the campus as Professor of
History in 1933. Both of these profes-
sors have been members of the editor-
ial board of the "Susquehanna Univer-
sity Studies" for many years.
By the time that the history is on the
press during the coming year, it will
be the tenth volume to bear the imprint
of the Susquehanna University Press
during the past twenty- years, a record
which is definitely unusual for a small
American college and which warrants
the assertion that Susquehanna has
been a pioneer in publication among
small colleges in the United States. The
NECROLOGY
JOSEPH FOPEANO '26, a former Mid-
dleburg. Pa. resident, died January
3 at his home in Columbia, Pa. He
had been employed by the Peter
Lumber Co.
DR. HARRY C. ERDMAN '99, retired
Lutheran minister, died January 3,
at the Penny Farms Memorial Home
near Greencove Springs, Florida. He
had served charges in Freeport and
Pittsburgh, Penna., and Burkettsville,
Md., where he spent 33 years. Upon
his retirement in 1948, he and his
wife moved to Florida.
DR. ROBERT J. POTTEIGER x'18,
member of a well-known Susquehan-
na family and Veterinarian for 28
years in Selinsgrove, died December
13, 1955. He is survived by his wife,
the former Marian Moyer '17: two
brothers, Albert R. '20, principal of
Selinsgrove High School and Jack F.,
of New York City. Surviving sisters
are Mildred I. '29, teacher at Selins-
grove High School; Ann L. '12,
teacher in Ambler; Mary K. '24, who
is teaching in Susquehanna's Conser-
vatory of Music and Mrs. C. D. Over-
dorf of Aldan.
JOHN W. WILSON '21, former vocalist
with the St. Louis Opera Company,
died January 16 in New York City
while waiting to get a train for his
home in Lewistown. He was a veter-
an of two World Wars and had been
very active in community activities.
JOSEPH B. CLEMENT '15, former prin-
cipal of schools in Celoron and Gerry
counties, N. Y., died in December.
Since retiring in 1954 he had been a
resident of Salamanca, N. Y. At one
time he had been a research chemical
engineer for the Aluminum Company
and Union Carbide Company. He is
survived by his wife Rebecca, who
at one time also had been a student
at Susquehanna. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Clement were at the 40th Reunion of
his class last Alumni Day.
CHARLES H. ZIMMERMAN 16, of
Elizabethville, Pa., died December 6
in Harrisburg. He had served as
high school principal in the Upper
Dauphin County area for twenty-
two years. A veteran of World War
I, he also served as manager of the
State Unemployment Compensation
Office in Upper Dauphin County.
reason for this record lies in the excel-
lent nucleus of creative scholars to be
found on the faculty of Susquehanna.
98th Commencement Plans
Announced by Pres. Smith
President G. Morris Smith has re-
cently announced plans for Susque-
hanna's 98th Commencement Exercises,
to be held May 25 and 26. Plans are
being made for a memorable weekend
when degrees will bo conferred upon
seventy-two students.
At 7:30 p. m. on Friday, May 25, The
Reverend Viggo Swensen, D.D., Pastor
of Zion Lutheran Church, Harrisburg,
will deliver the Baccalaureate Sermon.
Prominent in church and community
work. Pastor Swensen is a member of
the Board of Directors of Susquehanna
University.
Addressing graduates and their friends
on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock will
be Chancellor William P. ToUey, of
Syracuse University. Chancellor Tolley
is one of America's great educators and
our graduates are greatly privileged to
have the opportunity of having him as
Commencement speaker.
BARBARA E. HILLARD '26, died on
December 15, 1955 in Newville, Pa.,
where she had been living for the
past two years.
HERBERT I. BRUNGART 00, member
of a well-known Susquehanna fam-
ily, died March 5 at his home in
Columbus, Ohio. In 1950, he had
been on the campus for his 50th re-
union and throughout the years had
been a faithful alumnus. One of five
brothers, his death marked the first
break in the family, but within a
week, word was received in Selins-
grove that his wife, Viola May had
also passed away. Professor Edwin
M. Brungart, for many years at Sus-
quehanna, is a brother, and Sally
Brungart Stevens, registrar at Sus-
quehanna, is a niece.
CHARLES PENROSE SCHADEL 16,
according to word just received on
campus, died December 3, 1954. He
had been living in Clingerstown, Pa.
MRS. SALLIE BURNS LENKER, a stu-
dent in the early years of the Mis-
sionary Institute, died March 7 at the
age of 92 years. Her husband, Dr.
John N. Lenker, until his death had
been a surgeon specialist on the staff
of St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland,
Ohio. Since 1940, Mrs. Lenker had
lived in Dalmatia, Pa. She was deep-
ly interested in Susquehanna, and in
1945 endowed the Sallie Burns Len-
ker Scholarship for students of the
Dalmatia area.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1956
S. U. Receives $108,500 From Ford Foundation
A Challenge To Alumni, Says Pres. Smith
Great joy was occasioned on the Susquehanna campus when under date of
Monday, December 12, 1955, a release was made from the Ford Foundation indi-
cating that Susquehanna University would receive the sum of $108,500 as an addi-
tion to the endowment to be used for improving faculty salaries. The Ford Foun-
dation had first considered making it necessary for each institution to match the
sum allocated because it realized that its own contribution would need to be sup-
plemented by additional endowment in order to bring faculty salaries to a point
where they would be sufficient to secure able faculty people. However, the Foun-
dation finally decided not to make the matching of the gift a necessity.
It was also stated that the first half
of the gift might be expected by July
1, 1956, and the final payment by July
1, 1957. It is therefore clear that in-
terest on the full gift could not be ex-
pected until July of 1957, and that at
4% it would amount to only $4,340 for
a full year eligible for faculty salary
increments.
The Foundation meant its gift to
stimulate the giving of all supporters
of the college so that they would build
upon their inspiring gift additional
amounts in the endowment which could
be made useful in bringing faculty sal-
aries where they ought to be. We are
anxious to have all supporters of the
institution, tlierefore, understand that
the need is very great for making our
campaign this fall highly successful,
since $250,000 of the $700,000 goal will
be allocated to the general endowment
to strengthen the human side of the in-
stitution. Let there be, therefore, no
thought that Susquehanna's endowment
is now sufficient and nobody needs to give
to it, but on the other hand let e\-eryone
who believes in the need of making the
teaching profession attractive to our
finest and ablest people take a real
stock in the coming Centennial Appeal.
Junior Co-eds
FISHER — Karen Louise arrived at the
home of Mr. '51 and Mrs. (Marilyn
Kretz x'52) W. Donald Fisher, 5
Manor Drive, Apt. 8N, Newark 6,
N. J. Another daughter. Donna Lyn
is two years old.
MATTHEWS — a daughter, Evelyn
Christine, born September 2, 1955 to
Dr. '41 and Mrs. (Evelyn Williamson
'43) Matthews of 920 S. Ninth Street,
Edinburg, Texas. Two sons, John
Robert, four, and Stephen Eugene,
one, complete the trio.
BOTTIGER— Ann Vern, born Septem-
ber 29, 1955 to Mr. and Mrs. (Carol
Reidler '53) E. Lawrence Bottiger.
The Bottigers reside at 231 Hanover
Street, Gettysburg, Pa. while Larry
continues his studies in Theology.
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
MARILYN JANE FETTEROLF 54 was
married to Richard Bowers, June 16,
1955, by The Rev. Harold L. Rowe
'34, in Trinity Lutheran Church,
Johnstown, Pa. Marilyn's husband
is a graduate of Penn State and is
employed by E. I. DuPont de Ne-
mours Co. They are residing at 5
Wofford Circle, College Acres, Aiken,
S. C.
MARY ELLEN KREBS '55 and KARL
NORMAN STAHL '54 were married
in St. Paul's Reformed Church, Beav-
ertown, Pa., on December 24. Mrs.
Stahl is teaching music in Southamp-
ton, Pa., while Karl teaches in the
Chambersburg H. S.
ALICE FELLOWS x 56 and DWIGHT
E. KEENER '54 were united in mar-
riage in Trinity Episcopal Church,
Swarthmore, Pa. in early December.
Dwight is associated with General
Motors Acceptance Corp., Harrisburg.
HELEN LOUISE HASSINGER 55 be-
came the bride of Richard Morgan
Hughes, on Christmas Day, in Em-
manuel Lutheran Church, Middle-
burg, Pa. Mrs. Hughes is employed
as secretary in the Snyder County
Prothonotary's Office.
.■VDDLEMAN — a daughter, Margaret
Belle, born to Mr. and Mrs. (Carmen
Beckwith '46) Harry V. Addleman.
Brother Wayne is eighteen months
and proud as a peacock.
JOHNS — a unique birth announcement
from Dr. '46 and Mrs. (Gayle Clark
'47) Roswell Johns of Millerstown
informed us that James Clark was
born December 24, 1955. James has
two sisters, Nancy and Marilyn.
GRUND— Gail Ann, born to Mr. '50 and
Mrs. (Lois Seybrecht x'51) Charles
Grund on October 12, 1955. They
are presently residing at 51 Grove
Street, Elmira, N. Y.
Crusaders Basketball
Team Best Since 1947
(By George Pospisil)
The Crusader varsity basketball team
turned in their best record since the
1947-48 season. They finished the year
with a 10-8 log; the courtmen of "47-48"
racked up 12-5.
The Orange & Maroon played some
tough competition and were considered
the underdog in more than half of their
contests.
The team was led by the brilliant
Frank Romano, a junior from Weather-
ly. Pa. Frank was ranked sixth in the
nation in scoring with his 29 point
average in 18 games. He broke the all-
time Susquehanna scoring record with
an amazing total of 521 points. Evan
Zlock was the previous record holder.
(Continued on Page 8)
LAYMAN — a daughter, Barbara Jo,
born on November 28, 1955 to Mr.
and Mrs. (Joann Mosholder '54)
Frank R. Layman. The Laymans re-
side at 735 East 1st Place, Mesa,
Arizona.
HARTLEY— David Allan, born to Mr.
and Mrs. (Barbara Watkins '50) Al-
lan Hartley on December 1, 1955.
The Hartleys make their home at 12
Wyman Street, Waterbury, Conn.
HAAG — a daughter, Cathy Lynne is the
main topic of conversation at the
home of Mr. '55 and Mrs. (Carolyn
Hestor x'57) Donald Haag of II86V2
Park Ave., Williamsport.
ROSS — Randall Lee arrived November
21, 1955 at the home of Mr. '54 and
Mrs. (Dorothy Apgar '53) Sam Ross
of Mahwah, N. J. Another son, David
Allan, celebrated his first birthday
in October.
HUGAS — Margaret Louise, born to the
Rev. '48 and Mrs. (Rachael Berg-
stresser x'49) Howard S. Hugas on
February 24 in the General Hospital,
Wilmington, Del. They reside in
Newark, Del.
LADY — a son, Timothy was born to the
Rev. '48 and Mrs. (Eleanor Steele '48)
Charles L. Lady on November 9,
1955. They have one other son, Jon-
athan who is three and a half .years
old. Their home is in Stewartstown,
Pa., where the Rev. Lady is the Pas-
tor of Felton Lutheran Church.
DAVENPORT — a son. William Clark
Davenport, II, was born March 10 to
Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Margaret Hender-
son x'54) William C. Davenport. The
Davenports have another child, Ann,
who is now two years old.
March, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVK
Dick Hummel
Dick Hummel Takes Over
Baseball Coaching Duties
With basketball tucked away for an-
other year and a high sports spirit on
campus, baseball now is the chief topic
of conversation with everyone.
Early spring training has been con-
siderably delayed because of the
weather, but the
team has been
working out in the
gym. Several boys
from last year's
squad have turned
out and a flock of
new candidates are
available.
Bob Bastress '39,
coach for several
years, has recently been appointed As-
sistant Superintendent of Schools in
Snyder County and is not able to con-
tinue his coaching interests. Bob,
through the years, made an outstanding
contribution to Susquehanna's sports
program, and it was with deep regret
that his resignation was received.
Another former student of S. U., Dick
Hummel, has taken over the coaching
responsibilities. Dick, a well - known
Northumberland, Pa. teacher and coach,
attended Susquehanna in 1937 and
played both basketball and baseball.
He is a graduate of Bloomsburg State
Teachers College and has been active in
baseball circles since his first year at
S. U. He has played in the Michigan
State League, the Middle Atlantic Lea-
gue, and the Canal Zone League of
Panama. After serving with the Armed
Forces, he was a member of the orig-
inal House of David Club.
A pitcher and utility infielder, Hum-
mel has been coaching in the Sunbury,
Selinsgrove, Northumberland area for
the past few years, and has devoted
much of his time to officiating both
basketball and baseball throughout the
Central Pennsylvania area. He is now
Principal of the Charles Steele Element-
ary School, Northumberland, Pa.
The spring schedule is as follows:
April 7 — Lebanon Valley A
April 9 — National Aggies H
April 12 — Elizabethtown A
April 14 — Kej-stone H
April 16 — Juniata H
April 20 — Temple A
April 21— Drexel A
April 23— Bucknell A
April 28— Albright A
April 30— Bucknell H
May 5 — Lycoming H
May 7 — Dickinson H
May 10— Wilkes H
May 12 — Juniata A
May 15— Gettysburg H
Alumni Day
Program — May
5
10:00 A. M.
Registration (and all day
thereafter)
10:30 A.M.
Council Meeting in 103 Bogar
12 Noon
Luncheon and Class Reunions
on the campus (weather per-
mitting, otherwise, inside.)
2:00 P. M.
General Alumni Assembly in
Seibert Hall
3:00 P. M.
Miscellaneous activities . . .
take your choice:
1. Baseball — Crusaders vs.
Lycoming.
2. "Little Theatre" production.
3. Musical Festival.
6:00 P. M.
Annual Dinner
Hosts for the day Members
of the Johnstown District Alumni
Club.
Flashes from the Campus
(Continued from Page 2)
Mr. and Mrs. Russell C. Hatz, mem-
bers of the faculty of the Conservatory
of Music, presented to an enthusiastic
audience, the second of the S. U. fac-
ulty recitals on Friday, January 13, in
Seibert Chapel.
Apologies
The cast of "A Night At The Opera"
journeyed to the Johnstown area the
week of January 8 and presented high
school assembly programs in six dif-
ferent schools.
The editorial staff of the Alumnus
offers apologies to S. U.'s Lamar D. In-
ners. Instructor in Accounting, for not
giving him a by-line in his most inter-
esting article which appeared in the
last issue of the Alumnus.
Many expressed interest in learning
of Susquehanna's internship program
for accountants and due to an error in
proof-reading, Mr. Inners was not given
credit for writing the article.
ALUMNI DAY, MAY 5, 1956
The Boy
and His Career*
"Somewhere in this day's twilight,
there is a boy sitting alone. He may
be your son or a neighbor's son. He
is thinking about his most pressing
obligation — what to do with his life,
what to make of himself. . . . Out
of nowhere, perhaps, will come the
realization that he will find personal
growth and confidence and the full
life if he can onl.y make a plane that
will fly better in the air, or a machine
that will run better on rails: or . . .
a device to lessen human drudgery
in the home, or build a home so
beautiful and so full of human satis-
faction that it will excel all that has
gone on before. . . . Somewhere to-
day that boy . . . will hear the sounds
of industry, the turbulence of the
giant tools that must be designed
and serviced and redesigned and
rebuilt. He will hear the rumbles in
a steel plant, the ring of glass, the
clatter of machines that spin and
weave, the whirl of the printing
presses, and the roar of the jets. He
may even hear the depressing an-
guished cries of our outworn cities
— cities that need new architectural
life, that need new modes of human
shelter; that need his youth and his
groping mind.
"Somewhere in that young valiant
mind struggling with its grave prob-
lem will emerge the image of men
of science and men of engineering
— men like you — who became what
they are, not through compulsion,
but of their own free will — not in
the expectation of easy riches, but
rather in the dedicated hope that
their chosen career may afford them
at least one fleeting moment of
major achievement. . . . He will see
himself grasping your work, build-
ing mightily upon what you have
built. In what you have pioneered,
he will see the great challenge of
America for his own work and for
his own life."
•■■Excerpt from an address by Roger M. Blough '25 before the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1956
— Susquehannans on Parade —
'11
Mr. and Mrs. Claude G. Aikens
left Saturday, March 17, to sail
from New York City for a trip abroad.
f-tn Dr. Park W. Huntington has
1 I started a second radio program
entitled, "Wake Up America" in addi-
tion to "This Is The Hour" which is
now in its third year.
9t\-t Mrs. (Marie Romig) Park W.
Li 1 Huntington was recently elected
President of the Wilmington Council of
the United Church Women. She is also
serving as Chairman of Radio for the
Department of Delaware, American
Legion Auxiliary.
>rtp Roger M. Blough, Chairman of
LiO the Board of United States Steel
Corp., was one of the award winners in
the public address division of Freedoms
Foundation at Valley Forge, in the
Foundation's annual awards program
for the greatest contribution to a bet-
ter understanding of the American Way
of Life during 1955.
'27
Addison Pohle, at the annual
conference at Buckhill Falls in
October, was elected Vice-President of
the Pennsylvania Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
'28
The Rev. Martin L. Dolbeer, Sr.,
Pastor of Saint Paul's Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church, Marion, Ohio,
sent to the Alumni Office a "Susque-
hanna Hymn" which he had written
some time ago. It has been turned over
to the Conservatory of Music. Our
thanks to the Rev. Dolbeer.
William O
this year as
Wm. O. Roberts
Roberts is serving
President of the
Pennsylvania Music
Educators Associ-
ation. At this year's
annual meeting in
Harrisburg, he was
instrumental in
having Susquehan-
na's S. A. I. chorus
sing in conjunction
with a talk given
by Dr. John R.
Leach '47, "On Contemporary Music."
Harold N. Moldenke, author of "Plants
of the Bible", "American Wild Flow-
ers", etc., and his wife will act as
guides on a trip to the Holy Land this
spring. The tour is being offered in
co-operation with the Dee Travel Ag-
ency, Inc., an agency with much exper-
ience in arranging garden tours to var-
ious parts of the world.
'31
Commander Warren L. Wolf,
chaplain of Mare Island, Calif.
Naval Base for
more than two
years, has been as-
signed as the first
chaplain aboard the
SARATOGA, super
aircraft carrier.
The SARATOGA is
the second of the
Forrestal class car-
riers. Prior to be-
ing chaplain at
Mare Island, Com-
mander Wolf was aboard the carrier
USS BADOENG STRAIT and during
World War II was on the carrier USS
WINDHAM BAY.
Cmdr. Wolf
'33
J. Donald Steele, prominent
Northumberland, Pa. attorney,
was elected President of United Hos-
iery Mills, Inc. He is past commander
of American Legion Post 44 and serves
as solicitor for Northumberland Bor-
ough Council.
'35
The Rev. Robert T. Clark re-
cently resigned from his pas-
torate of Trinity Lutheran Church in
Mechanicsburg, Pa., and is now on the
editorial staff of the United Lutheran
Publication House, Philadelphia. Now
serving Trinity Lutheran is the Rev.
Elmer Drumm.
'37
The Rev. E. Raymond Shaheen
accepted a call to become pastor
of St. Luke Lutheran Church, Silver
Spring, Md. He had been pastor of
Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church,
South Williamsport, for 15 years. Be-
fore leaving, more than 600 members
of Messiah gathered in the new edu-
cational building of the parish to say
goodby to the Shaheens. The farewell
took the form of a TV program, "This
is Your Life", on which President G.
Morris Smith appeared.
'39
Jess Kemberling, President of
the Dutch Pantry, has built a
new restaurant to add to his present
chain of six. It is located in St. Peters-
burg, Fla.
The Rev. John R. Knaul, Pastor of the
E\-angelical Church, Montgomery, Pa.,
had a mortgage burning ceremony on
January 8. The new Church, under
construction since 1950, cost over $100,-
000.
'41
The Rev. G. Robert Booth, pas-
tor of Pleasant Valley, Pa. Ev-
angelical and Reformed Church, has
been named to serve as good-will am-
bassador to New England in April.
Merle V. Hoover, since 1948 with RCA
in Lancaster, Pa., has recently cooper-
ated on a published study by the title
of "High-Speed Electronic Fault Pro-
tection For Power Tubes And Their
Circuitry". For several years he has
been engaged in the development of
super-power circuits and rectifiers, to-
gether with UHF circuitry. He is at
present, manager of Application Engi-
neering for Large Power Tubes.
Dr. William D. May has been named
dean of Johnson Teachers College,
Johnston, Vt. Dr. May served on the
faculty of the University of Florida,
Texas College of Arts and Instructions,
and Berea College, Ky.
> J p Franklin Wolfe, head of the
^D Frackville High School Music
Department, was Host Director for the
Eastern All-State Band, a group repre-
senting all high schools in the eastern
section of Penna. The Festival was held
February 3 and 4 in the Frackville
High School Auditorium. Eric Leidzen,
NYC, nationally prominent arranger,
director, and conductor was guest con-
ductor.
'47
Mrs. Betty Leach (Elizabeth
Anne Miller) taught music at
Lycoming College the first semester of
this year.
'49
The Rev. Edwin L. Bittenbender.
of Berwick, Pa. and his wife,
Methodist missionaries, left in Febru-
ary for Lucknow, India, where they
will serve for the next five years. The
Rev. Bittenbender will teach in the
Department of Religion at Lucknow
Christian College. The conplc previ-
ously were in India from 1949 to 1952.
Lt. Robert L. Goetz (MC), USNR is
studying at the School of Naval Avi-
ation Medicine, Pensacola, Fla.
'50
1st Lt. James O. Rumbaugh, Jr.
was recently graduated from
the Military Medical Orientation pro-
gram at the Medical Field Service, Fort
I
March, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
PFEIFFER- COACHED NET WIZARDS OF '55 -'56
(See Pospisil Story Page 4)
Back row (left to right) — Frank Romano, Gene Wltiak, Dwight Huseman, Jim Stone, John Anthony, and
Coach Ed Pfeiffer. Front row — Joe Osinchak, Dick Purncll, Brian Donley, Gerry Herbster, and Bob Fiscus.
Mascots are Edward and Elwood Stetler.
Sam Houston, Tex. Lt. Rumbaugh has
received orders assigning him to Fort
Bragg, N. C.
'51
Robert J. Henninger has accept-
ed a position with the Independ-
ent Oil Company of Pennsylvania which
is affiliated with the Socony Oil Com-
pany. He is presently undergoing a
six month training program in Altoona,
Pa.
'52
Jacquelyn McKeever at the time
of going to press had won first
prize on the TV program "Chance of a
Lifetime", for three successive weeks.
Each week the prize has been $1000
and a week's engagement at the Ver-
sailles Hotel, Fla.
Bob Dunlap has been studying at the
Vienna State Academy under a fellow-
ship with the Austrian Government. He
is the first American musician to be
given a full fellowship under this plan.
'53
Chitose Kei Sasaki, back in Ja-
pan, has recently written the
Alumni Office saying she "enjoyed the
Susquehanna football scores through
the Japanese papers." She sends her
greetings to all.
Charles A. Snyder, Jr., a senior at Lu-
theran Theological Seminary, Gettys-
burg, Pa., has accepted a call to be-
come assistant pastor of Trinity Lu-
theran Church, Chambersburg, Pa. He
will assume full duties the first week
in June, following his graduation and
ordination.
'54
Lt. Frank D. Richards, AF, has
recently been awarded his silver
observer's wings and Second Lieuten-
ant's commission. He will receive fur-
ther advanced specialty training in
radar bombardment and electronics af-
ter an operational tour. He is now as-
signed to Mather Air Force Base, Calif.
'55
Ivars Avots was graduated from
the Univ. of Penna. in January.
He received a master's degree in busi-
ness administration.
Kenneth Erdley, Jr. recently completed
nine weeks of basic training at the
Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md.
He is still at Bainbridge as a medical
corpsman.
Ruth E. Scott appeared in a recent Du
Pont publication "The Salesman Story".
She is currently employed in the Film
Dept. Sales Service laboratory near
Wilmington, Del., where she tests cello-
phane for better supermarket-type food
cases for keeping meats and vegetables
fresh.
'56
Doris Moon has accepted a posi-
tion in the bacteriology labora-
tory at the Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia.
Carroll S. Millard has accepted a posi-
tion with the Bell Telephone Company
in Reading, Pa.
i:iGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1956
JOHNSTOWN
The spring meeting of the Johnstown
District Alumni Club will be held Ap-
ril 12, at the White Star Hotel, Jenners.
Dr. Arthur H. Wilson, Professor of
English at S. U.. will be the speaker.
NEW JERSEY
The spring meeting of the North Jer-
sey District Club was held February 25
at Friar Tuck Inn, Cedar Grove. The
speaker for the evening was Mr. Henry
J. "Whitey" Keil, football coach at S. U.
CENTER-UNION
The Alumni office has received word
from Ralph E. Beahm, President of the
Center-Union Club, saying that plans
are being made for a meeting to be
held some time in April. Within a
short time, notice will go out to mem-
bers.
YORK-HANOVER
The annual Spring Banquet and
Meeting is to be held on April 12, at
the Colonial Hotel on Continental
Square, York, Penna.
PITTSBURGH
Word has been received from Dr.
Reed Speer, President of the Pittsburgh
Alumni Club, that a meeting is being
planned for the early spring. At a later
time, details will be sent to members.
HARRISBURG
The Harrisburg District Alumni Club
will hold its spring meeting on April 27,
at the Dutch Pantry, Lemoyne.
ALTOONA
The Altoona District Alumni Club
will hold its annual spring meeting
April 24 at the Replogle Party House,
Roaring Spring, Pa. Dr. Russell W.
Gilbert will be the speaker.
PHILADELPHIA
The annual Spring Banquet of the
Philadelphia Club will be held Thurs-
day, April 26 at St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Plumstead and Con-
gress Avenues in Lansdowne. Dinner
will be served at 6:30 p. m. preceded
by the usual half-hour fellowship.
Crusaders Basketball
(Continued from Page 4)
Romano was nominated to the all-
state team and captured the eye of
several professional teams.
The Crusaders started slowly losing
their opener to Juniata, downing Ur-
sinus, and then dropping successive
games to Lycoming, Wilkes and Ly-
coming again.
A strong Dickinson team was next on
the schedule; they were beaten 77-62
and the PfeifEer-coached team was off
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
I'^L
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
Anniversary Class Reunions For Alumni Day
The various class reunions are the heart of an ALUMNI DAY Program,
and it is the hope of the Alumni Council that reunion groups will get be-
hind this year's program with enthusiasm.
Listed below are the classes, with their representatives, that will have
an anniversary this year. If you have not heard from your representative,
will you write and say you are interested in a reunion of your class.
Anniv. Year Representative
*55th
«50th
45th
40th
35th
30th
25th
20th
15th
10th
* 5th
1901
1906
1911
1916
1921
1926
1931
1936
1941
1946
1951
Dr. Latimer S. Landes, 454 West Market Street, York. Pa.
The Rev. William E. Swoope, 1406 Oak Street, Lebanon, Pa.
Dr. Mildred E. Winston. 3060 16th St. N.W., Washington, D. C.
Theodore E. Ebberts, 608 Pickering St.. Ogdens'ourg, N. Y.
S. Walter Foulkrod, 12 East Princeton Road. Cynwyd, Pa.
Horace M. Hutchison. 625 Osborne Avenue, Morrisville, Pa.
Clyde D. Sechler, 228-07A 69th Avenue. Bayside. L. I., N. Y.
Dr. Arthur J. Gelnett, 327 High Street. Milton, Pa.
*At the time of going to press, no definite word of reunion plans had been
received.
on a five game victory string. Among
the vanquished teams were Drexel Tech
and Hartwick College of New York.
After losing to Juniata and Elizabeth-
town, the Crusaders knocked off Frank-
lin & Marshall, Western Maryland and
Washington College.
The highlight of the entire season
was the Philadelphia Textile game on
March 3. Textile came to Selinsgrove
sporting a 19-2 record, and their league
championship. The S. U. cagers played
a fine game to beat the visitors 64-61.
The basketball picture is very bright
for next year. In addition to Romano,
Coach Ed. Pfeiffer will have returning
Dwight Huseman 6' 6" rebounder, Ger-
ry Herbster, ace floorman and play-
maker. Gene Witiak 6' 3" freshman,
who made a tremendous difference to
the team this year, and 3 letter-man
Dick Purnell.
The other boys on the squad who did
not see much action this year are ex-
pected back, along with two players
who will join the squad for the first
TROPHY IN HONOR
OF STAGG
A trophy, to be known as the Amos
Alonzo Stagg Memorial Trophy, has
recently been purchased by the Men's
Student Council and will be awarded
to the intramural team that compiles
the most points throughout the school
year.
Competition for this trophy will be
determined on a point basis. Each
group or fraternity will have a running
score throughout the year according to
its showing in all sports under intra-
mural league competition and the group
or fraternity having the accumulated
highest point total at the conclusion of
the spring program, shall be awarded
the trophy. The trophy must be won
three times in succession in order to be
retired.
The trophy is a beautiful one and
has been admired by all who have seen
it.
time and who should give Coach Pfeif-
fer the all-important depth which was
lacking this year.
^SQUEHAhWAl'iSI/VERSiry
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VOL. XXIV
June, 1956
No. 4
Susquehanna's new music building, pictured above, will contain besides twenty practice rooms, four
classrooms, a rehearsal room, ten studios for individualized instruction, a library and
listening room, a reception room, and an office for the director of the
music division. Detailed plans are now in process, and
it is expected construction will be started
in the fall.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1956
Dr. Smith Says '1956 -A Crucial Year";
Centennial Program Based on S.U/s Needs
The 98th session at Susquehanna University closed with Commencement,
May 26, when 75 seniors were graduated. The day was beautiful, sunny and
clear and there was a fine spirit of fellowship in evidence. The address by
Chancellor William P. Tolley on the subject, "Your View cf the Universe," was
well taken and pointed out that the educated man affirms ccnstantly the pos-
sibility of "change for the better."
During these summer months we shall be working to bring about "changes
for the better" at S.U.
Cluh News
These changes are contingent upon
a successful Centennial Appeal.
1956 — A Crucial Year — To students,
faculty, alumni. Church constituency
and friends of Susquehanna Univer-
sity, this is a crucial year. For it is
during this year we have determined
to match the needs of the college with
adequate plant and human resources.
Our answer to these needs will be
made this fall.
Program Based en Long Study — Our
centennial program has been based on
a thorough study of the institution's
needs as made by faculty, adminis-
tration, alumni and trustees. These
needs are very real. No longer can
we hold or secure competent personnel
without strengthening the financial
roots cf the university by a substan-
tial addition to the endowment. And
our library, the intellectual heart of
the college, must have more space
both for books and readers. By 1958,
our 100th anniversary, we have care-
fully planned the following accomplish-
ments:
(1) An addition to endow-
ment for stronger sup-
port of personnel 5250,000
(2) A New Music
Building $300,000
(3) An addition to the
Library $150,000
$700,000
This means a total cf $700,000 is
needed to achieve our centennial ob-
jectives. Toward this goal Synod voted
last year to raise this fall $500,000.
The college can now guarantee the ad-
dition of $200,000 over and above the
Synodical objective of $500,000.
A Worthy Record of Service — It is
practically impossible to appraise the
results flowing from 98 years of Chris-
tian testimony in the education of more
than 8000 young men and women who
have gone into many vocations. The
(Continued on Page Seven)
Junior Co-eds
ALBERT — a son, Glenn David, arrived
on March 30. The parents are Mr. '55
and Mrs. (Claire Rosengarten x'56)
Walter Albert who are residing at
1614 Ridgeway Road, Havertown, Pa.
DORWARD— John Stephen, on Feb. 21
arrived at the home of The Rev. and
Mrs. (Marian Steigerwalt '49) Craig
J. Dorward, who live in Kutztown,
Pa. The Dorwards have a daughter,
Kristin Anne, who is a cute 2V2.
GUNDRLM — Daniel Goss appeared on
the scene March 31, at the home of
Mr. '48 and Mrs. (Edith Dorothy Eil-
hardt '48) Eugene H. Gundrum, R. D.
4, Oak Grove, Library, Pa. Daniel
is their first child.
ISAACS — a daughter, Mary Ellen, was
born on March 24, in St. Luke's Hos-
pital, Bethlehem, Pa., to Mr. '43 and
Mrs. (Louise Kresge '45) Lawrence
M. Isaacs. The Isaacs' residence is
at 826 Maple Rd., Hellertown, Pa.,
and they have three other children,
Jane Louise, six; John David, five,
and Thomas Lawrence, three.
JEFFERS — Karen Anne and Sharon
Lee, lovely identical twin girls, ar-
rived on May 4 at the home of Mr.
■53 and Mrs. (Helen Elise Von Lynn
'53) Harvey P. Jeflfers. The Jeffers
are now residing at 56 South Ave.,
Hilton, N.Y., where "Jeff" is em-
ployed with the Phoenix Mutual Life
Insurance Co. as a field representa-
tive. They have one other child,
"Kirk," who is now 18 months old.
JONES — Nancy Bronwyn was born to
Mr. '52 and Mrs. (Betty Reisch '48)
Cynddylan M. Jones, 5383 Charles
St., Philadelphia. Pa., on April 12.
Nancy is their second child; the
first, a young man named Billy.
McLAIN — a daughter, Megan Elizabeth,
arrived at the McLain home at 111
W. Walnut Street, Sclin.sgrove, Pa.,
on April 1. The happy parents are
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ALTOONA
Members of the Altoona District
Club held an enthusiastic meeting at
the Replogle Party House, Roaring
Spring, April 24. Campus representa-
tive and guest speaker was Dr. Russell
W. Gilbert. Ofilcers elected were Rus-
sell F. Brown '48, President; Dr. Mil-
lard G. Fisher '50, Vice-President and
Mrs. Melvin (Mary Weaverling '32)
Garber, Secretary-Treasurer. April 27,
1957 has been set as the date for next
\ear's meeting.
CENTER-UNION
The Spring meeting of the Center-
Union Club was held April 26 at the
Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Aaronsburg. Guest speaker was Dr.
William A. Russ, Jr. All officers were
re-elected. President, Ralph E. Beahm
'30: Vice-President, Paul D. Reamer '31
and Secretary-Treasurer Shirley Sho-
walter Boyer '50.
JOHNSTOWN
The Johnstown District Alumni Club
held its annual spring banquet at the
White Star Hotel, Jennerstown, April
12. There were 42 present. Newly
elected officers are Michael L. Masto-
vich '39, President: Ernest F. Walker
'21, Vice President; Mrs. George R.
(Grace R. Walter '40) Fries, Secretary,
and Robert Gabrenya '40, Treasurer.
Dr. I. Hess Wagner, '98, was named
to the executive committee. Guest
speaker for the evening was Dr. Ar-
thur H. Wilson, head of the English
Department at the University. Enter-
tainment was provided by three of Mr.
Mastovich's students.
HARRISBURG
The spring meeting of the Harris-
burg District Alumni Club was held
Friday, May 11, at the Dutch Pantry
in Lemoyne. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Marsh C. Bogar '51; Vice
President, Lester C. Heilman '52; Sec-
retary - Treasurer, Catherine Byrod
Whitman '44.
Entertainment for the evening was
provided by Miss Marilyn Slyoff, stu-
dent violinist at S.U., accompanied by
Miss Janet Rohrbach '46. Harvey A.
Heintzleman '27. outgoing president,
after brief remarks, introduced Dr. G.
Morris Smith who outlined plans for
Susquehanna's Centennial.
Present at the meeting was Mr. Ray-
mond P. Garman of the York District
(Continued on Page Three)
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
June, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
CLUB NEWS
(Continued from Page Two)
Club, who explained York's student
scholarship program.
Dr. John I. Woodruff was also pres-
ent and read some of his poetry to the
enjoyment of those present. Special
tribute was paid to Jerry D. Bogar, Jr ,
because of his birthday.
During the meeting, members dis-
cussed the possibility of the York and
Harrisburg District Clubs jointly rent-
ing for an evening, the Allenberry
Playhouse, Boiling Springs, in order
to raise funds.
LEHIGH-VALLEY
The Lehigh-Valley District Alumni
Club is planning a July picnic accord-
ing to word received from the Presi-
dent, Mrs. Erma Stahl Everitt '23.
SUSQUEHANNA-VALLEY
Election of Newton Kerstetter '13,
Sunbury, as president, merging of the
Sunbury and Selinsgrove Clubs, and
an address by Dean Gait, featured the
April 24th meeting of the Sunbury
Area Alumni which was held this year
in the Hotel Neff, Sunbury. Re-elected
to the office of secretary was Miss B.
Mary Shipe '42. Speaking briefly was
Raymond P. Garman '30, who described
the scholarship program of the York
Alumni Club and stated that he and his
brother would contribute fifty dollars
yearly in memory of their brother Al-
ton, if a scholarship program for the
Club were planned. Harold Benion '39
and Jane Schnure '39 were asked to
make a study of a possible scholarship
program.
Fred Billman '36 introduced mem-
bers of the Phi Mu Delta Fraternity
quartet who entertained with several
numbers. 'With the merging of the two
clubs, the new name decided upon was
the Susquehanna-'Valley District Alum-
ni Club of Susquehanna University.
YORK
The York District Alumni Club held
its spring meeting on April 12 at the
Colonial Hotel in York. Approximately
fifty members were present. Dr. G.
Morris Smith was the principal
speaker. Elected as president was H.
■Vernon Ferster '36.
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia Club members, on April
26, met at St. Paul's Evangelical Luth-
eran Church, Lansdowne, and elected
Kenneth A. Lenker '52 as president for
the ensuing year. Highlight of the
meeting was the awarding of the "S"
in Life Award to Clyde R. Spitzner, for
many years active in the Philadelphia
Club and for the past three years. Pres-
ident of the General Alumni Associ-
ation. Guest speaker from the campus
was Coach •■'Whitey" Keil '39.
June Commencement Pays Honor to
25 -year Faculty and Church
Alumni,
ignitaries
Eleven Faculty members, active and emeriti, receive frcm Dr. John F.
Harkins, Pres. of the Bd. of Directors, awards of honor fcr distinguished service
to the University. This was a feature of this year's Commencament program.
L. to R. are: Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh, Dr. Arthur H. 'Wilson, Dr. George
E. Fisher, Prof. E. M. Brungart, Dr. Harkins, Dr. Smith, Miss Mary Pctteiger,
Dr. George F. Dunkelberger, Dr. John 1. 'Woodruff, Dr. Russell 'W. Gilbert and
Dr. John J. Houtz. Not present was Dr. A. 'W. Ahl.
Three Pastors receive the Honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity — the
Rev. Paul W. DeLauter of Mifflintown, the Rev. Thomas Atkinson '23, Chaplain
of the State Penitentiary at Graterford, and the Rev. Herbert H. Schmidt '31,
Librarian at the Gettysburg Theol. Sem. Center (next to Pres. Smith) is Dr.
Wm. P. Tolley, Chancellor of Syracuse Uni\'. and Commencement speaker.
FOUE
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1956
SPITZNER RE-ELECTED
PRES. OF GENERAL
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
With the father-son combination of
Jerry D. Bogar, Jr., and Guy M. Bogar
receiving Susquehanna's first outstand-
ing achievement award, and Dr. Arthur
H. Wilson receiving a 25-year Faculty
cup. Alumni of Susquehanna held one
of their most enthusiastic Alumni Day
Programs on May 5.
Re-elected to the office of President,
Clyde R. Spitzner "37 of Phila., will
serve his third term. Other officers
elected were: Dr. John I. Woodruff,
Hon. Pres.; Raymond P. Garman. 1st
Vice-Pres.; Mary Farlling, 2nd Vice-
Pres.; Janet Rohrbach, Recording
Sec'y.: W. David Gross, Treas.; Edwin
M. Brungart, Stat.; Dr. Glenn Musser
and Benjamin Moyer, members-at-
large.
President Spitzner. presiding at the
afternoon General Assembly, intro-
duced Dr. G. M. Smith who outlined
plans for the Centennial Appeal. There
was an enthusiastic response to Dr.
Smith's talk, and alumni in attendance
pledged themselves to the full support
of the Centennial program.
. . . Scenes Frc
SCENES FROM ALUMNI DAY
Picture Identiflcation:
( 1 ) Clyde Spitzner addresses afternoon
assembly of Alumni. Seated on
platform are Dr. John F. Harkins,
Pres. of Bd. of Directors, and Pres.
G. Morris Smith.
(2) Reunion of Class of 1941.
(3) Class of 1921 gets together.
(4) Pres. Spitzner, at the annual eve-
ning banquet, presents 25-year
Faculty Cup to Dr. Arthur H. Wil-
son.
(5) W. Alfred Streamer, Chairman of
the Alumni Achievement Award
Com., presents Susquehanna's first
outstanding Achievement Award
to the father-son combination of
Jerry D. Bogar, Jr., and Guy M.
Bogar. Looking on are Alumni
Pres. Clyde Spitzner and S.U. Pres.
G. Morris Smith.
(6) Members and families of Class of
1926 enjoy lunch in Seibert Hall.
(7) Class of 1916 celebrates its 40th
reunion.
(8) Class of 1946 meets.
(9) Class of 1931 gets together for 25th
reunion.
(lO)Largest class reunion was that of
1936.
June, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
lumni Day
JUNIOR CO-EDS
(Continued from Page Two)
Mr. '58 and Mrs. (Nanc.y W. Rich-
ards '55) John D. McLain.
MANNING— A son, Robert William,
arrived on April 15. Robert's par-
ents are Mr. '50 and Mrs. (Jeanne
Kahler '50) Everett Manning, 180 N.
17th St., East Orange, N.J.
MILLER — Deborah Jean arrived on the
scene on August 12, 1955, according
to a note just received from her par-
ents, The Rev. and Mrs. (Jean A.
Rothermel '50) Gerald Miller. The
Millers reside in Reedsville where
The Rev. Mr. Miller is pastor of the
Reedsville Lutheran Church.
KEENER— Seth Elverson, III, became
a welcome addition to the family
of Mr. '56 and Mrs. (Jeanne M.
Krogh x'56) Seth E. Keener, Jr., on
April 9. The Keeners live at 1539
Lingelstown Rd., Harrisburg, Pa.
LAWRENCE — a daughter, Mary Alice,
wa? born to Mr. and Mrs. (Alice
Dietrich '40) J. William Lawrence, of
344 Arlington St., Tamaqua, Pa. The
Bundle of Joy arrived on November
10, 1955.
MYERS — Beth Ann arrived at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. (Marjorie Bar-
ton '46) Leon C. Myers, Jr., on De-
cember 6. 1955. Beth Ann is the
fourth child. Others are Keith, Jay
and Karen. The Myers reside in
Hughesville, Pa.
NEWMAN — Jane Elizabeth was born
on May 8 to Mr. and Mrs. (Grace
Jane McKeever '51) William R. New-
man. The Newmans reside in Fair-
field, Pa.
STEHLIN — a daughter, Muriel Ger-
maine, was born on May 15 to Mr.
and Mrs. (Shirley Finkbeiner '39)
Roger R. Stehlin. The Stehlins live
at 26 Vernon Ave., Rockville Center,
N.Y.
WHEELER — a son, James Lawrence,
was the third child to arrive at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. (Arlene Kreps
■48) James R. Wheeler, of 219 Sixth
Avenue, Burnham, Pa. James ar-
rived on March 2. The two other
children are girls; Beverly, three, and
Sharon, one.
WISSINGER — Donna Ruth joined the
Wissinger family on April 7. The
parents are Mr. '50 and Mrs. (Flora
Barnhart '51) Donald Wissinger, of
1968 W. Philadelphia St., York, Pa.
Another child, Scott, was born on
the same date two years previously,
1954.
ZLOCK— Charles Gilbert was born to
Mr. '49 and Mrs. (N. Frances Lybar-
ger '49) Evan P. Zlock on December
24, 1955. The Zlocks live at 17
Smoketree Road, Levittown, Pa.
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1956
— Susquehannans on Parade —
ffi(\ The Rev. Dr. Ira S. Sassaman,
yj/ Pastor of St. Matthew's Luth-
eran Church, Williamsport, retired
from the ministry, July 1, 1956. He
had completed 48 years in the ministry.
Dr. Sassaman plans to move to Selins-
grove and hopes to do some supply
preaching.
ft\f\ Or. Russell F. Auman on April
^\j 23 was installed as full profes-
sor of practical theology at Hamma
Divinity School, Wittenberg College,
Springfield, Ohio. He had served at
Hamma for three years as associate
professor.
'21
Mildred E. Winston, staff mem-
ber of the Board of Educ. of
the U.L.C.A. since 1928, received an
honorary degree of Doctor of Humane
Letters from Gettysburg College at its
124th commencement, June 3.
>rtA The Rev. Paul R. Hoover, Pas-
^J/ tor of Grace Lutheran Church,
Rochester, N.Y., received praise for an
article published recently in "Select-
ive Service," publication of the Na-
tional Selective Service System. The
title of his article was "Tomorrow Is
Already Here For America's Youth."
'30
Arthur A. Gelnett has been
elected to membership in the
American Institute of Accountants. He
resides at W. College Ave.. Salisbury,
Md.
'31
Daniel F. Graham, former Su-
perintendent of The Training
School, Vineland, N.J., is now Execu-
tive Director of The Magnolia School
for retarded and slow learners, New
Orleans, La. He assumed his new
duties May 1.
'39
Jean B. Beamenderfer left on
June 23 for the Island of Aruba,
of the Netherlands 'West Indies, where
she will spend eight weeks teaching
commercial subjects for the Standard
Oil Company. This Standard Oil train-
ing program was originated by an S.U.
graduate, Dr. E. Dorothea Meyer '33.
> Jrt Sanford P. Blough, Revenue Ac-
*J^ counting Manager of Bell Tele-
phone, Philadelphia, has been appoint-
ed Disbursement Accounting Manager
of the Eastern Area for Pa. He has
been with the company since 1946.
>J/» Blair
40 mathi
Blair L. Heaton, teacher of
lematics at Selinsgrove
High School, has won a fellowship
awarded by the National Science Foun-
dation for study at Pa. State University
for the current summer session.
BOND and KEY GOES NATIONAL
Pictured above are members of Bond & Key. as the oldest fraternity on the
the Susquehanna campus became affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha, the largest
fraternity in the U. S. Formal ceremonies were held in Trinity Lutheran
Church on Saturday, April 28, when 84 Alumni and active members were
accepted into the new fraternity.
> J Q William S. Clark, former edi-
tjQ tor and publisher of the "Lehigh
Valley Review," is now editor of "Your
Church Magazine." with offices in Jen-
kintovvn. Pa. Harold R. Kramer, a for-
mer teacher in the Junior High School,
AUentown, is now employed in the
Mining Department at Bethlehem Steel.
'49
Miss Erma Bonawitz has accept-
ed a position as Executive Di-
rector cf the new Children's Bureau of
Lancaster Co. For the past year she
has been working as a Child Welfar>j
Worker for the Florida State Dept. of
Public Welfare in Key West. Robert
Dornsife and wife (Margaret Willi-
ams), formerly of East Stroudsburg,
have moved to Harrisburg, where Rob-
ert is employed by the Farm Bureau
Insurance Co. Evan P. Zlock is now
working for I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co.,
Erie Av'enue, Philadelphia, as an As-
sistant Plant Superintendent.
Edward Pfeiffer, S.U.'s basket-
ball coach, recently purchased
the John E. Colt & Son, Insurance
Agency, Northumberland. It will now
be known as the Pfeiffer Insurance
Agency. Before entering business for
himself. Coach Pfeiffer was employed
by the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. He was recently elected sec-
retary of the Northumberland Chamber
of Commerce.
(Continued on Page Eight)
'50
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
JANE WEHR '53 was married to WIL-
LIAM SCOTT '53 on April 4, in the
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Mid-
dleburg. Pa. The Rev. James G.
Shannon performed the double ring
ceremony. Mr. Scott is currently a
field representative for General
Motors Acceptance Corp., in Cam-
bridge, Md., where they are now re-
siding.
NANCY LEE LEPLEY '54 became the
bride of Joseph A. Eyer in the Zion
Lutheran Church, Kratzerville, Pa.,
in early April. The Rev. Harry F.
Sheaf '19, minister of the First Pres-
byterian Church, Northumberland,
and The Rev. Vernon Yeich, pastor
of the Zion Lutheran Church, admin-
istered the double ring ceremony.
The couple plan to reside in Hum-
mels Wharf.
BEATRICE M. MORROW 53 was mar-
ried to Earl A. Myers on March 10,
in the Grace Lutheran Church, State
College, Pa. The couple is now re-
siding in Derby, Col., until fall when
they expect to return to Pa.
JANE CLINE and ROBERT MICA-
T.'WAGE, both '54, were united in
(Continued on Page Eight)
June, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
378 ALUMNI CONTRIBUTE TO LOYALTY FUND.
$4321 TO UNIVERSITY'S ENDOWMENT PROGRAM.
Listed below are those who contributed up to June 1:
1S86 Dr. George R. Ulrich
1888 Dr. George E. Fisher
Dr. John I. Woodruff
1898 Frank A. Eyer
1899 L. C. Hassinper
1900 Edwin M. Brungart
1901 S. Wai-d Graniley
1902 Charles I. Boyer
1906 John C. Harpster
1907 Marv Grace Jacobs Russell
The Rev. Cha^. M. Teufel
1908 Mary E. App
Dr. Geo. F. Dunkelburger
Bertha Hough Federlin
M. Kathryn Moser
1909 A. C. Curran
Grace A. Geiselman
The Rev. Mervyn J. Ross
J. Bannen Swope
1910 The Rev. Arthur C. Harris
Paul H. Hartman
George B. Manhart
The Rev. Clyde W. Shaeffer
1911 Claude G. Aikens
Miles R. Derk
1912 The Rev. Paul H. Stahl
1913 Maria Geiselman Gabrielson
Newton Kei-stetter
The Rev. John B. Kniseley
Mar>' Gravbill Kniselev
The Rev. R. L. Luboid
Sara B. Manhart
Rine G. Winey
1914 Dr. Frank P. Boyer
Mary Ressler Dale
Euphemia Brown Kerns
The Rev. Harry W. Miller
Marv Mowrev Zak
1915 John S. Bangson
Rebekah Rynearson Brown
The Rev. Walter E. Brown
N. A. Danow?ky
Dr. J. Frank Faust
The Rev. John F. Harkins
Mabel Bauder Martin
Aberdeen Phillips
1916 Cloyd E. Bottiger
Mary Kathryn Wagner
Harkins
The Rev. J. Paul Harman
The Rev. William E. Swope
1917 Phoebe Herman
Dr. Park W. Huntington
Marian Moyer Potteiger
Herbert S. Rauseh
1918 Helen Holshue Frazier
Lulu Fetterolf Harman
Miriam Grossman Lundahl
Katheiine V. Persing
S. Irwin Roush
Frank A. Staib
1919 Dr. Willard D. Allbeck
Helen Salem Wescoat
1920 Arch A. Aucker
Dr. Russell F. Auman
Ammon K. Bateman
Evelyn Allison Boeder
Esther Cressman
Dr. Calvin V. Erdley
Harold Y. Fisher
Dr. Joseph L. Hackenberg
The Rev. G. Blair Harman
The Rev. William A. Janson
John S. Rote
Susan Rearick Shannon
1921 Dr. O. H. Aurand
Phillip L. Hilbish
Marie Romig Huntington
Dr. M. P. Moller. Jr.
Ruth La Rue Thompson
Dr. Mildred E. Winston
1923 Mary Beck Grant
C. S. Jarrett
Russell P. Knoebel
Alice Rearick
Beatrice Rettinger
Thomas J. Weible
The Rev. Thomas Atkinson
1924 MiHam Huvett Alexander
William H. Blough and
Margaret Widlund Blough
Alvin W. Carpenter
W. John Derr
Glenn Fisher
The Rev. L Wilson Kepner
and Lottie Brosius Kepner
Alma V. McCoIlough
Dr. Joseph C. McLain and
Mabel Irene M u m m a
McLain
Rachel Brubaker Whited
1925 Dr. Norman R. Benner
Roger M. Blough
Dorothv Clarke Creager
The Rev. Marlin M. Enders
Dr. Harland D. Fague
Marlin E. Grubb
Paul W. Hettes
Naomi Ulrich Linebaugh
Christie E. Zimmerman
1926 Lee E. Boyer
Percy B. Davis
Dr. Barbara E. DeRemer
Theodore E. Ebberts
Sara Hassinger Fague
Hayes C. Gordon
Helen Ulrich Hoffman
Gertrude McKee Kaup
Margaret E. Keiser
Martha Larson Ma it in
Anna M. Norwat
Austin C. Roche
Lucy Herr Smith
Robert N. Troutman
1927 Mary E. Bowersox
Ruth J. Brubaker
Emily E. Craig
Elsie Nace Enders
Ruth M. Evans
Delsey Morris Gross
Harvey A. Heintzelman
Miles S. McLain
M. Thelma Taylor
1928 John M. Auten
Margaret H. Buyers
Dr. Harold E. Ditzler
Mary E. Farlling
Mai-shall H. Fausold
Laura L. Gemberling
Edward B. Herr
Elizabeth Hauser Kinsel
Dr. Charles M. Shaffer
Laentena McCahan Shelley
Mary Wentzel Updegrove
1929 Kathryn V. Bastian
Robert W. Crouse and
Mary Coons Crouse
Nancy Lecrome Fay
Gertrude Fisher Jones
The Rev. Franz A. Lundahl
The Rev. Russell T. Shilling
Clarence F. Updegrove
1930 Paul M. Bishop
Edward T. Bollinger
Raymond P. Garman
Miller R. Gerhardt
Mary E. Greninger
Oren S. Kaltriter
Florence Lauver
Myer R. Musser
Ruth Goff Nicodemus
The Rev. John S. Rhine
Dr. Luke H. Rhoads
Simon B. Rhoads
James M. Scharf
Mildred Arbogast Speer
1931 H. Vernon Blough
Irene Brouse Dickey
Dr. Lawrence Fisher
Frank C. Gill
Paul M. Haines
Helen Culp Hort
Ronald E. Kehler
Mary E. Lauver
Dr. Bryce E. Nicodemus
Ruth Maurey Quinter
The Rev. Herbert H.
Schmidt
Martha Davis Thomas
Ethlynne Miller Weaver
1932 Mildred H. Bolich
Thelma E. Crebs
Margaret E. Fink
Lewis R. Fox
The Rev. Herbert G.
Hohman
The Rev. John F. Kinds-
vatter
Dr. Andrew V. Kozak
Grace Minnig Schell
Dr. Reed Speer
1933 Grace Bovle
Fred L. Carl
Laird S. Gemberling
Gertrude C. Lansetdel
J. Donald Steele
Amelia Krapf Williams
Bruce Worthington and
Marian Walbom Worth-
ington
(Continued en Page eight)
1934 Ruth E. Bergstresser
The Rev. Edwin M. Clapper
Edith Frankenfield Ciamer
The Rev. Earnest W. Huston
Edgar D. Hutchison and
Aberdeen Phillips
Hutchison
Isabella Horn Klick
Kathryn Jarrett Rhoades
Virginia Andrews Rhoades
Sara Ulrich Tollinger
Daniel T. McKelvey
1935 Dorothv C. East«p
S. Hilda Mickey
Frances Hubler Nuernburg
Erie I. Shobert II
1936 Stephen A'zary
Clarence W. F^arley
Katherine Weber Finkbiner
James A. Grossman
The Rev. Jerome V. Guss
Horace M. Hutchison
Alice Smith Loope
Marcella Chaya Turnbach
William E. VanHorn
1937 Andrew Fredericks
Mary Scott Gumpher
Elsie Myers
Frances Smith Novinger
B. Henry Shafer
The Rev. Raymond Shaheen
Clyde Spitzner
Dorothv Savidge Troutman
Walter S. Van Poyck
1938 Dr. Robert A. Boyer
Ethel Ramer Coulter
Helen Hisdorf Dauberman
Mary Heim Davev
Elizabeth B. Fry
Rav W. Kline
The Rev. Karl E. Kniseley
1939 Howard B. Baldwin and
Verna Gayman Baldwin
Robert M. Bastress
W. Frank Laudenslayer
Michael L. Mastovich
Jane Schnure
Louise E. West
1940 Elizabeth J. Barnhart
Andrew A. Clark, Jr.
Robert A. Gabrenya
John G. Gensel
J. Leon Haines
Horace A. Kauffman
Kenneth R. Kinney and
Naomi Bingaman Kinney
Dr. Paul M. Orso
Earner S. Swartz
1941 Dorothy E. Artz
Jane Hutchison Kaempfer
Margaret Dunkle Kniseley
Edward F. Korper
Dr. Glenn L. Musser
Douglas A. Portzline
Hilda M. Ritter
Paul C. Shatto. Jr.
Harry B. Thatcher
1942 John F. Adams
Mildred Bittner
Janet Shockey Einstein
Melvin E. Haas
Edward S. Rogers, Jr., and
Blanche Fornev Rogei"S
B. Marv Shipe
Phillip R. Templin
Ruth Schwenk Wahl
Ralph E. Wolfgang
1943 Dorothy Williamson Adams
Lawrence M. Isaacs
1944 Katharine Heldt Aucker
Jean H. Renfer
Ada Jayne Romig
Catherine Byrod Whitman
1945 N. Louise Kresge Isaacs
The Rev. Herman G.
Steumpfle. Jr.
1946 James R. Clark
Jean Strausser Green
Charlotte Smith Harrison
Marie Klick Hodick
Dr. Roswell J. Johns
1947 Frank Corcoran
Virginia Hallock Damiencki
Mary Lizzio Govekar
Jean L. Huver
Gayle Clark Johns
Richard D. MoglJa
Alan Parcells
Loui-^e H. Schlick
Elise Thompson Wohlsen
PRES. SMITH'S MESSAGE
(Continued from Page Two)
full harvest can never be known, for
the harvest belongs to the great im-
ponderables of life. We do know, how-
ever, that Susquehanna University has
written useful chapters in the field
of overseas mission, of home missions,
of ministers prepared for the home land
churches, of deaconesses and parish
workers. "When schools prosper,"
writes Luther, "the Church remains
righteous and her doctrine pure. For
the sake of the Church we must have
and maintain Christian schools."
A Power Plant for Christian Laymen —
Martin Luther believed strongly in
Christian education for lay people as
well as for the clergy, and for women
as well as men. Susquehanna has made
notable contributions to the ranks of
Christian laymen and laywomen in the
field of business, of countless teachers
supplied to our public schools, of prin-
cipals and superintendents in the ad-
ministrative aspect of education, of
men and women for medical science,
the law, and for social welfare and
nursing, and public servants. "The
right instruction of youth," wrote Lu-
ther, "is a matter in which Christ and
all the world are concerned."
Prayer and Work Needed — We shall
need the help of all our alumni this
fall in the interest of furthering Chris-
tian Education at Susquehanna Uni-
versity. And we have the confidence
to believe that it will be forthcoming.
In the meantime, we earnestly solicit
the prayers of all that we may be
guided in accord with His will to the
end that His will may be done.
G. MORRIS SMITH, President
June 5, 1956
NECROLOGY
CHARLES A. GOSS '99, resident of
Mifflinburg, Pa., and retired educator,
died April 16 at the Milton Conva-
lescent Home where he had been a
guest for the past year. Before re-
tirement he was principal of the Irv-
ington, N.J., high school.
STEWART MILLER SCHRACK '30,
died suddenly at his home in Retsof,
N.Y., in early May. Mr. Schrack was
a native of Booneville, Pa., and
teacher for many years in Piffard
High School, N.Y. For the past
twent.v years he had been connected
with the York Central School. Ret-
sof, N.Y., first as science instructor,
and later as Vice-Principal and
Guidance Counselor.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1956
Susquehannans On Parade
(Continued from Page Six)
'52 S
Gene Fenstermacher was re-
cently appointed credit manager
for the Sherwin-Williams Company,
Sunbury, Pa. He was formerly em-
ployed by the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation at the Sunbury and Me-
tuchen, N.J., plants. C. Dale Gateman
on June 5, received his Master's Degree
in Elementary Administration at Co-
lumbia University. During the past
semester, he has been teaching in the
Pompton Plains schools, N.J.
'CO ^^^ ^*^" Charles A. Snyder, Jr.,
J) J was gi-aduated from the Luther-
an Theological Seminary, Gettysburg,
on May 18. On June 3 he was installed
as assistant pastor at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Chambersburg. Mrs. Earl A.
Myers (Beatrice M. Morrow) received
her Master of Arts degree in education
from New York University in Febru-
ary.
>f- J Richard N. Youns has accepted
Jj^ a teaching and coaching posi-
tion in the Morristown High School.
Morristown, N.J. For the past two
years he has been a teacher of biology
and coach in Selinsgrove High School.
Kay G. Campbell has accepted a posi-
tion in the Scotch Plains Township
School, Scotch Plains, N.J. Jack May-
nard Schreffler in June received a
degree of Doctor of Surgical Chiropody
at Temple University. He had the
distinction of winning the faculty
award as the outstanding senior stu-
dent. He will return to Temple this
fall to complete his internship for one
year.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY AtUMNUS
Miss HILDA KOLPIN
101 N, Market St.,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
POSTMASTER— Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
1957 CLASS REUNIONS
SHOULD PLAN EARLY
The experience of the Alumni Office
has been that frequently members u'
Reunion classes regret they had no;
started earlier to plan for their Re-
union.
Each year on Alumni Day an effort is
made to have on campus as many re-
unions as possible. In the past few
jears excellent facilities have been
available in Seibert Hall for Reunion
luncheons.
Alumni president, Clyde Spitzner, is
making a special effort to have enthusi-
astic reunions of all anniversary classes
in 1957. Classes scheduled for Reun-
ions this year are: 1902, 1907. 1912,
1917, 1922, 1927, 1932, 1937, 1942, 1947
and 1952.
The presidents of the above classes,
at a very early date, should get in
touch with the Alumni Office for class
listings. The office will assist in any
way possible in promoting class re-
unions.
HOMECOMING 1956
Saturday, October 27
Meet The Bride And Bridegroom
(Continued from Page Six)
marriage on March 31 at the Bryn
Mawr Park Presbyterian Church,
Yonkers, N.Y. Bob is in his Sopho-
more year at Temple Medical School.
DEBORAH KRAPF 56 and BRUCE A.
BELL '55 were married on June 2 in
the First Lutheran Church, Selins-
grove, Pa. The double ring ceremony
was performed by The Rev. Richard
L. Krapf, brother of the bride, and
The Rev. E. O. Steigerwalt, pastor
of First Lutheran Church, Selins-
grove. Wally Gordon '54 was the
soloist. Bruce is employed by the
New York Life Insurance Co. Deb-
bie and Bruce will make their home
in Carlisle, Pa.
1948 Russell F. Brown
Hari-y W. Butts, Jr.
H. Lcc Hebel
The Rev. Charles L. Lady
and Eleandr Steele Lady
Allan B. Packman
Rc.berta Gaetz Palmer
John 1). Wiley
P.iihert F. Wohlsen
William P. Yancho
l>i4;i Juanita Keller Hartle
Edith Wcener Hebel
Mary Getsinger Homan
Sister Mary Jane Jessen
Jean Younj? Kaufman
Charles A. Morris
Palmer W. Otto
Columbus Raup and
Ella Fethcrolf Raup
James B. Reilly
Charles H. Rohmann
Helen Smith Sanders
Dr. Nevin C. T. Shaffer
Irnm R. Strawbridge
Richard L. Wilson
Evan P. ZIock
LOYALTY FUND
(Continued from Page Seven)
1950 Robert L. Bloch
Lillian Hoover Bloomquist
Cecelia Auman Ciccotello
Charles H. Grund
Dr. Joseph A. Ladika
Abraham B. Portzline
Janet Wolf Statler
1051 Hazel Brobst Brown
Marjorie Alexander Harbst
Marilyn Beers Reilly
.lane Ilollinger Schroedter
19.52 Rowie Durden
James Hazlett
Patricia F. Heathcote
Faye R. Lewis
l.ynne L. Lightfoot
John H. Momrow, Jr.
Ruth Roslander
Jacob M. Spangler, Jr.
G. Allen Vollmers
195:1 Marvel 1. Cowling
Christine Harman
Harvey P. JefTers and
Helen Von Lynn Jeffers
Madaline M. Lease
Robert J. MacNamara
.\rthur W. Roush
LOYALTY FUND 1955-56
Number of Contributors and
Total Contributions by Classes
The Rev. Ralph C. Robinson
Dr. George H. I^erkheimer
Dr. Nona M. Diehl
Helen Haas
Honorary and Friends
Dr. Charles Loesf
Dr. William D. Lewis
Dr. Percy M. LinebauKh
Dr. J. Parson Schacffer
1954 Hvnry R. Albright
Necl M. Arbogast
Wallace Gordon
Marilyn J. Huyctt
Orville H. Lauver and
Jean Howe Lauver
Ruth E. Osborn
Rita Jane Treese
1955 Walter C. Albert
John E. Barrett. Ill
Richard K. Boyd
Margaret R. Gordon
Donald S. Haag
Nancy L. Kline
Eugene F. Kolva
Richard K. McCarty
Edgar W. Ocstreich
Richard W. Owens
Frank G. Smith
H. Lee Walker
Charles W. Ziegenfuss
Nancy Hermann Snook
Amos Alonzo Stagg. Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Wolf
The Rev. Paul L. Yount
No.
No.
Class
Contrib.
Total
Class
Contrib
Total
1886
1
$ 10.00
1030
14
127.00
1888
2
125.00
1931
13
120.50
1898
1
25.00
1932
9
104.60
1899
1
25.00
1933
8
61.00
1900
1
5.00
1934
11
80.00
1901
1
10.00
1935
4
211.00
1902
1
25.00
1936
9
41.00
1006
1
2.00
1937
9
70.00
1907
2
12.00
1938
7
68.00
1908
4
42.00
1939
7
85.00
1909
4
66.00
1940
10
92.00
1910
4
36.00
1941
9
68.00
1911
2
30.00
1942
10
92.00
1912
1
20.00
1943
2
15.00
1913
7
66.00
1944
4
27.50
1914
5
45.00
1945
2
15.00
1915
S
142.50
1946
5
40.00
1916
4
32.60
1947
9
57.50
1917
4
23.00
1948
10
44.50
1918
6
72.60
1949
16
121.00
1919
2
20.00
1960
7
65.00
1920
12
129.60
1951
4
11.50
1921
6
78.00
1962
9
64.00
192.1
7
561.00
1963
7
38.50
1924
12
107.00
1964
8
77.00
1926
9
260.00
1955
14
35.60
192G
14
88.50
Hon.
&
1927
9
51.60
Frien
ds 12
242.00
1928
11
122.00
1929
7
38.00
Totals 378
$4321.00
Hi^r,f'^
«««l?!'-
Vol. XXIV
September, 1956
No^Y
The Grand Rally of the Centra! Pennsylvania Synod of the United Lutheran Church, called by President
Dwight F. Putnam, for September 17, 1956, Zion Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, Pa., as
they listened to both clergy and laymen tell of the Susquehanna University Cen-
tennial Appeal for $500,000 — through the 625 Congregations of Synod.
It was an impressive gathering of churchmen in a truly
great endeavor.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1956
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Officers of the Association
DR. JOHN I. WOODRUFF '88. 305 Wainut St.. SflinsKimi-. Pa
CLYDE R. SPITZNER '3-. 201 Morlyn Ave., Bryn .Mawr. Pn.
R.^YMOND r,.\RMAN '30. 802 Carl St.. York. Pa.
MARY FARLLING '2H. 411 N. Franklin St.. Red Lion. Pa.
JANET ROHRBACH .16. 1021 Fcnn St.. Sunbury. Pa.
W. DAVID GROSS '47. 524 N. Eighth St.. Selinscrovc. Pa.
EDWIN M. BRUNGART '00. 400 Walnut St.. SclinsBrove. Fa.
DR. GLENN MUSSER '41. 132 E. Prospect Ave.. State ColleBe,
BENJAMIN T. MOYER '28, 1119 Market St.. Sunbury. Pa.
Pa.
Honorary Frenident
r resident
First Vic€-Fresident
Second Vice-l'resident
Secretary
Treasurer
Statistician
Member-at-Larye
Mernbcr'Ut-Larye
Alumni Representative on University Board of Trustees
DR. JOSEPH I.. HACKENHERG 20. 2l)i; N. Fifth St.. Knimaus. Pa.
District Club Organizations
ALTOONA
RUSSELL BROWN '48. 800 New St.. Roaring SprinK. Pa.
DR. MILLARD FISHER 'SO. HollidaysburB State Hospital, Pa.
MRS. MELVIN GARBER '32
600 Oakmont PI.. Roaring Spring. Pa.
CALIFORNIA
ROBERT TROUTMAN '26.
1132 Esperanza St.. San Bernandino, Cal.
CENTRE-UNION
RALPH BEAM '30. Aaronsburg, Pa.
PAUL REAMER '31. Glen Iron, Pa.
MRS. SPENCER BOVER 'SO. Market St.. MitHinburg. Pa.
MARSH ISOGAR '.'il. 21'.ii; Greene
LESTER HEILMAN 'ii. 1S30 Fo;
MRS. CLAYTON WHITMAN 44.
HARRISBURG
St.. Harrisburg. Pa.
ter St.. Harrisburg. Pa.
335 Pine St.. Steelton, Pa.
I'residcn t
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Vice-President
Presiden t
Vice-Presiden t
Secretary-Treasurer
Presiden t
Vice-President
Secretary
HAZLETON
KARL YOUNG '41, 218 W. Fifth St.. Hazleton, Pa.
JOHN SENKO '31. 32 W. 11th St., Hazleton, Pa.
LOUISE WEST 'SO, 53 E. Ridge St., Coaldale, Pa.
JOHNSTOWN
MICHAEL L. MASTOVICH '39. 338 Lee Place. Johnstown. Pa.
ERNEST F. WALKER '31. 1700 Sunshine Ave.. Johnstown. Pa.
MRS. GEORGE R. WALTER '40. 216 Dupont St., Johnstown. Pa.
ROBERT A. GABKENYA 40. 84 Asborne St., Johnstown, Pa.
LEHIGH VALLEY
MRS. E. B. EVERITT '23, 2445 Allen St., Allentown. Pa.
HAROLD KRAMER '48. 1154 E. Cedar St.. Allentown, Pa.
MRS. MARGARET MAGUIRE '33. Lanark Star Ut., Allentown. Pa.
LEWISTOWN
HARRY THATCHER '41. 612 S. Grand St.. Lewistown. Pa.
THEODORE CAMERON '28, R. D. 2. Millerstown, Pa.
MRS. ALOYSIUS DERR '49. Maple Grove Rd.. Belleville. Pa.
MRS. GARVER McNITT '41. Reedsville. Pa.
S. JOHN PRICE '42,
H0W.4RD J. WERTZ '30
MT. CARMEL-SHAMOKIN
1435 Market St.. Ashland. Pa.
602 Cameron St.. Shamokin, Pa.
President
Vice-Presiden t
Secretary
Presiden t
Vice-Preside?! t
Secretary
Treasurer
Presiden t
Vice-President
Secreta ry-Treasurer
Preside?! t
Vice-Presiden t
Secretary
Treasurer
Preside?! t
Secretary
NORTH NEW JERSEY
HERBERT HAINS '51. 232 E. Ciilar St., Livingston, N. J.
JAKE SPANGLER '52. 10 Wetmore Ave.. Morristown. N. J.
SHIRLEY '50 and ROBERT '52 BOGDANFFY
26 Chestnut Dr., Packanack Lake. N. J.
PHILADELPHIA
KENNETH LENKER '52. S27D S. Morris Ave.. Crum Lynne. Pa.
WILLIAM PRITCHARD '52. Dutton Mill Rd.. R. D. 2. Malvern. Pa.
FRANKLIN FERTIG '47, 217 Madison Ave., IVwi'ect Park, Pa.
PITTSBURGH
DR. REED SPEER '32. 29 Grandview Ave.. Crafton. Pa.
FRANK C. KNORR '21, Woodland Dr., Coraopolis, Pa.
ROBERT HOSTETTER '30, 208 Grove Ave., Pittshiirgh. Pa.
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
NEWTON KERSTETTER '13. 104 Fairmount Ave., Sunbury, Pa.
B. MARY SHIPK 42. 1044 Masser St., Sunbury, Pa.
WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE
GEORGE F. DAVIS '32, 3423 Oliver St.. Washinirton 15, D. C.
HOWARD LUKEHART '31, 1135 Wak. li. Iil Dr., Al.-Nandria, Va.
WILKES-BARRE
MRS. B. L. HODGDON •38, R. D. 1. Mountain Top. Pa.
LOUISE SCHLICK '47. W. Dorrance St.. Kingston. Pa.
MRS. LAWRENCE RODS '43, 72 Pettebone St.. Forty Fort. Pa.
WILLIAMSPORT
PRESTON H. SMITH '38, 917 Market St., Williamsport, Pa.
MRS. GLEN RUSSELL '36. 812 Liiuoln Ave.. Williamsport, Pa.
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H. VERNON FERSTER '36, 232 Clearview Ril.. Hanover, Pa,
ANNA E. OLINGER '35. 222 W, Chestnut St., Hanover, Pa,
PATRICIA F. HEATHCOIE '.52. 220 E. Colli-ge Pla.e, York. Pa.
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99lh ACADEMIC YEAR
CONVENES WITH 500
Susquehanna opened its 99th academic
year on Wednesday, September 19 when
approximately 180 new students ar-
rived on campus for an orientation
program which continued to the end of
the week.
With increasingly large freshman
classes during the past few years, the
number of upper-classmen this year
has been at such a point that the size
of the freshman class had to be re-
stricted. Dormitory space was com-
pletely filled early in the summer and
permission was given to freshman men
to room in town, with the privilege of
having their meals in the college dining
room.
The total student body, according to
an early unofficial report from the ad-
missions office, was 500.
As in former years, freshmen had an
opportunity before registration to get
acquainted, to meet their advisors and
to see something of Selinsgrove and the
surrounding area. In a round of parties
and dinners, they were welcomed by
President and Mrs. Smith, representa-
tives of the student council, orientation
committees and representatives of the
Student Christian Association. Excite-
ment was high, and the most common
statement was "I love it!"
Dr. and Mrs. Smith welcomed back
the faculty at a dinner held on Tuesday,
September 18 at the Hotel Edison, Sun-
bury. New faculty members were in-
troduced, and Dr. Smith laid before the
group plans for the Centennial Appeal.
"This will be a crucial year and a year
of decision," said Dr. Smith, "not only
for the 627 churches of Synod, who are
engaged in this campaign, but for the
faculty, trustees, alumni and friends of
the college. There will be no joy in
our Centennial in 1958 if this campaign
is not successful," Dr. Smith warned
his listeners.
At the opening faculty meeting, held
on Wednesday, September 19, Dr. Smith
said "Let's face this year as a year of
opportunity. Let's try to build men and
women of character — thoughtful men
and women."
Once again the alumni appeared to
be the motivating force in directing new
students to Susquehanna. Approxi-
mately one half the new students stated
on their application forms that they had
come to Susquehanna through the in-
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
September, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
To All Our Valiant Alumni
Saturday, October 27, 1956 will be a big clay in Alumni
history. Every alumnus and alumna should be on hand
— to greet old friends
— to revisit old scenes
— to cheer the football team
— to koffee klatch after the game
— and to hear of our Centennial Appeal
Let's make it the biggest alumni get-together S. U. has
ever had. By being present, you'll make a real contribution to
the success of our Centennial planning. We mean to unroll the
canvass and let everyone see how he or she can help best. No
hold-up, just plain explaining of our plan for success.
Right after the game we shall all gather in Seibert Chapel
for a grand i-ally of all alumni. So be sure to be there prompt-
ly. Following this meeting we'll linger pleasantly over the
coffee cups.
Here's my hand and happy smile for a great gathering.
I'll see you in Seibert Chapel, October 27.
President
HOMECOMING— SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1956
More and more alumni have been arriving Friday evening and enjoying
the Pep Rally and traditional parade through town.
Program
9:00 a. m. Traditional Frosh-Soph Football Game.
10:30 a. m. Susquehanna University Alumni Council Meeting — Room
103, Bogar Hall.
Noon Buffet luncheons at Phi Mu Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha and
Theta Chi. Snack Bar in G. A. will be open for alumni de-
siring to lunch there.
Football Game — S. U. vs. Wilkes.
1:30 p. m.
4:00 p. m.
Coffee hour for everyone — Seibert Lounge — Sponsored by
the Sororities.
9:00 p. m. Homecoming Dance in alumni gymnasium.
DO NOT FORGET TO REGISTER IN G. A. LOUNGE
Flash
Alumni President Clyde Spitzner has just announced that an oppor-
tunity will be given the alumni to learn all about S.U.'s Centennial plans,
at a meeting to be held immediately after the football game and just prior
to the coffee hour at Homecoming.
Watch for further details.
Homecoming Set For
Oct. 27. Plans Complete
A committee representing the faculty
and administration has been appointed
by Dr. G. Morris Smith to make plans
for Homecoming, which will be held
this year on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Clyde R. Spitzner '47, President of the
general Alumni Association, since tak-
ing office, has inaugurated each year
new features, both for Homecoming and
Alumni Day, which have greatly im-
proved these activities.
The 4:00 p. m. coffee hour in Seibert
Lounge, has proved to be very popular.
For many years all the sororities and
fraternities held their own coffee hours
after the football game, but the return-
ing alumni did not have a chance to get
together in one group. Through the
co-operation of the sororities and fra-
ternities, the individaul coffee hours
have been discontinued, and, under the
sponsorship of the sororities, the alumni
meet for coffee and cake in Seibert
Lounge immediately after the game.
An effort has also been made to have
as many alumni as possible arrive on
Friday evening. The traditional stu-
dent parade through town, followed by
a pep rally and bon-fire, is an occasion
for alumni to enjoy once again an ac-
tivity they remember so well from
their own student days.
The past two years, alumni and stu-
dents gathered after the bon-fire in the
student lounge for cider and doughnuts.
At this time, the alumni are invited to
join the students in an informal dance.
Alumni President Clyde Spitzner
looks for a large turnout this year. He
urges each class and each District Club
to send at least one representative to
the morning Council meeting.
1956-57 STAR COURSE
Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh, chairman of
the Public Events Committee of the
Faculty, has recently announced the
"Star Course" program for the academic
year 1956-57. Always popular with
students, faculty and area residents,
this season's program appears to be one
of the most attractive in recent years.
The program is as follows:
Mrs. Ernest K. Lindley, "Our Stake in
Asia"— October 12, 1956.
Nelson & Neal, Duo-piano recital —
November 9, 1956.
Juilliard String Quartette — February
13, 1957.
Roland M. Myers, "The Romance of
Words"— March 21, 1957.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1956
Within a few days after the Harris-
burg meeting, churches reported en-
thusiastic response on the part of the
members, and, significantly, the first
church reporting its complete organi-
zation to synod offices was Grace Luth-
eran of Red Lion. Both the pastor, the
Rev. Edwin M. Clapper '34, and the
Campaign Chairman, Miss Mary Farl-
ling '28 are S. U. graduates.
S. U. Centennial Appeal Off to Good Start;
400 from Central Penna. Synod Pledge
Support at Enthusiastic Harrisburg Meeting
Susquehanna University's Centennial Appeal arose in volume and interest in
the latter part of August and is proceeding in definite steps according to a time
schedule. Outstanding leaders, both clergy and lay, have aligned themselves in
this movement and have organized themselves into an executive committee headed
by Dr. Dwight F. Putman, President of the Central Pennsylvania Synod of the
United Lutheran Church in America.
The Executive Board of the Synod has generously made available the third
floor of the church office at 2600 North Third Street, Harrisburg, for the campaign
offices.
A large and enthusiastic assembly of
pastors and churchmen from all over
central Pennsylvania, assembled at Zion
Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, Dr.
Viggo Swensen pastor, on September 17
to hear addresses from leading clergy-
men and laymen concerning the obvious
needs present in the situation. Ad-
dresses were made by Dr. Dwight F.
Putman. President of the Synod, Dr. G.
Morris Smith. President of the Univer-
sity, Mr. John Horn, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Dr. Walden Holl, Johnstown, Pa. and
the Rev. Wallace Fisher, Pastor Trinity
Church, Lancaster, Pa. The Rev. Rob-
ert Koons, pastor of Zion Lutheran
Church, Sunbury, presided at the morn-
ing session and the afternoon session
was presided over by Oscar L. Lingle,
Harrisburg businessman and Synod Lay
Chairman.
The spirit in evidence at the meeting
was enthusiastic. The needs were real.
The goals were obtainable. President
Putman stated that '"The success of this
appeal is a synod responsibility."
Congregational goals will be sent out
from headquarters office and will rep-
resent approximately one-third of the
overall annual benevolence of each con-
gregation. Gifts may be made on a 30
months basis and would be eligible for
income tax deductions over a period of
1956, 1957 and 1958.
In response to a specific question from
the floor of the assembly, it was stated
that Susquehanna alumni who are
members of a Lutheran Church within
the Central Pennsylvania Synod would
have the opportunity to participate in
the appeal through their own Lutheran
congregations. They are also expected
to give enthusiastic support to the ap-
peal in their own home churches. Non-
Lutheran alumni and Lutheran alumni
outside the Central Penn.sylvania Synod,
by action of the Alumni Council, will be
contacted by mail and given the op-
portunity to subscribe to the Centennial
Appeal. In as many cases as possible,
personal contact will be made.
FLASHES FROM THE CAMPUS
The Rev. Benjamin Lotz, assistant
professor of religion and philosophy at
S. U., has been invited to become an
editor of the Lutheran World Encyclo-
pedia, an international reference pub-
lication of Lutheran history and doc-
trine. Mr. Lotz's subject in the Ency-
clopedia will be Philosophy.
Captain and Mrs. Kurt Carlsen and
daughter, of Woodbury, N. J., visited
S. U. in early summer. Captain Carlsen
won world-wide attention in January,
1952, when he refused to leave his ship,
"The Flying Enterprise" when it was
listing 90 degrees off the coast of Eng-
land. He was given a ticker-tape wel-
come home in New York City.
Susquehanna was host to several con-
ferences during the summer. Perhaps
the largest gathering ever held on the
campus was the 18th annual conference
of the Central Penna. Luther League,
held in late July with over 700 in at-
tendance. . . . The fourth annual Rural
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The Rev. Robert W. Koons of Sunbury Presides Over
Executive Committee of The Pa. Synod of The
ULCA To Discuss Plans For S. U. Centennial Appeal
Seated in front of table (left to right) — The Rev. V. A. Carlson. Altuuna; 'I'l
Rev. Lester J. Karschner, Abbottstown; The Rev. J. E. Morccraft. Harrisburg; Tl
Rev. Paul W. DeLauter, Mifflintown; The Rev. H. Walter Wcbner, York; Charks
Nicely, Watsontown. Seated back of tabic (left to right) — Dr. Ralph C. Robinson
Synod Secretary; Dr. Dwight F. Putman, Synod President; The Rev. Robert W
Koons, Sunbury; Dr. G. Morris Smith, University President; The Rev. John W
Harkins, State College; The Rev. James M. Singer, Bloomsburg; William S. Hoff-
man, State College; The Rev. Gordon E. Folkemer, York; Ira C. Sassaman, Huni-
melstown; Clarence Hendrickson, Lancaster.
September, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
Seven New Members
Join S. U. Staff
Joanne Heinly x'54
New College Nurse
- MEET THE BRIDE AND GROOM -
Miss Joanne Heinly x'54, has joined
the staff at Susquehanna University in
the capacity of College Nurse and along
with fi\'e others, took up her new duties
September 18.
Miss Heinly completed her two-year
Pre-Nursing program at Susquehanna
before entering Columbia University
where she received her training at the
Presbyterian Medical Center and her
B.S. degree in nursing education at Co-
lumbia. Since graduation she has been
doing public health nursing in New-
York City. Miss Heinly replaces Miss
Alma Urffer.
Mr. Phillip Bossart, who had been on
leave of absence last year to complete
residence requirements for his doctor-
ate at Syracuse University, has re-
quested extension of his leave and will
remain at S.yracuse for another year.
Miss Leatrice Voorhees of Auburn, New
York, has taken over Mr. Bossart's du-
ties in the Department of Psychology.
Miss Voorhees received her bachelor's
degree from Houghton College and
holds a master's degree from Syracuse.
Dr. Waldemar Zagars has joined the
faculty at Gettysburg College and his
place at S. U. has been taken by Mr.
Louis R. Dougherty, Jr., of Philadel-
phia. Mr. Dougherty received both his
bachelor's and master's degrees from
the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania. He has had teaching ex-
perience at Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity and Temple University.
Mrs. Frances D. Alterman of Ashe-
ville, North Carolina, joined the faculty
of the Conservatory of Music and has
taken over the work formerly done by
Miss Margaret Kommel.
Mrs. Alterman has an impressive
background in music, having received
her Bachelor of Music degree from the
Eastman School of Music of the Uni-
versity of Rochester, and her master's
degree from Columbia University. She
has also studied at the Juilliard School
of Music, New York.
Mrs. Margaret Miller, formerly house
mother in Seibert Hall, is now working
in the Business Manager's department.
She is giving part of her time to the
Book Store and part to the Bursar's
office.
Replacing Mrs. Miller as house mother
in Seibert Hall is Mrs. William Connor
of Allentown, Pa. Mrs. Connor has
served in a similar capacity at both
MARY ANN BINGAMAN '55 and EARL
F. KLEINTOP '57 were married in
July in Emmanuel's Lutheran Church,
Thompsontown, Pa., where the bride's
father officiated at the ceremony, as-
sisted by the Rev. A. W. Kleintop, Jr.,
brother of the groom. Mary Ann is
on the faculty of Selinsgrove Area
Joint Schools. Earl is in his senior
year at Susquehanna.
PEGGY BRADY x'56 and ROBERT C.
WYLLIE '53 were united in marriage
on June 16 in the Immaculate Con-
ception Church, Brookville, Pa. Peg-
gy is employed by the Bell Telephone
Laboratories, and Bob is with Johns-
Manville. The couple reside in Plain-
field, N. J.
PATRICIA L. DAWN x'58 was married
to ALLAN T. BORTLE, presently at-
tending S. U., on August 18. Pat is
employed by the State Farm Insur-
ance Co., of Springfield, Pa., as a pri-
vate secretary.
GENE L. FENSTERMACHER '52 mar-
ried Helen Herman of Sunbury, Pa.,
in July. The double-ring ceremony
was held in the Albright Evangelical
United Brethren Church. Gene is
employed by the Sherwin-Williams
Co., Sunbury, Pa., where the couple
reside at 137 Catawissa Avenue.
ELSIE L. GRUBER '56 and JAMES J.
GORMLEY '55 were married on July
14, in St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Philadelphia. Elsie and Jim are re-
siding at 7219 Lawndale Ave., Phila.
CLAIRE HAGGERTY '54 and GEORGE
B. BACKER '54 were married on June
16. Lucille Kepner '54 and Eleanore
Steffy '54 were two of Claire's brides-
maids. Claire is still teaching student
nurses at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
Kingston, Pa. George began his jun-
ior year at Hahnemann Medical
School in September.
CHRISTINE HARMAN '53 was married
to Carl F. Engle of Sunbury, Pa. on
June 24, in Temple Lutheran Church,
Altoona. The couple live at 424 N.
Lynwood, San Antonio, Texas.
Pennsylvania State University and Ce-
dar Crest College.
Miss Dorothy Hoyer, a graduate of
Kutztown State Teachers College, has
replaced Miss Margaret Gabel as as-
sistant librarian.
Coming to Susquehanna as a part-
time instructor, Mr. Robert A. Christen-
sen will teach mechanical drawing to
pre-engineering students. Mr. Chris-
tensen holds the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Architecture, and is associ-
ated with Malcolm A. Clinger, Archi-
tect, of Lewisburg, Pa.
BARBARA F. HARTRANFT '56 mar-
ried Russell H. Myers, Jr. recently in
the First Lutheran Church of Wat-
sontown. Maid of honor was Miss
Charlotte Meerbach '56. A program
of organ music was given by Miss
Margaret Sultzbaugh '56. Miss Anne
Hepler '56 was the soloist. The couple
will reside in Baltimore where Mr.
Myers is employed as an aeronautical
engineer for the Glenn L. Martin Co.
WILLIAM A. HAYS '45 was married on
July 14 to Anna V. McCabe in Cal-
deonia. Pa. They reside at 2206 Cols-
ton Drive, Silver Spring, Md.
THE REV. CARLTON R. HOWELLS '53
married Margaret E. McDonald on
May 26 in Hanover, Pa. The Rev.
and Mrs. Howells reside in Cairn-
brook, Pa.
LINDA D. KILBOURNE x'58 and
CHARLES H. DUNCAN '56 were
married on September 1. They re-
side at 270 Bay State Rd., Boston 15,
Mass. where Charles is attending
Boston University Seminary.
KAY KLINE x'58 was married on June
24 to Frank Koch, Selinsgrove, in the
Evangelical and Reformed Church,
Kratzerville, Pa. Kay is employed by
the Snyder County Trust Co., Selins-
grove, where the couple reside at 624
N. Market Street.
CARLENE M. LAMADE '55 was mar-
ried to LARRY R. BINGAMAN '55 on
Aug. 25 at the Kingston, Pa. Presby-
terian Church. Soloist for the wed-
ding was Wallace B. Gordon '54.
Bridesmaids were Ruth E. Scott '55,
Charlotte Sandt '56 and Mrs. Rose
Marie Sharretts Coates '55. Ushers
were Kenneth Erdley '55, Walter Al-
bert '55 and Charles W. Coates '55.
Carlene had been employed by the
Children's Service Center of Wyom-
ing Valley. Larry is employed as a
technical representative for Carbide
and Carbon Chemical Co., Phila., Pa.
MADALINE LEASE '53 and HENRY S.
COOK '56 were united in marriage on
June 16. Henry is employed by the
New Jersey Bell Telephone Co. The
couple reside at 174 Summit Avenue,
Apt. 301, Summit, N. J.
JOAN G. SECHRIST '53 was married
on Sept. 8 in the First Presbyterian
Church, Sunbury, to William F.
Thompson, of Rochester, N. Y. Mrs.
Thompson is a research chemist in
color photography for Eastman
Kodak, Rochester, where they reside
at 282 Roxborough Rd.
LUCIAN SMITH '54 married CLAY-
TON E. LEACH, JR. '56 on July 29 in
Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury, Pa.
(Continued on Page Nine)
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1956
Business & Industry Coming to Support
of Independent Colleges. S. U. Receives
$6 045.41. Great Challenge to Alumni
CONTRIBUTING FIRMS LISTED
Small independent colleges throughout the nation have been encouraged by
the financial and moral support given by business and industry during the past
few years.
Business concerns in increasing numbers recognize the fact that they depend
upon the colleges for training future executives and leaders. The September issue
of the Readers Digest carries a very interesting article by Dr. D. Elton Trueblood
under the title "Why I Chose a Small College." Dr. Trueblood points out that
62.3% of the board chairmen and presidents of large corporations were graduates
of small independent colleges. Susquehanna received prominent mention in this
article because of Roger M. Blough's '25 position with the U. S. Steel Corporation.
The Alumni Office has recently re- —
ceived information about one such large
corporation program designed to aid
higher education. The B. F. Goodrich
Aid-to-Higher-Education program, like
several other large corporations, will
match gifts of B. F. Goodrich employees
to colleges and universities. This is im-
portant to Susquehanna alumni who
may be employed by B. F. Goodrich,
and who plan to contribute to the Cen-
tennial Fund. Forms for this purpose
may be secured from the Alumni Office
or from the B. F. Goodrich Fund. Inc.,
Department 0016, Akron, Ohio.
Although business and industry is
now more enthusiastically supporting
the independent college, many believe
the real challenge for supporting higher
education still lies with the alumni.
Addressing the American Alumni
Council District Conference held at
Edgewater Beach Hotel on December 8.
1954, Thomas A. Gonser of the firm of
Gonser and Gerber of Chicago chal-
lenged alumni to take the initiative in
supporting higher education. "Why,"
he asked, "look first to business men as
a group to perpetuate higher education?
Should the initiative belong to the Nat-
ional Association of Manufacturers and
the U. S. Chamber of Commerce rather
than to the American Alumni Council
and the American College Public Re-
lations Association? And how long
will business continue to give more and
more to education if the man who re-
ceived the benefit of an institution's ed-
ucational program is not heard from?
"Business is willing to help higher
education to move forward. Business
is not willing to assume the burden of
what colleges ought to be doing for
themselves, through their alumni and
other closely related 'publics.'
"A striking example of the way that
business challenges alumni to set the
pace came to my attention while I was
preparing these remarks. The General
Electric Company has just announced a
new giving program for higher educa-
tion in which the company will match
the amounts which its 23,000 employees
who are college graduates give to their
own institutions during 1955.
"In actual fact, all alumni gifts — and
actions too — do double duty, whether
the alumni are employees of General
Electric or not. We won't be able to do
what we should for the teacher — or for
any aspect of the life of our colleges —
until we can show that the alumni are
strongly behind the program. No other
leadership group has one-tenth your
power."
Business and industry is showing its
interest in another way. The Pennsyl-
vania Foundation for Independent Col-
leges, Inc., of which Susquehanna is a
charter member, each year has been re-
ceiving the support of more and more
business firms. The fourth annual ap-
peal, in which President G. Morris
Smith had an important part, resulted
in 215 gifts totaling $308,296.24. Sus-
quehanna received as its share $6,045.41.
The Alumni Office takes pleasure in
listing herewith the firms that have
contributed through this Foundation
during the year 1955-56:
Girard Manufacturing Co Girard
Girton Manufacturing Co., Inc Millvillc
P. H. Glatfelter Co Spring Grove
Albert M. Greenfield & Co Philadelphia
Griffin Manufacturing Co Erie
Gunnison Brothei-s. Inc Girard
Hajnca Corp. Philadelphia
W. C. Hamilton & Sons Miquon
Hershey Creamery Co Harrisburg
Homestead Valve Manufacturing Co. ... Cnraopolis
Horn & Hardarl Raking Co Philadelphia
Joseph v. Horn Foundation Philadelphia
Houghton-Carpenter Foundation Philadelphia
(E. F. Houghton & Co.)
Hughes-Foulkrod Co Philadelphia
I-T-E Foundation Philadelphia
(I. T. E. Circuit Breaker Co.)
Isaly Dairy Co Pittsburgh
.Jackson Manufacturing Co Harrisburg
.Joy Manufacturing Co Pittsburgh
Kennametal Foundation I.atrobe
(Kennametal. Inc.)
Robert I- Kift-Thomas R. Mullen, Jr.,
Memorial Finmdation. Inc Allentown
(Lehigh Structural Steel Co.)
1,'Aiglon Apparel. Inc Philadelphia
Lancaster Press. Inc Lancaster
Latrobe Steel Co. Chariuble Trust Latrobe
Lebanon Steel Foundry Foundation Lebanon
Leeds & Norihrup Foundation Philadelphia
Franklin Glass Corp. Butler
Fried & Reineman Packing Co. Pittsburgh
Leeland Foundation Consh<»hucken
Limbach Foundation Pittsburgh
(Continued on Page Twelve)
IN-STATE CONTRIBUTORS:
Aetna- Standard Engineering Co. Pittsburgh
Aircraft-Marine Products, Inc. Harrisburg
The Alcoa Foundation Pittsburgh
(Aluminum Co. of America)
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp Pittsburgh
Allentown Portland Cement Co Catasauqua
All State Insurance Co. Philadelphia
(The Allstate Foundation)
William Amer Co. Philadelphia
American Sterilizer Co. Foundation Erie
American Viscose Corp Philadelphia
M. L. Annenberg Foundation Philadelphia
(Triangle Publications, Inc.)
Anonymous Corry
Anonymous Philadelphia
Armstrong Cork Co. Lancaster
Automatic Temperature Control Co.
Inc Philadelphia
J. E. Baker Co York
Beistle Co Shippensburg
Bell Telephone Co. of Penna Philadelphia
Berks County Trust Co. Reading
George W. Hollman Memorial Fund Adamstown
(Gefirge W. Hollman & Co.. Inc.)
Bradford Supi>ly Co. Bradford
Breyer Ice Cream Co Philadelphia
Brockway Glass Co.. Inc Hrockway
Business Press. Inc Lancaster
Louis Burk. Inc Philadelphia
CaM-Chronicle Foundation Allentown
Canonsburg Pottery Co Canonsburg
Carroll, E. J Philadelphia
Chilton Co Philadelphia
Contributors* Charitable Foundation ..Philadelphia
Co-Operative Service Wyomissing
(Textile Machine Works. Berkshire Knitting
Mills. Narrow Fabric Co.)
Conpcrweld Steel Co Pittsburgh
Corson Foundation Plymouth Meeting
(G. & W. H. Corson. Inc.)
Crown-Salwen Foundation Philadelphia
(Crovn Paper Board Co. Inc.)
Curtis Publishing Co Philadelphia
Ethel and Harry Daroff Foundation Philadelphia
(H. Daroff & Sons. Inc.)
Dravo Corp Pittsburgh
Dravo-Doyle Co Pittsburgh
Dresser Manufacturing Division .. Bradford
(Dresser Industries, Inc.)
Eaton-Dikeman Co. Mt. Holly Springs
Edgromb Steel Co. PhilaJelphia
Electric Materials Co North East
Electric Storage Battery (Do Philadelphia
Eljer Co Pittsburgh
Equitable Gas Co Pittsburgh
Erie Bolt & Nut Co Erie
Erie Frewing Co Erie
Erie County Milk Association Pittsburgh
Erie Resistor Corp. Erie
Fanning Schuett Engineering Co. . Philadelphia
Fidelity-I'hiladcliihia Trust Co Philadelphia
Firest4me Tire & Rubber Co Pottstown
First National Bank Wellsboro
Fisher Foundation Pittsburgh
(Fisher Scientific Co.)
Fuller Co Catasautiua
General Acceptance Corp Allentown
General Refractories Co. Philadelphia
Cerberich-Payne Shoe Co Mt. Joy
September, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
KEIL AND PITTELLO
SEE FOOTBALL GAIN
Susquehanna's "Little Crusaders" got
away to a good start on September 4
when 14 Freshmen and 10 Upperclass-
men reported to coaches Henry J.
••Whitey" Keil and Bob Pittello.
Following a tough two-a-day sched-
ule, with evening meetings and chalk-
board talks, the coaches were ver>
much pleased with the progress they
had made.
With the usual dropouts and late ar-
rivals, it appeared at the time of goins
to press, that the roster would carry 26
or 27 players. With a squad this size,
the main problem, of course, will hv
reserves, but the coaches fully believe
they have a team greatly improved ov-er
last year.
One of the early disappointments was
an injury received by Carl Shoemaker
of Ashland who broke his leg in early
practice with his high school. Carl was
one of the most effective players on last
year's team and his loss will be keenl\
felt.
The only senior on this year's squad
is Len Quick, who is returning to foot-
ball after a year's layoff. He is playing
a guard position this year rather than
his old position of end and should be
one of the valuable men on the front
line.
With eight juniors listed, the Cru-
saders must plan ahead so there will be
ample reserves for the University's
Centennial year of 1958. This will be
a big year in the life of Susquehanna
and the football team will share the
spotlight of progress along with other
activities.
Juniors on the roster are John An-
thony, East Stroudsburg end; Chalmers
Bartlow, Sunbury tackle: Walter Ben-
ham, Lansdowne guard: James Keiser,
Selinsgrove center: Bob Lewis, Selins-
grove fullback; Veryl Milroy, Milton
end; Richard Purnell, Ashland quarter-
back; and Gordon Thompson, Dover
tackle.
The two sophomores playing this year
are Ronald Forster of Selinsgrove and
Joseph Osinchak from Morea.
The coaches, in discussing the abili-
ties of the freshmen, paid high tribute
to the alumni who took the time to re-
fer these students to their alma mater.
Coach Keil said, "Tell the alumni we
are getting every possible support from
the administration, and Bob Pittello and
I will give everything we can to the
team. All we ask for is more boys."
Coach Stagg will again spend his
weekends scouting the opponents as he
CRUSADERS SELECT CO-CAPTAINS FOR 1956
Pictured above with coaches Keil and Pittello, are Co-Captains Dick Purnell,
outstanding quarterback from Ashland, Pa., and Walt Benham,
hard-hitting guard from Lansdowne, Pa.
did last year. "Whitey" Keil was high
in his praise of the cooperation given by
Coach Stagg, and although the team
won only one game last year, Keil said
Coach Stagg's analysis of the opponents'
plays, was an important factor in hold-
ing down scores.
This year, the coaches have decided
to appoint co-captains for the season,
with the hope that this kind of leader-
ship on the field will add to the team's
effectiveness. The two captains ap-
pointed, Walter Benham and Dick Pur-
nell, are outstanding players in the line
and back respectively, and are held in
high esteem by all the boys.
The season's schedule follows:
September 29 — Ursinus — home
October 6 — Swarthmore — away
October 13 — National Aggies — home
October 20 — Bridgewater — away
October 27 — Wilkes — Homecoming
November 3 — Wagner — away
November 10 — Haverford — home
99TH ACADEMY YEAR
(Continued from Page Two)
fluence of some alumnus. Faculty and
administration want to take this oppor-
tunity to thank the alumni for their as-
sistance in recruiting what is thought
to be one of the best freshman classes
in the history of the University.
With more and more students seeking
admission to college in the last few
years, it would help the admissions of-
fice considerably if the alumni would
direct interested students to the campus
as early in the year as possible. Resi-
dence facilities at Susquehanna were
filled early in the summer and many
students who had been hoping to come
to Susquehanna, but filed their appli-
cations too late, were bitterly disap-
pointed.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1956
Dr. RusS; Convocation
Speaker for 99th Yr.
THIS SCENE OF FRESHMEN ARRIVING ON CAMPUS
MAY BRING BACK MEMORIES TO ALUMNI
Dr. William A. Russ, Jr., Professor of
history at Susquehanna University, and
well-known to many alumni, delivered
the special address at this year's Con-
vocation, held Monday, September 24.
Dr. Russ, staunch upholder of the
Liberal Arts tradition, used as his sub-
ject "The Meaning of a Liberal Arts
Education."
In a talk, sometimes amusing, and al-
ways stimulating to the listener. Dr.
Russ said "Liberal Arts are the arts
that liberalize, liberate and free all men
and women from ignorance and super-
stition. They make craven people into
whole, complete personalities, whose
minds can meet the problems of the
world and of nature, unafraid, for the
very reason that they are free.
"Men become free by searching for
the truth," said Dr. Russ, "and the
search for truth is one of the vibrant
and living parts of education. Jesus
said, 'the truth shall make you free'."
Dr. Russ, in describing what he called
the fine old heritage of the Liberal Arts
college, said we do not dare to give up,
willingly, the great contribution we
have made and become mere training
schools.
"Wendell Willkie saw the danger in
World War II," continued Dr. Russ.
"He said that we must preserve the arts
colleges; and not put all our money and
energies into the technical and scientific
institutions. Otherwise we would end
by winning the war and losing our
souls. Willkie knew that it is at the
arts colleges that men's souls, hearts,
and minds are serviced."
In conclusion, Dr. Russ said, "Here
at Susquehanna we try to make our
students into well-rounded people who
understand something of the world they
live in, who appreciate the significance
of social and political realities, and who
see the necessity of maintaining a
proper relationship with their Maker:
in short we endeavor to develop indi-
viduals."
FLASHES FROM THE CAMPUS
(Continued from Page Four)
Life Conference of the Central Penna.
Synod of the U. L. C. A. was held in
early September when approximately
150 persons were in attendance. . . .
Camp Susquehanna opened its 32nd an-
nual season on July 9 for a two-week
session with one of the largest camps in
history.
Junior Co-eds
BOYER — a daughter, Ruth Marie, ar-
rived on July 18 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. (Carolyn Lucas '54) Robert
D. Boyer. The Boyers live in Cham-
bersburg. Pa.
BURLEY — Susan Louise arrived at the
home of Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Elinor
Smith '53) Richard C. Burley on Au-
gust 17, according to a most interest-
ing birth announcement. The Bur-
leys reside at 30 Cranston Ave., New-
port, R. I., where Dick serves with the
U. S. Navy.
DIEHL — Debra Ann arrived on the
scene August 26. The parents are Mr.
'52 and Mrs. (Maxine L. Chambers
'52) John E. Diehl. The Diehls reside
at State College where John is at-
tending Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity, working on his doctor's degree in
biochemistry.
HERMAN — A son was born to Mr. x'57
and Mrs. Max Herman on August 1.
This is their first child. Max is study-
ing veterinary medicine at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Mr. Axel R. Kleinsorg, director of
dramatics at S. U., spent part of the
summer in Selinsgrove when he di-
rected a most successful Pageant for the
Bicentennial program of Fort Augusta
in Sunbury.
HODICK— a daughter, Clare Marie, on
July 13, arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. (Marie Klick '49) Josepli
Hodick, Berwick, Pa. The Hodicks
have one other child, Mark, who is
now three years old.
HOMAN — Susan Getsinger was born on
June 18 to Mr. and Mrs. (Mary Ann
Getsinger '49) Charles S. Homan, of
Swedesboro, N. J. The Getsingers
have another daughter, Ann, who is
three years old.
LEVI — A daughter, Ann, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. (Rosemary M. Kallir
'50) Richard L. Levi on June 2, 1956.
The Levis live in Emerson, N. J.
MASON — Michael Scott was born to
Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Caroline Ruther-
ford '53) Charles N. Mason, Jr. in
Baltimore, Md. on May 30. Michael
is their first child.
SPANGLER— A son, Kevin Claude, was
born on July 29 to Mr. '52 and Mrs.
Jacob M. Spanglcr, Jr. The Spang-
lers reside at 10 Wetmore Ave., Mor-
ristown, N. J.
SPORBORG— Cynthia Darcy was born
on July 30 to Mr. and Mrs. (Jean
Matthews '49) Hall Sporborg, who
live in Tampa, Fla. Cynthia was
born on her sister Jan's third birth-
day.
September, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
NINE
S. U. Women s Auxiliary
Announces Program
In the recently circulated 1956 - 57
Program of the Women's Auxiliary of
Susquehanna, Mrs. Charles Nicely, new-
ly elected president, writes:
'"Welcome to our 1956-57 Auxiliary
meetings! For our enjoyment, the Com-
mittee has arranged a very attractive
program.
"The teas which follow these pro-
grams are most delightful, and afford a
splendid opportunity for the Auxiliary
members to become better acquainted
with each other. The members from
Selinsgrove are most gracious hostesses
at these teas. Come! Enjoy fine enter-
tainment and happy fellowship, which
make these Saturday afternoons at Sus-
quehanna so worthwhile.
"While we are enjoying these pleas-
antries of life, we also are helping build
Susquehanna. Memberships and book
entries are appreciated. Each year our
funds toward THE NEW MUSIC
BUILDING increase in size. We now
have $38,000 in Auxiliary Funds.
Ground will be broken in the near fu-
ture for the erection of the new Music
Building, which is to be dedicated in
the Centennial Year of 1958.
"Our membership in the Women's
Auxiliary of Susquehanna University
identifies us with the cause of Christian
Higher Education which is essential to a
Christian World."
Scheduled for the eight Saturday af-
ternoons at two-thirty o'clock on Sus-
quehanna Campus are the following
features:
1956
October 6 — Dr. William A. Russ, Jr., on
current political theme.
November 3 — Program of Music by
Members of the Auxiliary.
December 8 — Christmas Program by
Sigma Alpha Iota.
1957
January 5 — Program of Music by
Chamber Music Society and The
Motet Choir.
February 2 — The Susquehanna Players,
directed by Mr. Axel Kleinsorg.
March 2 — Program of Music by younger
students of Conservatory. (Special
Children's program — bring your chil-
dren).
April 16 — Program of Music b,y students
of the Conservatory.
May 11 — Annual Meeting. Ten-thirty
a. m. Tenth Annual Luncheon. Mu-
sic— Conservatory Faculty. College
May Day.
Cluh News
HANOVER-YORK
A picnic had been planned for mem-
bers of the York-Hanover District Club
to be held on August 30 at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church Grove, Hametown, Pa.
HARRISBURG
At a recent meeting, members dis-
cussed the possibility of the York and
Harrisburg District Clubs getting to-
gether and sponsoring an evening at the
Allenberry Playhouse, Boiling Springs.
Possible dates are now being consid-
ered, early in October notices will be
sent Harrisburg and York members.
NORTH NEW JERSEY
At the last meeting of the North New
Jersey District Club, election of officers
was held. The new officers are: Presi-
dent, Herbert Hains '51; Vice-President,
Jake Spangler '52 and Secretary-Treas-
urer. Shirley '50 and Bob '52 Bogdanffy.
The exact date of the next meeting will
be announced in the December issue.
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
On September 18, a committee meet-
ing was called by President Newton
Kerstetter '13 to decide upon plans of
action for the coming year.
BASKETBALL PROSPECTS
BRIGHT FOR 1956-57
Basketball coach, Ed. Pfeiffer, always
optimistic, has real reason to be so this
year because of the large number and
the high quality of boys who have ex-
pressed an interest in turning out for
this year's team.
The Athletic Committee, at a recent
meeting, has decided to charge admis-
sion this year. For the past four years,
when the team failed to attract large
audiences, no admission was charged.
Last year, however, with the team win-
ning most of its home games, word soon
got around, and on several occasions,
the gym was packed to capacity.
General admission this year will be
75 cents, and those interested in pur-
chasing season tickets may do so for $5.
The season's schedule is as follows:
Dec. 1 — Dickinson A
Dec. 8 — Ursinus H
Dec. 10— Rider College H
Dec. 13 — Washington College H
Jan. 5 — National Aggies H
Jan. 7 — Juniata H
Jan. 9 — Dickinson H
Jan. 15 — Lycoming A
Jan. 17 — Eiizabethtown H
Feb. 2 — Juniata A
Feb. 6 — Lycoming H
Feb. 8— Franklin & Marshall A
Feb. 12 — Western Maryland A
Feb. 16— Wilkes A
Feb. 18 — Lebanon Valley H
Feb. 21— Eiizabethtown A
Feb. 23— Haverford A
Feb. 27— Wilkes H
Mar. 2 — Rutgers (So. Jersey) A
MEET THE BRIDE
(Continued from Page Five)
The Rev. David G. Volk '52, assistant
pastor, performed the double-ring
ceremony. Prior to the ceremony, a
half-hour organ recital was presented
by Dr. John R. Leach '47, brother of
the groom. The couple plan to re-
side in Salisbury, Pa. where Clayton
has accepted a position as commercial
teacher in the Salisbury High School.
A. CLIFFORD STAMFEL '54 was mar-
ried recently to Elizabeth Haines, of
Danville, Pa. "Cliff" is employed as
a field representative with the Aetna
Casualty and Surety Co., working out
of Wheeling, W. Va., where the couple
is residing.
RAY F. TYLER '51 married Marian J.
Rider of Millville on June 23 in the
Millville Methodist Church. Prof.
Russell C. Hatz, violinist, accompan-
ied b.v Mrs. Hatz, both on the faculty
of S. U., presented a recital of Classi-
cal music. Ray has accepted a man-
agerial position with Sears Roebuck
and Co., Altoona, where the couple
now reside.
NECROLOGY
OLIVE D. BARRY '13, for the past ten
years assistant in the Bursar's Office
at S. U., died July 26. A friend to all
students during this time, she had
been in good health up to early sum-
mer. Before coming to Susquehanna,
for twenty years Miss Barry had been
a valued employee of the National
Union Life Insurance Co., Pittsburgh.
THE REV. DR. J. LUTHER HOFFMAN
'99 died on September 15. The last
22 years of his ministry were spent at
the Lutheran Church of the Refor-
mation, Baltimore, Md. Since retire-
ment in 1939, he has lived in Hartle-
ton. Pa.
JUNE C. MILLER '39, Ashland, Pa.,
passed away May 27. Prior to his
death, Mr. Miller taught in the Ford
School of Business at Pottsville, and
worked in the Pennsylvania National
Bank in the same town. He was also
an accountant for Pomeroy's Store.
NORA A. MONAHAN '28 died June 3
in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. after a prolonged
illness. She had been hospitalized
from February of this year.
DR. DANIEL J. SNYDER '00, native of
Liberty and pastor emeritus of Trin-
ity Lutheran Church, Long Beach,
Calif., died July 14 at his home in
that city. While pastor at Trinity, he
served four years as president of the
Calif. Synod. He served the congre-
gation 37 years before retirement.
TEN
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1956
— Susquehannans on Parade —
f(\M Dr. William M. Rearick, Mifflin-
JI4 burg, retired Lutheran pastor,
was honored recently as friends gath-
ered to celebrate the 60th anniversary
of his ministry. Dr. Rearick for many
years has served on the Board of Direc-
tors of Susquehanna.
Y\} tor of Kountz Memorial Luther-
an Church, Omaha, Neb., was the prin-
cipal speaker at the opening of the Bi-
centennial of Fort Augusta, Sunbury,
Pa. He was introduced by Dr. G. Mor-
ris Smith, President of S. U.
>4 f* Dr. John S. Bangson retired as
Y J) Chairman of the Biology Depart-
ment of Berea College in May, 1956,
where he was given a surprise banquet
on June 2 in honor of his 31 years ser-
vice. Following World War II, Dr.
Bangson worked at Oak Ridge Institute
of Nuclear Studies doing research on
the effects of radiation on living organ-
isms.
f-tp The Rev. Dr. Martin L. Dolbeer,
J[Q Sr. has been appointed Chaplain
and assistant professor of Bible at Thiel
College, Pa.
'OA ^''' •'"s^Ph L. Hackenberg has
^y accepted a position as Director
of teacher training and testing at Mor-
avian College. For the past ten years
he has been Superintendent of Schools
in Shamokin, Pa. Dr. Hackenberg
served for three terms as President of
the Alumni Association of S. U., and is
now the alumni representative on the
Board of Directors.
Jrtft The Rev. Russell J. Crouse, pas-
^Q tor of St. Timothy's Lutheran
Church, Forrest Park, Ga., has accepted
a call to the pastorate of St. James
Lutheran Church, Altoona, Pa. He has
been vice president of the Forrest Park
Ministerial Association and vice presi-
dent of the central conference of the
synod.
'01 '**"• ^""'^ **• Gerhardt (Mary A.
J 1^ Hutchings) received her Master
of Arts degree from Ball State Teach-
ers College, Ind., this past June. She
majored in Reading Difficulties in Ele-
mentary and High School, and was
graduat(!d as a Reading Consultant.
Paul VV. Freed is principal of Wildvvood
High School, Wildwood, N. J.
f*\€\ Herbert H. Rummel has been
J^ elected president of the Alumni
Association of the
New York School of
Social Work, Co-
lumbia University.
Mr. Rummel is Di-
rector of both Home
Service and Disas-
ter Service for the
New York Chapter
of the American Red
Cross. He is a for-
mer director of the Herbert Rummel
Manhattan Borough Office of the N. Y.
Dept. of Welfare, and was formerly
State Director, Pennsylvania Dept. of
Public Assistance. He makes his home
at 5440 Netherland Ave., New York 71,
N. Y. Dr. Andrew V. Kozak is taking a
leave of absence from his position as
Chairman of Mathematics and Engi-
neering at Concord College, Athens, W.
Va. to obtain experience in industry and
do additional graduate study. During
the summer, he was with one of the
aviation companies employed as a
Weapons Evaluation Specialist in Ad-
vance Engineering and Design.
f*\i The Rev. Henry H. Gassier is
JfiJ Protestant chaplain at the Medi-
cal Center for Federal Prisoners, Spring-
field, Mo. This institution is one of the
thirty institutions operated by the De-
partment of Justice.
>rtp Dr. Ralph C. Geigle has been ap-
JJ pointed Superintendent of the
Reading Pa. School System. He was
previously Superintendent of the Oak-
mont, Pa. School District. William S.
Whitley has been appointed head of the
Commercial Department of the Reading,
Pa. Senior H. S.
'07 Clyde R. Spitzner, S. U. Alumni
J I President and commercial man-
ager of radio station WIP, Phila., has
been elected chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Charles Morris Price
School of Advertising and Journalism.
Clyde is also a member of the Board of
School Directors in Haverford Town-
ship.
'38 "
HOMECOMING — 1956
SATURDAY — OCTOBER 27
Eleanor Brown
Eleanor B. Brown has completed
i?sident and course requirements
and finished com-
prehensive exami-
nations toward a
doctorate in educa-
tion at Penna. State
Univ. Miss Brown
has been on sabba-
tical leave since
July, 1955, from
Sacramento, Calif.
H. S., where she is
chairman of the de-
partment of business education. Dur-
ing World War II, she served with the
US Navy and was honorably discharged
as a lieutenant, senior grade, which
rank she still maintains as a member of
the Naval Reserve. Major Charles J.
Stauffer, US Army Artillery, has been
promoted to Lt. Colonel at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan., where he is attending the
Regular Command and General Staff
Officer Course given at the Command
and General Staff College. Prior to his
present assignment. Colonel Stauffer
was Special Weapons Technical Opera-
tions Officer at Fort Bliss, Texas. He
and his family reside at Fort Leaven-
worth. The Rev. James B. Diffenderfer
has accepted a call to serve as institu-
tional chaplain in the Philadelphia and
Norristown areas. He was formerly
pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran
Church. Darby. Pa.
f M(\ The Rev. William E. Nye has ac-
^:\J cepted the position as Pastor of
the Zion Lutheran Church in White-
marsh, Pa.
> J •* Earl R. Deardorff has joined the
t^ I Informational Services staff of
the Penna. Farm Bureau Co-operative
Association, Harrisburg, Pa.
f M*\ Dorothy M. Webber has accepted
^J a position as Dean of Girls at
Roosevelt H. S. in Wyandotte, Mich.
She had been a teacher of business
studies in Clarks Summit-Abington
Joint Schools, Pa. Ruth E. McCorklll,
Director of the Upsala College News
Bureau, spent her vacation thi5 summer
in Hawaii visiting Mrs. Burnell Worley
(Mary E. Basehoar '45).
fit Ada Jayne Romig, former teacher
44 '" West Shore H. S., Lemoyne,
Pa., has moved to the West Snyder
Joint School Sy.stem to teach English,
Latin and French. She resides in
Beaver Springs, Pa. with her parents.
Raymond R. Schramm received his M.S.
in Management Engineering in June
from Newark College of Engineering.
(Continued on Next Page)
September, 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ELEVEN
'yl7 Stanley Stonesifer, Jr. was
tj I awarded his Doctor of Education
degree at Teachers College, Columbia
Univ. on August 14. Dr. Stonesifer is
currently principal of the new Abraham
Lincoln Jr. H. S. in West Orange, N. J.
His wife is Harriet H. Mendenhall '41.
Louise H. Schlick has accepted a posi-
tion as music teacher in the Wilkes-
Barre Schools. For the past eight years,
she had been Supervisor of Music in
Lake Noxen School District, Harvey's
Lake, Pa. On£:kar Narayan visited the
Alumni Office during the summer be-
fore his return to British Guiana, where
he is Head Master of the Skeldon High
School. During the past year, he com-
pleted graduate work at Miss. State
Univ. Susquehanna friends will be glad
to learn that Ongkar's work in British
Guiana has progressed at a rapid pace.
His enthusiasm has resulted in the
erection of a $50,000 high school build-
ing mainly financed by Luther Leaguers.
>JQ Donald P.
40 Rohrbach,
formerly with the
New Jersey division
of Westinghouse,
has recently been
appointed assistant
manager of Motor-
ola's Marketing Re-
search Department,
.. .^u u K V, Oak Park, 111.
Donald Rohrbach
>iA John G. DeVine is now teaching
t^J/ and coaching football at the Ash-
land, Pa. High School. Charles R. Wian
visited the Alumni Office while on vaca-
tion. He is employed by the Sperry
Gyroscope Co., and makes his home in
Atlus, Okla.
'51
Merrill W. Shafer received his
Ph.D. degree this summer from
the Penna. State Univ. He is now a
member of the research staff of the In-
ternational Business Machines Corp. at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
'52
Faye K. Lewis, Lansford, has
been named to the faculty of
Susquehanna Township School District,
Dauphin Co., Pa. She will teach mathe-
matics. Howard A. Miller has been ap-
pointed claims agent of Hall's Motor
Transit Co., Sunbury, Pa. Before em-
ployment with Hall's, Howard was as-
sociated with the Westinghouse Electric
Manufacturing Corp. Charles Zlock
was graduated from the Univ. of Pitts-
burgh on June 13 with the degree of
D.D.S.
'53
Snyder H. S., Beaver Springs, Pa. Her
husband Bob '56 also is teaching his-
tory at Towanda. Robert C. Wyllie is
with Johns-Manville, N. J. Charles N.
Mason, Jr. recently was graduated "cum
laude" from the Westminster Theologi-
cal Seminary, receiving the degree
S.T.B. He is now assistant minister at
Howard Park Church in Baltimore, and
plans to continue his studies at West-
minster working on his Master's degree.
Donald H. Foelsch, recently discharged
from military service, has accepted a po-
sition with a chemical firm in Williams-
port, Pa. Paul R. Nestler, Jr. was grad-
uated on June 1 with the 26th class of
the U. S. Naval Officer Candidate
School, after an intense course in Naval
Science subjects which covered an
eighteen week period. Paul is now
qualified as a junior officer of the Navy.
'54
Rebecca J. Shade is teaching a
class for mentally retarded chil-
dren in Salinas, Calif. Mrs. Robert C.
Micatavage (Jane K. Cline) is teaching
the sixth grade in the Palmyra Public
Schools, N. J., while husband Bob con-
tinues his studies at Temple Medical
School.
>rr Mrs. Earl F. Kleintop (Mary Ann
30 Bingaman) is now on the faculty
of the Selinsgrove Area Joint Schools.
Earl continues his studies at S. U.
John E. Barrett, III traveled to Mexico
City and points in South America dur-
ing the summer with his college choir
of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Mrs. Robert Kurtz (Danalee M.
Kershner) has accepted a posi-
tion with the Towanda Valley Joint H.
S., Towanda, Pa. During the past year,
she taught English and History at West
WHITHER THE CLASS
OF 1956
Beatrice Aurand: Commercial teacher,
Orbisonia Area Jt. School, Orbisonia,
Pa.
Charles Bailes: Hahnemann Medical
College, Philadelphia, Pa.
Deborah Krapf Bell: Bank Clerk, Car-
lisle, Pa.
Ruth Brobst: Music teacher. Basking
Ridge H. S., New Jersey.
Janet Brown: In training for Medical
Technologist at Allegheny Valley Hos-
pital.
Sally Brown: Secretary, Personnel De-
partment, International Salt Co.,
Scranton, Pa.
Henry Cook: New Jersey Bell Tele-
phone Co., Summit, N. J.
Carol Dauberman: Music teacher, Mor-
risville Public Schools, Morrisville, Pa.
Eleanor Dively: Editorial position with
"Luther Life," Philadelphia, Pa.
William Doney: Sacony Vacuum, Al-
lentown, Pa.
Anna Dorward: Music teacher, E. Ruth-
erford Public Schools, New Jersey.
Charles Duncan: Boston University
Seminary
David Fetter: Gettysburg Seminary.
Elizabeth Ford: Music teacher, Balti-
more County Schools, Towson, Md.
Frederick Frost: Management Analyst
for the Pa. Dept. of Welfare, Harris-
burg, Pa.
Henry Geiss: Vitro Laboratories, West
Orange, N. J. Graduate study, Ste-
vens Institute of Technology.
Janet Gerner: Music teacher, Penns-
ville Schools, Pennsville, N. J.
Djamshid (Jack) Ghatan: George Wash-
ington Medical College.
Robert Gulick: U. S. Air Force.
Robert Hackenburg: Young & Rubican,
New York City.
Donald Hartman: Biology Stafl, Oak
Ridge Nat'l Laboratories, Oak Ridge,
Tenn.
Nancy Henderson: Parish worker,
Atonement Lutheran Church, Wyo-
missing. Pa.
Anne Hepler: Music teacher, Hunting-
don Area Jt. H. S., Pa.
Evelyn Herbstrith: Graduate study in
German, Middlebury College, Vt.
Marjorie Kostenbauder: Secretary,
Merck & Co., Riverside, Pa.
Robert Kurtz: History teacher, Towan-
da Valley Jt. H. S., Pa.
Clayton Leach: Commercial teacher,
Salisbury-Elk Lick Jt. School District,
Salisbury, Pa.
Nancy McCuUough: Secretary, Sun Oil
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Richard Matha: Accounting firm of Ly-
brand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Charlotte Meerbach: English teacher,
E. Hartford H. S., Conn.
Carroll Millard: Bell Telephone Co.,
Bethlehem, Pa.
Doris Moon: Pa. State Hospital, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Sister Gladys Moore: Parish Deaconess,
First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, Pa.
Anna Jane Moyer: English teacher,
Lewisburg Jt. H. S., Pa.
Helene Nestler: Teaching, Pennsauken,
N. J. H. S.
Beverly Pecht: Teacher, Middleburg Jt.
H. S., Pa.
Nedebiah Peck: Cost Accountant, Rome
Cable Corp., Rome, N. Y.
Donald Reamer: Temple Univ. Medical
School.
Maria Ronngren: Graduate work in
foreign trade at the Wharton School,
U. of Pa.
Charlotte Sandt: Medical Secretary,
Wyeth Laboratories, Radnor, Pa.
Diane Schilke: Music teacher, Fairfield,
Conn., Public Schools.
Ralph Sheldon: Working with father,
Ralph B. Sheldon, Sr.
Gary Smith: Claims Representative,
Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Phila., Pa.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
TWELVE
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1956
CONTRIBUTORS
(Continued from Page Six)
Littlestown Hardware & Foundrj-
^(j_ Ij^c Littlestown
Lord Manufncluring Co Erie
Lovell Manufacturing Co. Erie
Lukcns Steel Co CoatesviUe
Lynch. Thomas Greensburg
McClosk.y & Co Philadelphia
J. Horace McFarland Co Harrisburg
McFeely-Rogers Foundation Latrobc
(McFeely Brick Co.)
McNeil Laboratories. Inc Philadelphia
Masland Duraleather Co Philadelphia
James H. Matthews & Co Pittsburgh
Merccrsburg Tanner>- Division Mercersburg
(Loewengart & Co.)
Miller Printing Machinci-y Co Pittsburgh
Milsan Mills. Inc. Lebanon
Nannette Manufacturing Co Philadelphi;i
Natco Corp. Pittsburgh
National Decalcomania Corp rhilad.'lphia
National Publishing Co Philadelphia
National Union Insurance Companies Pittsburgh
Naugle. Cart A Shippcnsburg
Nazareth Cement Co Nazareth
Hugh Nelson-Columbia Carpet Mills.
Inc. Philadelphia
John J. Nesbitt. Inc Philadelphia
Neville Chemical Co Pittsburgh
New Holland Machine Co New Holland
(Sperry Corp. Foundation)
Nosco Plastics. Inc Erie
H. T. Osburn & Co.. Inc. Franklin
W. V. Pangbome & Co. Inc Philadelphia
Paper Manufacturers Co .■ Philadelphia
Patterson. Graham Philadelphia
Penn Kruit Company.. Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Malleable Iron Corp. Lancaster
Peoples First National Bank & Trust
Co Pittsburgh
Peoples Natural Gas Co Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron Works Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Forgings Co. Foundation . Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Foundation Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Press Co. Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway
Co, Pittsburgh
Plymouth Oil Co Pittsburgh
Precision Grinding Wheel Co., Inc Philadelphia
Precision Plastics Co Philaielphia
Morris & Mary Press Foundation Hummelstown
(Press Dress & Uniform Co.)
Pure Carbon Co.. Inc. St. Marys
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. Oil City
Reznor Manufacturing Co Mercer
Ricck Dairy Co. Pittsburgh
Rii-ck Ice Cream Co. Pittsburgh
Robertshaw-Fulton Charitable Trust Greensburg
(Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Co.)
H. H. Robertson Co. ^ Pittsburgh
Rockwell Charitable Trust Pittsburgh
(Rockwell Manufacturing Co.)
Royal .Manufacturing Co.. Inc Allentown
Royal Pants Manufacturing Co Perkasie
Schmidt & Ault Paper Co. York
Christian Schmidt Foundation Philadelphia
(C. Schmidt & Sons. Inc.)
Shenango Furnace Co Pittsburgh
S. Morgan Smith Co. Foundation York
Sowers Printing Co Lebanon
St. Marys Sewer Pipe Co.. Inc St. Marys
Stackpole-Hall Foundation St. Marys
(Stack pole Carbon Co.)
Standard Pressed Steel Co Jenkintown
Standard Steel Specialty Co Beaver Falls
Speer Carbon Co. St. Marys
Steel Heddle Mfg. Co Philadelphia
Charles G. Summers. Jr.. Inc New Freedom
Swindell-Dressier Foundation Pittsburgh
(Swindell-Dressier Corp.)
Tasty Baking Co Philadelphia
Terminal Warehouse Co Philadelphia
L. G. L. and Florence S. Thomas
Foundation Philadelphia
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
Titan Foundation Bcllefonte
(Titan Metal Manufacturing Co.)
F. W. Tunnell Co.. Inc Philadelphia
E. W. Twitchell. Inc Philadelphia
Union Bank and Trust Co Bethlehem
Union Barge Line Corp Pittsburgh
United Gas Improvement Co. Philadelphia
L'niversal-Cyclops Foundation Bridgeville
(Univei-sal-Cyclops Steel Corp.)
Universal Dental Co Philadelphia
Upper Darby National Bank Upper Darby
Vanadium-Alloys Steel Co Latrobe
Vulcan Mold & Iron Co Latrobe
Warner Co Philadelphia
Washington Steel Corp Washington
Waterman Products Co.. Inc Philadelphia
Welsbach Corp Philadelphia
Wertz, Augustus S Reading
Western Pennsylvania Brewers*
Association Pittsburgh
Wheatland Tube Co. Philadelphia
(Maneely Fund)
Whiting Patterson Co.. Inc Philadelphia
Wise Potato Chip Co Berwick
Wolf Fund Philadelphia
(Wolf Brothers. Inc.)
Wolfs Head Oil Refining Co.. Inc Oil City
Wood-Metal Industries. Inc. Kreamer
T. B. Wood's Sons Co Chambersburg
E. A. Wright Co. ., ,..,...., Philadelphia
Wyckoff Steel Co Pittsburgh
York Corp. Foundation York
York Narrow Fabrics Co York
Zippo Manufacturing Co. Bradford
OUT-OF-STATE CONTRIBUTORS:
Addressograph-Multigraph Co. Cleveland. Ohio
Allied Stores Foundation. Inc New York, N. Y.
Allis-Chalmers Foundation, Inc. Milwaukee, Wis.
American Oil Co New York, N, Y,
American Radiator & Standard
Sanitary Corp New York, N, Y,
.American Tobacco Co.. Inc New York, N. Y.
Concora Foundation Chicago. III.
(Container Corp. of America)
Ravmond E. & Ellen F. Crane
Foundation Miami. Fla.
Deluxe Check Printers Foundation, St. Paul, Minn.
Erie Railroad Co. Cleveland. Ohio
General American Transportation
Corp. Chicago, 111.
General Foods Fund. Inc New York. N. Y.
General Motors Corp. Detroit, Mirh,
General Tire Foundation Akron, Ohio
International Har\'ester Co. Chicago, III,
S, S, Kresge Co Detroit, Mich,
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Co Springfield. Mass.
Oscar .Mayer Foundation, Inc, Chicago, III,
William T, Morris Foundation New York, N, Y,
National Biscuit Co, New York, N, Y,
National Dairy Products Corp New York, N. Y.
Pillsbury Mills, Inc Minneapolis, Minn,
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Foundation,
Inc Chicago. III.
CLASS OF 1956
' Continued from Page Eleven)
Glen Smith: Temple University Medi-
cal School.
Jessie Smith: Jr. H. S. English teacher,
Blue Mountain Jt. School System, Or-
wigsburg, Pa.
Mary Jane Solomon: Secretary, Co-
lumbia Artists" Management, Inc., N.
Y. City. Continuing private voice
study.
Gene Stettler: Smith Chevrolet Mo-
tors, Middleburg, Pa.
Gene Stock: Burroughs Corp., Sun-
bury, Pa. area.
Margaret Sultzbaugh: Elementary mu-
sic teacher, Wilmington, Del.
Harold Trabosh: Military Service.
Ray Tyler: Management training pro-
gram. Sears & Roebuck Corp., Al-
toona, Pa.
Genevieve Thomas Waters: Commer-
cial teacher, Mifflinburg, Pa.
Seth Wheeland: Military Service.
Gerald Wilson: Management training
program, P. P. & L., Allentown. Pa.
John Yeich: Gettysburg Seminary.
x'58's
Patricia Dawn Bortle: Private Secre-
tary, State Farm Ins. Co., Springfield,
Pa.
Barbara Enck — Medical Secretary, Lan-
caster General Hospital, Pa.
Getell Friedman: Secretary, Alumni
Office, Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Kay Kline Koch: Secretary, Snyder
Co. Trust Co., Selinsgrove, Pa,
Barbara Mottern: Secretary, Public
Relations Dept., Susquehanna Uni-
versity.
Socony Mobil Oil Co.. Inc New York, N V
Sylvania Foundation New York, N, Y,
(Sylvania Electric Products, Inc)
Time, Inc New York. N, Y.
Transogram Co., Inc New York, N. Y.
(Charles S, Raizen Foundation)
Union Carbide Educulional Fund, New York, N. Y.
(Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.)
United States Steel Foundation.
Inc New York. N. Y.
liBRARY
SUSQUtHANNA UNIVERSITY
Vol.-XXI¥- N'.
December, 1956
No.X 7
ADDITION - LIBRAR
SUSQUEHANNA U
LAWRIE S GREEN - HARRISBU
Susquehanna's present library building was built in 1928 when the college had 8,000 volumes.
Today it has 33,000 volumes and shelving space is most urgently needed. Also there is not
enough space with the present college enrollment to accommodate students who should use
the library.
Although plans have not been finally approved, the addition probably will be con-
structed as pictured above on the south end of the present building and will
double the floor space. The entrance will face the west and will fea-
ture five large, white pillars. $150,000 of the Centennial
Fund has been allocated for this purpose.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December 1956
New Year Greetings
Here's my hand and heart in gratitude to each one of you! I hope
our alumni have had a joyous Christmas, and that the New Year will
have for each of you God's guidance and blessing. May we go forward
in faith to new victories in His name.
You are responding to the challenge of our Centennial Appeal in
the spirit of grateful alumni. Your response is establishing a record for
S. U. of alumni giving. God bless you all!
G. MORRIS SMITH, President
Susquehanna University
December 17. 1956
Greetings:
My heart is warm as we find ourselves in the Holiday Season; the
Centennial Appeal for $700,000 has been obtained to construct the new
music building and build an addition to the library.
THIS, IN ITSELF, IS ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US TO REJOICE FOR
IT BRINGS WITH IT NEW HOPE!
I want to congratulate and offer words of praise to those who have
given of their time, talent and possessions in order that the spirit of SUS-
QUEHANNA will live and that your children will bo able to benefit from
your work.
On December 15, 392 alumni contributed a total of $32,015.00 to the
Centennial Building Fund. This includes those alumni who are also
members of the Board of Trustees and members of the faculty.
We anticipate that there will be many more alumni who will con-
tribute before the final amount is recorded. Additional funds will be
required to provide furnishings and equipment and to add further to
the endowment to provide improved faculty salaries. My Christmas
will be happier because of your friendly support, hearty cooperation and
willingness to help.
I sincerely wish you and yours a New Year filled with success an.l
happiness.
Sincerely yours,
CLYDE R. SPITZNER, President
General Alumni Association
Susquehanna University
CRS/rb
MEET THE BRIDE AND GROOM -
Ivars Avots '55 was married to Benita
Rauda, a student at the Univ. of
Washington on July 29. The wed-
ding was held in Bellingham, Wash.
Ivars is now in service, and stationed
in Davenport, Iowa.
Eugene R. Debarr x'43 recently mar-
ried Leola G. Companaro of Ohio.
Eugene is Director of the Cuyahoga
County Council for Retarded Chil-
dren.
Mary E. Farlling '28 was married to
Donald E. Hollway on Sept. 29 in St.
Stephen's Lutheran Church, Wilming-
ton, Del. The Rev. Dr. Park W.
Huntington '17 performed the cere-
mony. The couple now reside in Red
Lion, Pa.
Orville W. Glass, Jr. '53 was married on
Dec. 1 to Yvonne E. Heyd of Salladas-
burg. Orville is employed as an ac-
countant for the Aircraft Marine
Products, Inc. of Harrisburg, where
the couple plan to reside.
Marguerite L. Heffelfinger '53 was
united in marriage to Richard C.
Budd of Newburgh, N. Y. on Oct. 13
in First Presbyterian Church, Blooms-
burg. The couple reside in Elizabeth.
N. J.
Raymond L. Heflfner x'58 was married
to Nancy M. Walker of Sunbury on
Sept. 16 in Zion Lutheran Church.
Raymond is in the U. S. Navy, sta-
tioned at Bainbridge, Md.
T. Justin Myers, Jr. '53 was married on
Oct. 20 to M. June Miller of Mont-
gomery, Pa. The Rev. John R. Knaul
'39 performed the ceremony in Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church. Jus-
tin is associated with his father in the
insurance business.
Gilbert R. Rowe x'58 and Lete Jean
Garman of Lewisburg, Pa. were mar-
ried on Sept. 15 in Christ's Evangeli-
cal Church. The couple are now re-
siding at 306 S. Mkt. St., Selinsgrove.
Anna M. Schumacher x'54 was mar-
ried on Sept. 29 to Dr. Alfred B. Van-
dersluis, Ohio, in the First Congre-
gational Church of Flushing, N. Y.
Attending the wedding were Miss
Joane Heinley x'54 and Mr. '53 and
Mrs. (Charlotte Neuman x'54) Thom-
as E. Marts, Jr. Ann is now teaching
nursing arts at Genessee Hospital in
Rochester, where the couple plan to
reside.
Genevieve L. Thomas '56 was married
to Matthew Waters this summer in
St. David's Lutheran Church, Davids-
ville. Pa. Genevieve is teaching at
Mifflinburg H. S., while Matt con-
tinues his studies at S. U. The couple
reside at 301 S. Mkt. St., Selinsgrove.
John H. Wright, Jr. '49 married Mary
L Boone of Beaver Meadows Pa. on
Oct. 27 in Trinity Lutheran Church,
Hazleton. The service was solemn-
ized by Dr. H. Clay Bergstresser '17.
Paul A. Wagner '50 was one of the
attendants.
Junior Co-eds
AMIG — a daughter, Shawn, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. (Zola Robinson '50)
Donald J. Amig on Oct. 20. The
Amigs have another daughter, I.' •
who is two years of age. They resin.
in Camp Hill, Pa.
BULL — Mark Spencer arrived on Dec.
5, 1955 to Mr. and Mrs. (Maria Shet-
ler '50) William Bull. The Bulls re-
side at 207 David Dr., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
DAVIS — Lynne Allison was born on
Nov. 18 to Mr. x'50 and Mrs. (Nelda
Shafer '51) Donald R. Davis, accord-
ing to a most unique birth announce-
ment. The Davis' reside in Levit-
town. Pa.
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrov
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months
e. Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
of September, December, March and June.
December 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Dr. Smith Reports Success in $500,000
Campaign. Expresses Gratefulness.
Our Centennial Appeal, planned and discussed since 1954, has gone over the
top. The Synod goal of $500,000 was oversubscribed by $20,621, as of December 7,
1956. Besides this, gifts from Trustees, faculty, alumni and friends rose to $57,219.
There had accumulated in the building fund before our recent campaign $208,217.
Adding these three items together, our Centennial Fund in cash and pledges
amounts to $786,057.
For the success of our efforts I am
profoundy grateful to God, the church,
our pastors, and the thousands of folks
who have made victory possible. The
prayers and hard work of many have
been blessed of God. To Him be the
honor and the praise.
We believe the fund will still grow.
Additional money will be sorely needed
for new instruments, as well as new
furnishings and equipment in the Li-
brary and Music Building, and for an
enlarged endowment for better salaries
for faculty and personnel. The hope is
entertained that when we celebrate the
Centennial in 1958, Susquehanna may
announce $1,000,000 in its general En-
dowment fund. The endowment of the
college is at present $667,150. It is now
clear that our $700,000 goal for the
Centennial was always a minimum goal.
Bids will be opened for the Music
Building on January 15. As soon there-
after as feasible construction will start.
The concrete blocks, a gift of our trus-
tee, Orlando Houts, are already on the
campus. Preliminary drawings of the
Library have also been started. Both
buildings will go forward apace, so that
both may be ready for dedication in
1958, our Centennial year.
In regard to payments, both congre-
gational and personal, it is urged that
these be made as promptly as possible
so the whole program may go forward
without delay. We are now embarked
on great preparations for 1958. Let's
carry them through with fidelity and
growing enthusiasm.
JUNIOR CO-EDS
(Continued from Page Two)
FLANNERY — Joseph James arrived at
Echo Lane, Newburgh, N. Y. on
Sept. 23. The happy parents are Mr.
and Mrs. (Ethel KnifTin '43) Joseph
Flannery.
HEATON— Janet Kay arrived at the
home of Mr. '46 and Mrs. Blair L.
Heaton on Oct. 15. They have one
other child, Kenneth — who is ever so
proud of his new sister. The Heat-
ons live in Selinsgrove.
JOYCE — Philip Gordon was born on
March 22 to the Rev. '52 and Mrs.
(Jean McDonald '51) Wm. Gordon
Joyce of Ridgway, Pa. Philip is the
first child.
KOCH — a son, Ricky was born on Nov.
6, 1955 (1955 S. U. Homecoming) to
Mr. '50 and Mrs. (Maude Jones '49)
Andrew A. Koch of Philadelphia, Pa.
The Kochs have one other son,
Andy Jr.
LAUVER— Kirk Stuart arrived at the
home of Mr. '54 and Mrs. (Jean Rowe
'54) Orville H. Lauver on Dec. 7.
Jean and Orville recently moved to
721 E. Boundary Ave., York, Pa.
McCUE — a daughter, Alexandra Lou-
ise, is the first child of Mr. and Mrs.
(Janet Popken x'50) Leonard D. Mc-
Cue of Livingston, N. J. Alexandra
was born on Nov. 3.
REILLY — Judith Ann was born to Mr.
'49 and Mrs. James B. Reilly on Oct.
24. The Reillys live in East Orange,
N. J.
ROOK— Donald Randall made his ap-
pearance at the home of Mr. '56 and
Mrs. Donald E. Rook on Aug. 27.
The Rook's live in North Hills, Pa.
SCHROEDTER— William Burt arrived
on July 23 to Mr. and Mrs. (Jane
Bollinger '51) Paul Schroedter of
Waynesboro, Pa. The Schroedter's
have one other son. Max, who is two
and one-half years old.
TOROK— Keith Wagner arrived on the
scene in Hatboro, Pa. on Sept. 6.
This is the first child of Mr. '53 and
Mrs. (Joyce Wagner '53) Steve F.
Torok.
'iVOLLASTON — Nancy Lee was born on
Nov. 3 to Mr. '52 and Mrs. (Althea
Ferguson '51) Edward A. Wollaston.
The Wollaston's have recently moved
to 319 Haines Street, Kane, Pa.
ZEIDLER— Paul Frank was born to Mr.
'48 and Mrs. (Ruth Williams '47)
Frank A. Zeidler on Oct. 10. They
have another child Carol, who is four
years old. The Zeidler's reside in
Pomplon Plains, N. J.
ZORN — Kathryn Suzanne was born on
Sept. 3 to Mr. and Mrs. (Barbara
Morris x'54) Gunnar Zorn of Sads-
burvville. Pa. This is their first child.
Susquehannans
— On Parade
*00 ^'^' •'"*"* '■ Woodruff celebrated
00 his 92nd birthday on Nov. 17.
After serving 51 years as a teacher and
college professor, he now keeps busy
with a multitude of activities. He is
Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Snyder Co. Trust Company, and is
in the process of compiling another
collection of poems and essays.
>Qi Dr. William M. Rearick, Pastor
J/tJ emeritus of MifHinburg Luther-
an Church and long-time trustee of
S. U., was honored at a special service
on Nov. 4 for 50 years service to his
church. Dr. G. Morris Smith spoke at
the service and traced the notable min-
isterial career of Dr. Rearick. A plaque
was presented to Dr. Rearick by the
congregation.
'14
The Rev. Ammon W. Smith, in
recent correspondence with the
Alumni Office, told of a chance meeting
he had with Vance Gobel '14. The two
S.U. sports enthusiasts had a good time
discussing the Bucknell-S.U. baseball
game of May, 1914 when Gobel pitched
S.U. to a 5-4 victory. With the score
tied in the 8th inning, Lester Shannon
'15 got a single. Second baseman Smith
then brought him home with a home
run. S.U. students were elated over
the victory, and carried Gobel ofT the
field. He is now Chief Purchasing agent
for the Edgewater Steel Co., and lives
in Oakmont, Pa. Pastor Smith is retired
from the ministry and is now living in
Leesburg, Fla.
'or Christie E. Zimmerman, mis-
^ J sionary of the Lutheran Church
in India, last month visited her aunt in
Selinsgrove while on a furlough. Miss
Zimmerman visited Jerusalem in Oct.
just prior to the recent hostilities.
Jrtiy Harold A. Swank, for the past
^ I ten years assistant principal of
the Jr. High School in Connellsville,
Pa., has recently been appointed prin-
cipal of the same school.
Russell E.
nger it
co-author of a new
social studies book
entitled "American
Democracy", which
is being published
by the American
Book Company. Mr.
Klinger for the past
ten years has been
head of the Social
Studies Dept. of the Trenton, N. J.
(Continued on Page 6)
LV Klinj
Russell Klinger
Central H. S.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December 195G
Alumni Help Push Centennial Appeal Over
the Top. $700000 Goal Oversubscribed by
$86,000. 400 Alumni Subscribe $32,000.
Listed below are alumni who have responded to the Centennial Appeal as of
December 19. Since members of the Lutheran Church in the Central Pennsylvania
Synod raised more than $500,000 of the total amount, many names of alumni who
contributed through their churches are not included herewith.
Where an asterisk appears before a name, it indicates that the alumnus ha.5
made his contribution through the Board of Directors and the amount is not in-
cluded in the Class Total.
Club News
1886 — $50.00
George R. Ulrich
1898 — $100.00
•Frank A. Eyer
Alice Gortner Fischer
1899 — $45.00
Luther C. Hassinser
Harvey I). Hoover
William Schnure
1900 — $100.00
W. Ralph WaKonseller
1901 — S.50.00
Edwin M. Brungart
1902 — $127.50
Charles I. Boyer
Florence Wagenseller Marks
Philip H. Pearson
1904 — $200.00
Chalender H. Lesher
Calvin P. Swank
1907 — $105.00
Mar>' Jacobs Ru.ssell
Charles M. Teufel
1908 — $375.00
George F. Dunkelberger
John J. Houtz
M. Kathryn Moser
Milton A. Spotty
1909 — $225.00
Grace A.Geiselman
John S. Hoover
Mervyn J. Ross
1910 — $30.00
Arthur C. Harris
Frances Bastian Shircman
1911 — $15.00
♦Claude G. Aikens
Idella M. Kretchman
•Latimer S. Landes
Roy A. DeLong
1912 — $155.00
Thomas J. Herman
Harry G. Hubler
Ethel Harter Hubler
Harr>' R. Shipe
1913 — $365.00
Margaret Benner Burns
C. Earl Fecse
Maria Geiselman Gabrielson
John B. Knisflcy
Mary Graybill Kniseley
Raymond L. Lubold
Sara B. Manhart
1914 — $45.00
•Harry W. Miller
Dorothy .Schock Rearick
Ammon W. Smith
1915 — $300.00
Nathaniel A. Danowsky
J. Frank Faust
•John F. Harkins
Guy C. Lamer
Emma Moyer Masteller
1910 — $530 00
Cloyd E. Bottiger
Martin L. Dolhccr. Sr.
Katherine Wagner Harkins
J. Paul Harman
Bc-ss Fefterolf Keller
1917 — $10.00
Hcrhir' S. Rausch
191S -- $155.00
Fred Crossland
Lulu Fettcrolf Harman
Katharine V. Persing
Frank A. Staib
Evelyn J. Strohecker
1919 — $.590.00
Willard D. Allbfck
0«ORr H. Bverly
Christine Pchock Cassler
Harry J. Frymire
Helen Salem Wescoat
1920 — $352.50
Arch A. Aucker
Ru<!«ell F. Auman
Esther rres<man
HarnM Y. Fisher
•Joso.-h J, Haokenherg
•G. Blair Harman
1921 — $550.00
Orris H. Aurand
Maurice R. Gortner
Virginia Busier Parsons
Stewart M. Peters
Robert B. Rearick
Ruth LaRue Thompson
Ernest F. Walker
Mildred E. Winston
1922 — $380.00
Merle H. Beam
Mary Beck Grant
Charles E. Held
Alma L. Long
Bessie C. Long
George W. and Bertha
Townsend
1923 — $740.00
Thomas Atkinson
Marlyn R. Fetterolf
Beatrice Rettinger
1924 — $1,335.00
Miriam Huyett Alexander
William H. Blough
Mai-garet Wedlund Blough
Alvin W. Carpenter
J. Campbell Coons
Harold S. Duppstadt
Mabel Kinsey Fetterolf
Glenn E. Fisher
I. Wilson Kepner
Lottie Brosius Kepner
Alma V. McCullough
Joseph C. McLain
Mabel Mumma McLain
Mary K. Potteiger
1925 — $790.00
Norman R. Benner
•Roger M. Blough
Dorothy Clarke Creager
Marlin N. Endcrs
Harlan D. Fague
A. Ellsworth Grove. Jr.
C. Ralph Gramley
Frank R. Kerlin
Naomi Ulrich Linebaugh
Verda P. Long
Clarence E. Phillips
Luther C. Salem
Lester M. Shaffer
Spurgeon T. Shue
Sara Bi-ungart Stevens
Neal W. Wormley
1926 - $370.00
Eugeie T. Adams
Lee E. Boyer
Margaret Schmiermund Bruce
aara Hassinger Fague
Mabel Dagle Gramley
Gertrude McKee Kaup
Margaret Elizabeth Keiser
Lucy Herr Smith
Ethel V. Taylor
Orren R. Wagner
,„„ Parke R. Wagner
1927 — $85.00
Mary E. Bowersox
Elsie Nace Enders
Dewey S. Herrold
Clinton Weisenfluh
1928 — $407.50
Newton L. Bartges
Margaiit H. Buyers
Vesta Steininger Cook
E-lwin O. Constahle
Elizabeth «tong Eichelbergcr
Mai-shnll H. Fausold
Georgiene Fickes Frost
Heber H. Hummel
Ruth Dively Kaufman
Dorothy W. Pritchard
Charles M. Shaffer
Ray G. Sheeler
Laentenn McCahan Shelley
Helen Ott Soper
Essex Holsford Wagner
1929 ~ $307.50
Anna M. Allewelt
Adam P. Bingaman
Carol O. Bird
Henry R. Carichner
Charles E. Fisher
Gertrude Fisher Jones
Jerome B. Kaufman
Harr>' J. Lupfer
Ethel Weikert Reuning
Russell T. Shilling
George A. Spaid
Gertrude Arb()gast Spaid
Virginia Ulsh Troutman
1930 — $1,296.40
Paul M. Bishop
Edward T. Bollinger
Frances Thomas Davis
Dorothy Heiser Fisher
Raymond P. Garman. Sr.
Lewis C. Herrold
Mary Eastep Hill
Oren S. Kaltriter
Florence Lauver
Myer R. Musser
Ruth Goff Nicodemus
Luke H. Rhoads
Simun B. Rhoads
George S. Spangler
Kathryn Morning Ziegler
1931 — $465.00
Lois Brungart Bendigo
Lawrence C. Fisher
Paul M. Haines
Ronald E. Kehler
Mary E. Lauver
Bruce E. Nicodemus
Helen E. O'Connell
Ruth Maurey Quinter
Ira C. Saiasaman
1932 — $250.00
Mildred H. Bolich
Herman R. Fenstermaeher
Lewis R. Fox
Herbert G. Hohman
Mai-tba A. Jones
Arline Kanyuck Lerda
Elizabeth Wardrop Weller
1933 — $185.00
Selon F. Dockey
J. Paul Edwards
Anna Moody Edwards
Harold R. Kramer
Flora Ellmore Shilling
J. Donald Steele
Bruce Worthington
Marian Walbom Worthington
1934 — $180.00
Nelson J. King
Eleanor Brown Miller
Pauline Crow Mount
Virginia Andrews Rhoads
1935 ~~ $1,145.00
Frances Marks Basenberg
Robert R. Clark
Jess Pleasanton Coxo
S. Hilda Mickey
Anna E. dinger
Erie I. Shobert, II
1936 — $737.00
Frederic C. Billman
H. Vernon Ferster
Kathryn Weber Finkbinder
Grace Drew Greninger
James A. Grossman
Janet Earhart Harkins
Albert Hess
Mary Landon Russell
LaRue C. Shempp
Ralph I. Schockey
Dorothy B. Turner
1937 — $517.00
Lester J. Karschner
Mary Richard Knight
Charles Leese
Elsie Myers
P"ra"ces Smith Novinger
E. Raymond Shaheen
Clyde R. Spitzner
Helen Wetzel Spitzner
(Continued on Page 7)
LEHIGH-VALLEY
The Lehigh-Valley District Alumni
Club held its fall meeting on Sat., Nov.
3 at the Americus Hotel in Allentown,
with approximately 32 in attendance.
The following were elected to office:
Pres., Harold R. Kramer '48; V. Pres,,
Mrs. Margaret Ide Maguire "33; Scct'y.,
Mrs. Miriam Unangst Zell '42 and
Treas., Willard H. Schadel "41.
Dr. Russell W. Gilbert was the guest
speaker for the evening. Matters dis-
cussed were a possible scholarship pro-
gram for S.U. students and plans for
a proposed spring picnic.
NORTH NEW JERSEY
The North New Jersey Alumni Club
will hold its annual meeting on March
2 at the Friar Tuck Inn, Route 23, Ce-
dar Grove, N.J. Representative from
the campus will be Dean Russell Gait.
Reservations should be made by Feb.
20 with either Herb Hains, 232 E. Cedar
St., Livingston, N.J., or Bob Bogdanffy,
26 Chestnut Dr., Packanack Lake, N.J.
Buffet at 7:30 p.m. $3.00 per person.
PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia District Alumni
Club held a coffee hour immediately
after the S.U.-Swarthmore game on
Sat., Oct. 6. Later in the evening, the
club was host to the coaches and mem-
bers of the team at the Eagles-Redskins
National Fro Football game.
YORK AND HARRISBURG
The York and Harrisburg Area Clubs,
on Oct. 29, jointly sponsored a benefit
performance of the AUenberry Players
in "Papa Is AH". Approximately two
hundred and sixty were present for
this gala affair, and all agreed that it
was an evening of great entertainment
as well as one of enjoyable fellowship.
In the dining rooms, and in the Play-
house itself could be found groups of
alumni chatting and renewing acquaint-
ances with friends or classmates who,
in some cases, they had not seen for
many years.
The purpose of this night was two-
fold: to supply the necessary funds for
the Harrisburg Club to establish a
scholarship similar to the York Club
and to further the York Club's schol-
arship program. There were many con-
tributions from members who were no:
able to attend the play. The officers of
both clubs were gratified and encour- i
aged with the fine support of the Alum- •
ni, but sincerely hope that more mem- ,
bers and friends will be able to attend
the next such outing to be given some-
time during the coming summer. '
December 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
Century Club Members
Alumni who have contributed $100.00 or more to the Centennial Fund
through the Alumni Office. The Alumni Office regrets it does not have
the names of many who have contributed through their churches
in Central Pennsylvania Svnod.
John F. & Dorothy Wil-
liamson Adams
Claude G. Aikens
Miriam Hu.vett Alexander
Arch A. & Katharine
Heldt Aucker
Russell F. Auman
Thomas Atkinson
Merle A. Beam
Jean B. Beamenderfer
Harold H. & Katherine
Dictterle Benion
Norman R. Benner
Frederic C. Billman
Paul M. Bishop
Roger M. Blough
William H. & Margaret
Widlund Blough
Frederick O. Brubaker
Henry R. Carichner
Alvin W. Carpenter
Elizabeth Burnham Chase
Robert R. Clark
Edwin O. Constable
J. Campbell Coons
Esther Cressman
Nathaniel A. Danowski
Mary Heim Davey
Frances Thomas Davis
Mary Ann Dixon
Martin L. Dobleer, Sr.
Marlin M. & Elsie Nace
Enders
Frank A. Ever
Harland D." & Sara
Hassinger Fague
J. Frank Faust
Marlyn R. Fetterolf
Mabel Kinsey Fetterolf
Alice Gortner Fischer
Glenn E. Fisher
Dorothy Heiser Fisher
Harold Y. Fisher
Lawrence C. Fisher
Maria Geiselman
Gabrielson
V. Carl Gacona
Raymond P. Garman, Sr.
Grace A. Geiselman
John G. & Audrey D.
Gensel
Maurice R. Gortner
Reed A. & Grace Drew
Greninger
A. Ellsworth Grove
Joseph L. Hackenberg
Janet Earhart Harkins
John F. Harkins
Katherine Wagner
Harkins
J. Paul Harman
Charles E. Held
Thomas J. Herman
Lewis C. Herrold
Warren C. Herrold
Albert & Martha Bolig
Hess
Herbert G. Hohman
Merle V. Hoover
Mary Krumbholz Hoover
John J. Houtz
Lester J. Karschner
I. Wilson Kepner
Lottie Brosius Kepner
Ray W. Kline
Mary Richard Knight
John B. & Mary Graybill
Kniseley
Eugene F. Kolva
Charles L. & Eleanor
Steele Lady
Latimer S. Landes
John R. Leach
Elizabeth Miller Leach
Chalender H. Lesher
Ellen Brand Lewis
Naomi Ulrich Linebaugh
Bessie & Alma Long
Alma V. McCoUough
Sarah B. Manhart
Kenneth M. Merz
Harry W. Miller
Charles A. Morris
M. Kathryn Moser
Pauline Crow Mount
Glenn L. Musser
Mver R. Musser
Bruce E. & Ruth Goff
Nicodemus
Irene K. Oldt
Palmer Otto
Philip H. Pearson
Stewart M. Peters
Luke H. & Virginia
Andrews Rhoads
Edward S. & Blanche
Forney Rogers, Jr.
Charles H. Rohmann
Janet L. Rohrbach
Mary Grace Jacobs
Russell
Dianne H. Schilke
Raymond and Jean Wheat
Schramm
Rebecca J. Shade
Charles M. Shaffer
Lester M. Shaffer
Nevin C. T. Shaffer
E. Raymond Shaheen
Jack P. Shipe
Erie I. Shobert, U
Spurgeon T. Shue
Lucy Herr Smith
George S. Spangler
Jacob M. Spangler. Jr.
Clyde R. Spitzner
Helen Wentzel Spitzner
J. Donald Steele
Sara Brungart Stevens
Eleanor Benner Stuck
Margaret D. Sultzbaugh
Calvin P. Swank
Philip R. Templin
Ruth LaRue Thompson
W. Ralph Wagenseller
Orren R. Wagner
Parke & Essex Botsford
Wagner
Ernest F. Walker
Helen Salem Wescoat
Robert F. & Elise
Thompson Wohlsen
William P. Yancho
Kathryn Morning Zeigler
FOOTBALL HAD GOOD
SEASON. Win 4 Lose 3.
The Crusaders, with four wins and
three losses, chalked up their best foot-
ball record since 1951, with wins over
Ursinus (26-13), Nat'l Aggies (19-0),
Wilkes (31-7) and Wagner (26-13).
The Crusaders lost to Swarthmore (12-
13), Bridgewater (0-27) and Haverford
(6-12).
Dick Purnell, according to Coach
Stagg, one of the best quarterbacks
ever to wear the orange and maroon,
received honorable mention as a Little
All American. He placed 17th in the
nation (small colleges) with a total net
gain of 1072 yds., averaging 6.5 yds.
per carry.
Main joy of the coaches, however,
was the stalwart work of the line. Play-
ing effectively every game, the boys
allowed their opponents an average of
only 96 yds. per game. This placed the
Orange and Maroon 16th in the nation.
Said Head Coach "Whitey" Keil:
•■Line Coach Bob Pittello and I are
very happy with the spirit, determina-
tion and co-operation shown by the
1956 team. The players, individually,
and as a team, played above what was
felt to be their ability. Our freshman
group fitted in very smoothly with our
upperclassmen.
"If we had greater squad depth, at
least two of the defeats might have
been in the victory column. Our small
squad of twenty-five men gave 100
per cent. To continue our success and
improvement in 1957, we must con-
tinue to encourage boys who are good
students and athletes to attend Susque-
hanna. The alumni can do a big job
in helping the team to accomplish its
objective of a big season next year."
Prospects for 1957 are good. The
team loses only Leonard Quick through
graduation, and if, as is pointed out in
Coach Keils comments, greater depth
can be added, the record should be even
more impressive than that of 1956.
Replacing Wilkes and the Nat'l Ag-
gies in the 1957 schedule will be Dick-
inson and Grove City.
Section of S. U. Alumni in attendance at the Convention of the U.L.C.A. in
Harrisburg. as they got together to renew friendships in the Penn Harris
Hotel on October 15. President and Mrs. G. Morris Smith are seen in
the center of the group.
Start Planning Now
for
ALUMNI DAY
Saturday, May 4
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December 1956
Dean Gall Predicts Heavy Enrollment.
Alumni Urged to Refer Applicants Early.
by
Dr. Russell Gait, Dean
The attention of the alumni is called to the necessity cf early registration of
prospective students for the freshman class of September 1957. American colleges
are pressed these days by the large number of applicants seeking to enter college,
and Susquehanna is no exception. Last summer some ct cur alumni were dis-
appointed when they recommended prospective students and found that their
names had to be put on a waiting list.
Since one of our best sources of new-
students is our alumni, this word is
therefore being sent out now to urge
all who are going to direct students
here to do so as soon as possible and
thus avoid disappointment.
For the past three years we have
been drawing large freshman classes
to this college and filling up our capac-
ity to its limits. As a result, our campus
will be crowded this coming fall with
a greater number of upperclassmen
than usual. This will automatically re-
duce the number of freshmen who can
be accepted. It is therefore already ap-
parent that the next freshman class
will have to be smaller than the three
freshman classes which preceded it.
This creates another reason for early
registration.
The September 1957 class is already
filling up. We therefore can expect our
enrollment cf last summer to be re-
peated this year. Our freshman enroll-
ment will probably be completed early
and we will again be forced to resort
to a waiting list this summer.
A question has recently been asked
why Susquehanna does not follow the
practice of the large universities and
the prestige institutions which hold up
announcement of the acceptance of new
students until the middle of April. The
answer is that since Susquehanna is
one of the relatively small liberal arts
colleges in Pennsylvania there would
be no gain to us in following the pro-
cedure of tiie "big" institutions. In
fact, we would stand to lose by sn
doing.
Under our present system it is to
our advantage to accept as early as
possible all of the good applicants who
apply here. We have found that in gen-
eral those who are willing to pay our
entrance fees early in order to gel
prompt acceptance want to come to
Susquehanna. Most of them are not
shopping around al other colleges. We
lose relatively few of these early ap-
plicants. Therefore, to delay until the
middle of April the acceptance of such
students would drive them to seek
entrance elsewhere. Under such a pro-
cedure, we might find ourselves in late
spring and summer forced to recruit
a large part of our freshman class from
the castoffs of other institutions in-
stead of being able to select early the
better students who really want to
come here.
Within the limitations of our entrance
requirements as stated in our catalogue
our Entrance Committee gives special
and extra attention to any applicant
who is sent to us by an alumnus of
Susquehanna. However, because of the
tremendous pressure which is on col-
leges these days, we must give prompt
consideration to those early applicants
who make Susquehanna their firsi
choice and are able to meet our en-
trance requirements.
Will you therefore send us the names
of those who are interested in entering
Susquehanna and we will send the nec-
essary information to facilitate early
registration.
'31
Susquehannans On Parade
(Continued from page 3)
Paul M. Haines on Jan. 26 will
represent Susquehanna at the
7th Annual Citation Luncheon, honor-
ing Presidents of the Penna. colleges
and universities, at the Shoreham Ho-
tel in Washington, D. C. Paul has been
elected as a member-at-large of the
Executive Committee of this organiz-
ation, which brings together the alumni
of all Penna. colleges and universities
in the Washington area. Ira C. Sassa-
man on Dec. 1 began his work as Di-
rector of Christian Education for the
Central Penna. Synod of the U.L.C.A.
He will guide the work of Christian
Education among the 625 congregations
of the Svnod.
'32
Dr. Andrew V. Kozak is now
with the Glenn L. Martin Co.,
Baltimore 3, Md.
'38
'40
H. S.,
'48
The Rev. James B. DifTenderfer
was recently installed as a
member of the Chaplaincy Staff of the
Lutheran Board of Inner Missions at a
service held in Trinity Church, Darby,
Pa. Pastor Diffenderfer will serve in
the Philadelphia area.
Eugene F. Williams is now Prin-
cipal of the Middle Township
H. S., Cape May Courthouse, N. J.
Mrs. John Mertz (Harriet
Gould), Head of the Music Dept.
at South Miami, Fla. Jr. H. S., was a
member of the faculty of the Music
Education Workshop held Aug. 6-17 at
Appalachian State Teachers College,
Boone, N. C.
t i /\ John Hospo-
4^7 dar, Jr. in
April was appoint-
ed Assistant to the
Director of Ac-
counting for the
Campbell Soup Co.,
Camden, N. J.
'51
President of Alumni Assoc, Clyiir K.
Spitzner. with Homecoming Queen,
Miss Elizabeth Stradling of Barclay,
Md.
Robert R.
* ■» ^^ J J^ Patterson is
John Hosp^dar, Jr. in the Sales Dept.
of the Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., San
Francisco, Calif.
JTrt Faye R. Lewis has joined the
3^ faculty of the Susquehanna
Township School District, Dauphin
County. She is teaching mathematics.
The Rev. William Gordon Joyce is now
pastor of the First Evangelical Luther-
an Church, Ridgway, Pa. Pastor Joyce
had previously served as Assistant Pas-
tor at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Pitts-
burgh.
>f^Q William A. Davenport is a field
00 representative for the Aetna
Casualty and Surety Co. in Pittsburgh.
(Continued on Next Page)
December 1956
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
Alumni Contributors (Cont'd fi'om Page 4)
1938 — $375.00
Ethel Ramer Coulter
Mary Heim Davey
Reed A. Greninger
Martha Bolig Hess
Ray W. Kline
Caroline Grubb Reisinger
1939 — S302.00
Jean B. Beamenderfer
HaroldH. Benion
Marjorie Curtis Hanson
W. Frank Laudenslayer
Eleanor Croft Learn
Paul D. Ochenrider
Mathilda Neudoerffer Powt-ll
R. Harold Saunders
Jane Schnure
Louise E. West
1940 — 5404.10
Elizabeth J. Barnhart
David Coren
John G. Gensel
J. Leon Haines
John A. Learn
Joseph Mehalow
William E. Nye
Paul M. Orso
WiUard H. Schadel
Jack P. Shipe
Virginia Mann Wolren
1941 — 5705.00
Dorothy E. Artz
Katherine Dietterle Benion
Florence Reitz Brenneman
Warren C. Herrold
Merle V. Hoover
Elaine Miller Hunt
Faith Harheson McNitt
Glenn L. Musser
Dnnglas A. Portzline
HilHa M. Ritter
Hilda Friederick Schadel
Paul C. Shatto. Jr.
1942 — $740.00
John F. Adams
Sanford P. Blough
Frederit'k O. Brubaker
Melvin E. Haas
Philip L. Hilbish
June Hendricks Hoke
Marv Krumbholz Hoover
Jnhn D. Ickes
Ellen Brand Lewis
Edward S. Rogers, Jr.
Blanche For^'ey Rogers
Philip R. Templin
Ralph E. Wolfgang
1943 — $105.00
Dorothy Williamson Adams
Mar>' Cox Moore
1944 — $122.00
Katherine Heldt Aueker
Janet Hoke Reiff
Raymond R. Schramm
C. Glenn Schueler
1945 — .?60.00
John J.Kocsis
Corinne Kohn Kramer
Jean Geiger Nyman
1946 — $397.50
James R. Clark
Janet L. Rohrbach
Jean Wheat Schramm
Helen Hocher Schueler
Dorothy Sternat Thomas
1917 — $420.00
Virginia Hallock Damiencki
Naomi E. Day
Edith Kemp Fisher
.lean L. Huver
Hilda Markey Kocsis
John R. Leach
Elizabeth Miller Leach
Richard D. Moglia
Alan Parcells
George E. Riegel. Ill
Elise Thompson Wohlsen
Ruth Williams Zeidler
1948 — $309.50
Alvin Glanzberg
Caroline Graybill Heimberger
Charles L. Lady
Eleanor Steele Lady
Richard W. Lindemann
Allan B. Packman
Robert F. Wohlsen
William P. Yancho
Frank A. Zeidler
1949 — $fi50.00
Jean Bleeher Berninger
Grace E. Billow
Theron W. Coni-ad
Grace Lau Hawk
Mai-y Getsinger Hohman
Harry R. Johnston
Gertrude Roberts Lindemann
Kenneth M. Merz
Charles A. Morris
Palmer Otto
Columbus H. Raup
Ella Fetherolf Raup
James B. Reilly
Charles H. Rohmann
Nevin C. T. Shaffer
Ralph H. Tietbohl. Jr.
1950 — $222.00
Robert L. Block
Shirley Nicklin Bogdanffv
Paul R. HafRy
Rosemary Kallir Levi
Anna Mae Oyster
Janet Wolf Statler
Dorald E. Wissinger
1951 — $72.50
Jean Hill Delsite
Marianne E. Fague
Robert A. Pittello
Marilyn Beei-s Reilly
Jane Bollinger Schroedter
Merrill W. Shafer
Susan Foltz Tietbohl
Flora Barnhart Wissinger
1952 — $395.00
C. Dale Gateman
James Hazlett
Patricia F. Heathcote
Cynddylan M. Jones
Kaye R. Lewis
. Lynne L. Lightfoot
John H. Momrow, Jr.
Lois Renfer
Ruth Smith Robinson
Jacob Spangler. Jr.
David G. Volk
G. Allen Vollmers
1953 — $402.50
Elizabeth Burnham Chase
William C. Church
Mary Ann Dixon
V. Carl Gacono
Joseph H. Heffner
Kenneth E. Orris
1954 — $595.00
Henry R. Albright. Jr.
Ned M. Arbogast
Kenneth H. Bothwell. Jr.
Wallace E. Gordon
Joanne L. Heinly
Marilyn J. Huyett
Faye Kostenbauder
Janet L. La,ue
Orville H. Lauver
Jean Rowe Lauver
Graydon L Lose
Irene K. Oldt
Jayne Daily Pettit
Frank D. Richards
Ruth E. Osborn
Rebecca J. Shade
Bettv L. Weisenfluh
1955 — $107.50
Helen Spaeth Church
Annabelle Thomas Rogers
Eleanor Benner Stuck
195G — $395.00
Janet Brandes
Eugene F. Kolva
Nancy J. McCuIlough
Anna Jane Mover
New Pecht
DianneH. Schiike
Margaret D. Sultzbaugh
1957 — $30.00
Mary Lou Rosendale
Dorothy J. Wardle
TOTALS ALUMNI $20,565.00
ALUMNI TRUSTEES .— 10.670.00
HONORARY ALUMNI
AND FRIENDS
9,235.00
FRIENDS
Mrs. Mae W. Carter
Theron D. Conrad
First National Bank
Selinsgrove
Isaac L. Gates
Philip A. Gerner
Nora G. Green
Bertha M. Hein
Dorothy M. Kleitz
Harry S. Knight
Margaret E. Morgan
No'-'hea'^tem Lancaster
Co. Luth. Pastoral Assoc.
Penna. Power & Light Co, Dr. W. W. Tomlinson
Phi Mu Delta Mrs. W. J. Wagner
Phi Mu Delta Alumni Margaret L. Wendt
Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. ReaWaldemar A. Weyl
Amos Alonzo Stagg. Sr. Dr. Louis R. Wiley
William H. Stockel Harold Wolff
Susquehannans On Parade ( Cont'd from Page 6)
attending the Academy of
>p J Georffe Liddington has been
J^ promoted to the position of man-
ager of the Providence, R. I. depart-
ment of Kraft Foods Co. Mr. Lidding-
ton has been with the company in the
N. Y. City office for over a year. Or-
ville H. Lauver has accepted a position
as a junior internal auditor with the
Caterpillar Tractor Co.. York, Pa.
Graydon I. Lose, upon discharge from
military service, accepted a position as
bookkeeper at the First National Bank,
Middleburg, Pa. Audrey M. Warnets is
now secretary to the Director of the
Arts and Science Extension Program of
Pennsylvania State University.
Edward G. Walker x'oo toured
Europe last summer. He is now
'55
Advance
Traffic Management in N. Y. City.
Ivars Avots is in the U. S. Army. He
is internal auditor with the Army Audit
Agency, where he worlcs at Headquar-
ters, Ordnance Weapons Command,
Davenport, Iowa. Richard W. Owens
left the U. S. on Oct. 13 for Europe as
part of Operation Gyroscope. Arlan K.
Gilbert, a graduate student at the Univ
of Delaware, is the author of an article
which appeared in the Sept. issue of
■'Delaware Histcry," a magazine pub-
lished by the Historical Society of Dela-
ware. The 25-page article is entitled
"Oliver Evans' Mem:ir 'On the Origin
cf Steam Boats and Steam Wagons' ".
(Continued on Page 8)
Fraternity Alumni News
THETA CHI
The alumni association of Theta Clii
Fraternity, Beta Omega Chapter, met
at the chapter house on Homecoming,
Oct. 27. Officers elected for the year
1956-57 were: Pres., Chester G. Rowe
'52; Vice Pres., William E. Sullivan "35;
Sec'ty, Dr. Glenn L. Musser '41, Treas.,
William B. Pritchard '40.
Other members on the Board of Di-
rectors are Dale C. Gateman '52, Merle
V. Hoover '41, Franklin R. Wolfe '48,
the Rev. Gerald E. Moorhead '51, Dr.
Glenn L. Musser '41 and Dr. Russell
Gilbert.
A report on the house was given by
the active Chapter President, Jack
Bishop. At the present time the house
is contemplating purchasing some new
furniture. The most recent additions
have been a table presented by Dr. Gil-
bert, and a T.V. set purchased by the
house. It is hoped more alumni will
assist in this undertaking.
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA
The recent assumption of the Bond
& Key Club as a colony of Lambda Chi
Alpha made it necessary to change the
organization of the alumni of the form-
er group. Accordingly, at the annual
meeting held at the Club Home on
Homecoming, Oct. 27, the newly incor-
porated Bond & Key Alumni Associ-
ation became constituted. The main
function of this organization is to
strengthen and assist the active mem-
bers of the Lambda Chi Alpha legally,
financially and physically. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year: Pres., Marsh C. Bogar
'51; V. Pres., W. Alfred Streamer '26:
Sect'y., Lester C. Heilman '52 and
Treas., W. David Gross '47.
PHI MU DELTA
At the Homecoming celebration on
Oct. 27, the Alpha Sigma Chapter of
Phi Mu Delta held its annual meeting.
Officers elected for the coming year
were: Pres., Warren J. Pirie '49; V.
Pres., Robert A. Gabrenya '40; Sect'y.,
Robert F. Wohlsen '48 and Treas., Ed-
ward Pfeiffer '50. Members elected to
the Beard of Trustees for a one-year
term are: Charles A. Morris '49, chair-
man, Perce R. Appleyard x22, Henry
Geise '56. Robert F. W. Meader, Ed-
ward Pfeiffer, Warren J. Pirie and G.
Kenneth Sm.all '50.
The Association voted an appropri-
ation to the S.U. Centennial Fund. It
also went on record as urging all mem-
bers to contribute to this worthy en-
deavor by the University.
Those who have not received copies
of "The Astonisher", should contact
Warren Pirie, The Oxford Academy,
Pleasantville, N.J.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December 1956
BASKETBALL SEASON
AWAY TO GOOD START
Coach Ed. Pfeifler and his basketball-
ers are currently standing 2-2, losing
to a strong Rider College quintet and a
spirited Dickinson College, while win-
ning from Washington College and Ur-
sinus.
With more depth than in the past few-
years, it is expected that the Crusaders
will go through the season with a con-
siderably better than .500 percentage.
Leading the team in the scoring
column, is the popular Frank Romano,
with an average to date of 32 points
per game. Frank and his team-mate 6'
4" Dwight Huseman will graduate this
year, and Coach Pfeiffer hopes the
alumni will send him adequate re-
placements.
The schedule for the remainder of
the season follows:
Jan.
5 — National Aggies
H
Jan.
7 — Juniata
H
Jan.
i* — Dickin.=on
H
Jan.
15 — Lycoming
A
Jan.
17 — Elizahethtown
H
Feb.
2 — Juniata
A
Feb.
6 — Lycoming
H
Feb.
R — Franklin & Marshall
A
Feb.
12 — Western Marjland
A
Feb.
lB_Wilkes
A
Feb.
18 — Lebanon Valley
H
Feb.
21— Elizabethtown
A
Feb.
23 — Haverford
A
Feb.
27— Wilkes
H
Mar
2 — Rutgers
A
(College of So. Jersey)
Flashes from the Campus
First play cf the season, under the
direction of Mr. Axel R. Kleinsorg, was
"The Heiress". Plans are now being
made to present "The Patsy", a three
act comedy by Barry Conners. The
cast consists of only freshmen, and from
all appearances, it should be a hit.
Mrs. Alice Giauque of Susquehanna',;
Conservatory of Music, accompanied by
37 Susquehanna students, attended the
annual convention of the Penna. Music
Educator's Association, held on Nov,
29, 30 and Dec. 1 in Harrisburg.
Susquehanna always has at this con-
vention one of the largest student dele-
gations, and besides the students and
faculty members, there were approxi-
mately 30 Susquehanna alumni in at-
tendance.
At the request of the editor of The
Parish School, a publication of the
U.L.C.A. Board of Parish Education,
Dr. Albert A. Zinimer, Head of the
Education Department, has prepared
an article dealing with the hidden ob-
jectives of members of church school
groups. This article will appear in the
January 1957 issue.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Alvin W. Carpenter
Newb^ijry Building
Sunbury,\Pa.
POSTMASTER— Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
NECROLOGY
A. Monroe Aurand, Jr. x'14 passed away
very suddenly on April 26, 1956. He
had been very well-known in edi-
torial circles as an authority on the
Penna. Germans, and authored sev-
eral books and pamphlets on this sub-
ject. Mr. Aurand lived at 270 Forster
Street, Harrisburg.
Frank S. FoUmer '12 passed away about
a year ago according to a note re-
cently received from his wife. He
had been a civil engineer for the U.
S. Army, and had resided in San
Francisco, Calif.
William C. Hazlett '31 died suddenly at
his home in Chambersburg on Nov.
12. Mr. Hazlett was a prominent at-
torney in that area. He was also a
director of the Path Valley National
Bank and of the Lincoln Cemetery
Association.
The Rev. John S. Hollenbach x'].=)
passed away very suddenly on Sept.
3. Rev. Hollenbach had been pastor
of the Christ Evangelical & Reformed
Church in Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Anna M. Meyer '17 died on July
11 as a result of an automobile acci-
dent. Mrs. Meyer lived in Wheeling,
W. Va.
Walter A. Miller, Jr. '36 passed away on
Oct. 1. He had been Superintendent
of Schools in North Bergan, N. J.
where he resided at 8750 Blvd Street.
U. A. Moyer '08 of Huntington, Pa.,
died on Sept. 25. Mr. Moyer had
been hospitalized for several weeks
before his death.
Ellis C. Persing '08 suddenly passed
away on April 4. Mr. Persing lived
in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Rev. Frederick H. Schrader '91 died
at the National Lutheran Home for
the Aged in Washington, D. C. on
Nov. 9, Before his retirement in
1940, he had served pastorates in
Penna. at Lairdsville, Union Deposit,
Cairnbrook, Glasgow and Hempstead,
Maryland.
Mrs. Sarah Walter (Sarah G. Snyder)
x'03 of Rockwood, Pa. died on June
27, 1955,
The Rev. Wilson Dykeman Worman
died on Nov. 3. Before his retirement
from the active ministry in 1953, he
had served most of his pastorates in
New York state.
Park L. Zellers '33 passed away on
March 26. He was a printing in-
structor in the Harrisburg School Dis-
trict, Harrisburg, where he resided at
2726 Boas Street.
Dr. William Grant Landes, Hon. '22,
passed av.ay Dec, 15 at his home in
Clinton, N,Y. From 1927 until his
retirement in 1935, Dr. Landes had
served ^s executive secretary of the
N.Y. State Council of Church and Re-
ligious Education. Ho was also on the
executive committee of the Interna-
tional Sunday School Association.
Ernest W. Nichols '16 died in Veterans
Hospital, Lebanon, Pa., on Dec. 9
after a prolonged illness. Mr. Nich-
ols, who resided in Hanover, had
been employed by the Equitable Iowa
Life Insurance Co.
'56
Susquehannans on Parade
(Continued from Page 7)
Eloise W. Irmie returned Sept.
8 from a 72 day tour of Europe
which included Holland, Germany,
Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France.
She is now Assistant Dept. Manager of
Strawbridge and Clothier, Phila. Don-
ald E. Rook is working for the U. S.
Electrical Motors, Inc., Phila., Pa.
Xfr'Q Nancy Lockett is a secretary
JQ at the Penna. Univ. Hospital,
Phila. Corrine Seebold is employed as a
medical secretary at the Evangelical
Community Hospital, Lewisburg, Pa.
Flo and Sara Troutman are both stenog-
raphers at the E, I. duPont de Nemours
& Co. in Wilmington, Del. Janis E.
Quigley is employed by the Dana Corp.,
Pottstown, Pa. as a secretary.
LIBRARY
JUSQUtHANNA UNIVERSITY
VOL. XXV
March, 1957
No. 3
Ground - Breaking for Heilman Music Hall
Ground-breaking ceremonies for Susquehanna's new music building took place, Monday,
February 11. In attendance were many students and friends. The new building will be
named the Heilman Music Hall in memory of John K. Heilman and his brother Abraham H.
Heilman and in recognition of the generous benefactions of Mrs. May Heilman Spangle.
Pictured above from left to right are: Dr. Harry W. Miller '14, Director; The Rev. Paul
B. Lucas '28, Director; Dr. John F. Harkins '15, Pres. of the Exec. Comm. of the Bd. of Direc-
tors; W. Alfred Streamer '26. Director; Dr. Nona M. Diehl, Director: Mrs. Charles A. Nicely.
Pres. of the Women's Au.xiliary; The Rev. Richard B. Martin. Director; Frank A. Eyer '98,
Secy.-Treas. of the Bd. of Directors; President G. Morris Smith, Mrs. G. Morris Smith, Chair,
of the Promotion Comm. of the Women's Auxiliary; F. William Brandt, Charles A. Nicely,
J. Edward Lenker, Dan Smith, Jr. and Orlando W. Houts, Directors.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
I
March, 1957
Alumni in Record Giving Contribute Over
$36,000 to Centennial Fund. 169 Members
in the Century Club. Fund Still Growing
Since the last issue of the Quarterly, alumni have contributed almost $5,000
to the Centennial Fund. Reported in the December issue was a total of $31,235,
which added to recent contributions gives the alumni credit lor $36,134.70. This
encouraging report is in the finest tradition of Susquehanna University, and is the
largest amount ever contributed by the alumni in response to any appeal.
This Centennial Appeal, off to a good start in 1956, continues through 1957
and into early 1958. Alumni President, Clyde Spitzner, in urging members to
send in their contributions and pledges covering this period, has said, "for Sus-
quehanna alumni this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
The first phase of the Centennial Appeal consisted of a series of letters sent
to all alumni by President G. Morris Smith, by alumni President Clyde Spitzner,
and by Dr. John F. Harkins, President of the Board of Directors. Alumni within
the Central Penna. Synod of the United Lutheran Church were contacted through
their local churches.
Thought is now being given by President Spitzner, and undoubtedly will be
discussed on Alumni Day, for the second phase of the Appeal.
The story will never be told of the efforts of many alumni who gave so gener-
ously of their time to this appeal. In a letter recently received by President
Spitzner, an alumna wrote: "We have 212 communing members of our church,
and our goal of $787 seemed quite high. However, after receiving help from the
Alumni Office, I can now assure you that at least one-third of our community is
now well-acquainted with Susquehanna University. . . . My husband and I con-
tributed through our church, but after the first of the year I plan to do more."
It is hoped many of those who have not yet sent in their pledges will do so
before Alumni Day, so that a full report can be given to the council meeting in
the morning, and to the general alumni body in the afternoon.
Listed below are names of those who have contributed since the last issue of
the Quarterly. Several alumni who contributed through their church have notified
the Alumni Office and their names are herewith included:
Charles A. Goss
1904 —
Ira E. Fcnstermae-her
1906 —
Bertha Houtrh
1909 —
J. Bannon Swope
1910
Margaret Schmiermund Bruce
1927 —
Jane E. Botsford
Ruth J. Brubaker
Emily E. Craig
Delsey Morris Gross
D. Fern Ogline
Spurgeon T. Shue
192>!
George B. Manhart
1916
David S. Kammerer
A. Bahner Portzline
Phoebe Herman
Harrj' V, Knorr
Marion Moyer Potteiger
1918
Eva P. Herman
Miriam Grossman Lundahl
S. Irwin Roush
1920
Newton L. Bartges
Mary Farlling Hollway
Elizabeth Hauser Kinsel
Andrew E. Rushin
Russell E. Yoas
Mary Shaffer Heinze
Mildred I. Potteiger
Katherine P. Reed
Dorothy Strine Bowers
Nancy Lecrc^e Fay
Shei-man E. Good
Mary Grcninger
J. Richard Mattern
Dallas C. Baer
1921 —
Mabel Steffen Brosious
John I. Cole
Stella Risser Cole
1924 —
W. John Dcrr
Emily Van Dyke
P^dith Littley Kronmeyer
Rachael Brubaker Whited
1931
1925
Paul W. Freed
Frank C. Gill
William S. Ht*rm:.nn
Helen Culp Hort
Samuel B. Brosious
J. Smith Coldren
Thelma E. Crebs
Cornelius I. .Jarrott
Andrew V. Kozak
Mai-ie Miller Mosteller
Michael Rachunis
1SI34 —
Edwin M. Clapper
B. Esther Ditchfleld
D. Edgar Hutchison
•Vber'een Philli-is Hutchison
Isabella Horn Klick
H. Blanche Savidge
1935 —
Ruth Newell Kehler
T,ouise Mehring Koontz
Alfarata A. Stamets
1936 —
"avid R. Evans. Jr.
Frances Mann Miller
1937 —
Donald A. Gaver
Mary Scott Gumpher
Walter H. Kehler
193S —
Eleanor B. Brown
Karl E. Kniseley
9 —
Robert M. Bastress
.lames B. Diffenderfer
Henrj- J. Ktil
1^40 —
Andrew A. Clark. Jr.
John W. Hoffman
Florence Kolhermel I.atsha
lil39
1941
Paul W. Hettes
Preston E. Parmer
1983
Amelia K. Williams
""Trgaret Dunkle Kniseley
Kenneth E. Wilt
Mary Cox Moore
1944 —
Jean H. Renfer
1SI45 —
William A. Hays
(Continued on Page 3)
HISTORY OF SUSQUEHANNA
UNIVERSITY TO BE
PUBLISHED
As part ol Susquehanna's Cen-
tennial celebration, the Univer-
sity will publish "The History of
Susquehanna University", part of
which is now in the hands of the
printer, and which should be otf
the press in early May, 1958.
This publication should be of
great interest to many alumni and
it is expected it will be widely dis-
tributed.
Those interested in receiving a
copy should notify the Alumni
Office as soon as possible. The
tentative price has been set at
$1.50.
New Sorority On Campus
The Board of Trustees of the Univer-
sity has recentlj' approved the forma-
tion of a third sorority on campus. Now
organized on a local basis, application
will soon be made for affiliation with a
national body. The new sorority, Nu
Sigma Tau, now has twenty members.
Its officers are: Pres., Lynn Hassinger;
V. Pres., Lois Kohl; Recording Secy.,
Carol Rover; Corresponding Secy., Lor-
raine Kelly; Treas., Edith Parr; Chap-
plain, Mildred Barabas and Sgt. at
Arms, Marilyn Faiss.
Baseball OflF To Good Start
Baseball got away to an early start
this year when 28 turned out with Coach
Dick Hummel x'40 who is in his second
year as leader of the Crusaders ball
club.
Prospects at the moment are un-
known and depend greatly on the pitch-
ing staff. Hummel, in his first year, dul
a good job with the team, and undoubt-
edly will get out of this year's squad
every ounce of skill, hustle and co-op-
eration.
The schedule is as follows:
Apr. 6 — Lebanon Valley H
Apr. 8— Bucknell A
Apr. 11— Albright H
Apr. 25 — Lycoming H
Apr. 27 — National Aggies A
May 2 — Dickinson A
May 4 — Drexel H
May 7 — Dickinson H
May 10 — Temple H
May 11 — Juniata A
May 14 — Gettysburg A
May 16 — Elizabethtown H
May 18— Wilkes A
May 20 — Lycoming .\
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Po t Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912
Publis'ned four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove. Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
March, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
PFEIFFER HAS GOOD
BASKETBALL SEASON
Basketball Coach Ed Pfeiffer wound
up the best season in the past number
of years by coming through with 11
wins against 8 losses. Pride and joy
of this year's team was record-breaking
Frank Romano, who smashed all exist-
ing records at S. U.
Romano, who transferred to Susque-
hanna from George Washington U.,
thereby losing a year's eligibility, racked
up a total of 1386 points in 21/2 years,
with a career average of 27.7 points per
game. At the time of going to press,
national statistics were not in, but Ro-
mano will probably stand 6th in the
nation (small colleges) in individual
scoring. There is a very good chance
that he will attain Little Ail-American
honors.
Graduating this year with Romano
will be rebounder specialist Dwight
Huseman. The rest of the team will be
intact for next season, and Coach
Pfeiffer is relying on alumni to send
him adequate replacements for Romano
and Huseman.
Pfeiffer Points Way to Players who Wind-up Basketball Career
Coach Ed Pfeiffer '50 with (left to right) Dwight Huseman and Frank Romano
Alumni Contributors (Cont'd fi-om Page 2)
1946 —
Jean Straiisser Green
Carl L. Herman
Gloria Reichley Krug
Robert E. Winter
Aria Bilger Marks
1949 —
H. Lee Hebel
Edith Wagner Hebel
Mary Jane Jessen
Mary Smith Sanders
Lawrence M. Smith
Evan P. Zlock
1950 —
Donald R. Davis
Barbara Watkins Hartley
Roger C. Howling
JoAnn Hort Moyer
Barbara Wheat
John J, Witowski
1951 —
Nelda Shafer Davis
Marjorie Alexander Harbst
Ja^e Bollinger Schroedter
1952 —
James Hazlett
Bernice Jochem Howling
Ethel M. McGrath
Claire S. Mitch
FRIENDS
1953 —
Charles N. Mason. Jr.
Caroline Rutherford Mason
Robert A. Meslor
Arthur W. Roush
1954 —
Ronald F. Goodman
Ruth E. Osborn
1956
x'58
John C. Bunke
Glenn Edwin Smith
S —
Janice Paul
Flo A. Troutman
Sara V. Troutman
Dr. George H. Berkheimer Dr. Charles B. Foelsch McClellan Chevrolet. Inc.. State College
Robert K. Botsford Miss Beatrice Herman Ivirs. .'Vlexander Slarcoff
First National Bank of Sunbury William F. Hittinger Dr. Martin S. Tozer
Young People of 1st Lutheran Church. Carlisle (Sister Gladys Moore, '56)
St. Luke's Church. Silver Spring, Md.
GRAND TOTALS
ALUMNI $36,134.70
HONORARY ALUMNI AND FRIENDS $10,220.00
— Century Club Members —
Listed below are alumni who have, since the last issue ol the Quarterly, con-
tributed $100 or more to the Centennial Fund directly through the Alumni
Office, or in some cases, through their Church. The Alumni Office regrets it
dees not have the names of many others who have contributed through their
churches in the Central Pennsylvania Synod.
Mabel Steffen Brosious
Samuel B. Brosious
Thelma E. Crebs
.James B. Diffenderfer
David R. Evans, Jr.
Paul "W. Freed
Marv Scott Gumpher
.John V/. Hoffman
Mary Farlling Hollway
Helen Culp Hort
D. Edgar & Aberdeen
Phillios Hutchison
Ruth Newell Kehler
Henrv J. Keil
Walter H. Keller
Elizabeth Hauser Kinsel
Karl E. & Margaret
Dunkle Kniseley
Harry V. Knorr
Louise Mehring Koontz
Preston E. Parmer
A. Bahner Portzline
Katherine P. Reed
S. Irwin Roush
Spurgeon T. Shue
Alfarata A. Stamets
J. Bannen Swope
S. U. RECEIVES GRANT
Susquehanna University has recently
received a grant in the amount of $7,313
from the United States Public Health
Service. This grant has come to Sus-
quehanna upon the recommendation of
the National Advisory Council and cov-
ers a two-year period.
Briefly, the study, which is a con-
tinuation of work originally started by
Dr. Robert L. Amy in the Biology Divi-
sion of the Oak Ridge National Labora-
tories, is in connection with an investi-
gation concerning the effects of ultra-
violet radiation on insect development.
It is known that a number of the
substances involved in embryological
development are sensitive to this type
of radiation, but at present, their exact
role in development is poorly under-
stood. The purpose of the proposed
study is to gain additional information
about these substances and the part
they play in the basic mechanisms con-
cerned in the growth of an embryo.
Since developmental processes in living
things are similar, information acquired
from insect studies should be applicable
to all forms of life including man.
Application for the grant was made
by Dr. Amy, who will conduct the pro-
ject in his laboratory at S. U. and who
will have the assistance of one or more
students. The schedule will begin Ap-
ril 1.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1957
Early Football at S. U. Where "Stomachs
Were a Depository for Knees", Defended by
Faculty. Dr. John 1. Woodruff First Coach
by WILLIAM S. CLARK '48
Editor's Note: The following appeared in the May, 1956, issue of the Susquehanna
Studies, and is used with the permission of the editors.
S. U.'s FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM— SEASON 1892
FRONT ROW (leit to right) — Rev. Harry C. Michael '96, unidentified, R. C. Smith
'94, unidentified, Ur. Frank E. Woodley '98. SECOND ROW— Harry B. Hare, Rev.
C. P. Bastian '92, unidentified, Samuel B. Hare '96, Dr. John I. Woodruff '88. TOP
ROW — Dr. William M. Rearick '97, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Rev.
William E. Grouser '94, The Alumni Office regrets it cannot identify six of the
players.
It was after dark on a chilly Saturday in November, 1890, when three students
returned to the campus of Missionary Institute in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Samuel B. Hare, Robert C. Smith, and Harry C. Michael jumped down from their
horse and buggy and made their way briskly out the west road to the school. It
was evident from the expressions on their faces and the sound of their excited
voices that they were full of enthusiasm. Their anxiety to tell their friends of
the great experience they had had that afternoon was almost uncontrollable. The
three of them had just returned from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, where they had
witnessed for the first time a game of rugby football.
Hare, Smith, and Michael, after re-
lating their story, soon attempted to
transmit to their classmates their en-
thusiasm for the new game. However,
since football was an unknown game to
most of their friends, it was difficult to
arouse an interest among them. For
several years the students at Missionary
Institute had played a game which con-
sisted of kicking and knocking a ball
along the ground until it struck between
the two points of a goal. The goals
then established were "the old back-
stop along the path to the President's
residence and two panels of the board
fence west of Gustavus Adolphus Hall."
But this game bore little resemblance
to rugby football, a game, which out-
side a few centers such as Yale, Har-
vard, and Princeton, was new and un-
familiar.
What made the game doubly difficult
to introduce to the student body at Sel-
insgrove was the fact that the sport
lacked real organization and a sound
set of mature rules. Coupled with the
fact that baseball still retained an im-
mense popularity as a fall sport on the
Missionary Institute campus, the three
students were not successful in intro-
ducing the game there until the follow-
ing year. "Progress was necessarily
difficult and slow," said one student at
the time. "Football was an innovation.
The friends and patrons of the school
viewed the game with a suspicious eye.
. . . The game was not understood and
a taste first had to be cultivated. . . ."
By the autumn of 1892, however, foot-
ball was "fast becoming the national
fall sport of the American youth." Said
one writer: "the game . . . has grown
up into popular favor, until it now
holds a large part of public atten-
tion. . . ." This growing enthusiasm for
the game filtered slowly into Selins-
grove, which, at that time, lay some-
what remote from the main thorough-
fares of commerce. Finally, in 1892,
after constant urging by Hare, Smith,
and Michael and a great deal of encour-
agement from a new professor and for-
mer football player, John I. Woodruff,
as well as through the growing curiosity
about the game which became manifest
among the people Missionary Institute
"first launched out into the mysteries of
that greatest and most popular of col-
lege sports" with an organized team.
Professor Woodruff, with the aid of
Hare, Smith, and Michael, was able to
teach and train enough students to con-
stitute a football team that could repre-
sent the school. Since the campus at
the time was extremely small and no
space was available for a gridiron, the
team rented a nearby farm on which to
practice.
During the first season of organized
team play at Missionary Institute only
one official game was scheduled. On
Columbus Day, October 22. 1892, the
team traveled across the Susquehanna
River to Sunbury, Pennsylvania, to play
the Sunbury Athletic Club, a squad
composed partly of ex-college players.
The game that was played that day was
described as "exciting" by one who saw
it. He also mentioned evidence of much
sore feeling and stiff joints." Though
it was admitted that Missionary Insti-
tute played a good game, the team was
outclassed and defeated, 16 - 0. One
writer, who reviewed the game, said:
" 'Rome was not built in a day' nor was
Missionary Institute's reputation as a
football center made by its first game:
(
March, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
but where there is life there is hope,
and . . . later on we may be able to cheer
ourselves with the report of a victory
to our credit." Most of the students
who played in that first game had never
seen a football until a few weeks before
the event. Even the vocabulary of the
game was new to them.
The very next season, that of 1893,
Missionary Institute was able to report
its first victory in defeating the team
from the Bloomsburg State Normal
School, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, by
the score of 18-12. This was followed
by an overwhelming defeat of the town
team of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, 52-0.
During the 1893 season, football ceased
to be a "new" sport of the school. It
had ceased to be new because more peo-
ple in the community had seen games
and had read in the papers about the
exploits of the large universities, more
students had learned the game and had
"tried out" for the team, improved rules
had made team play more interesting
and significant, and the rough physical
contact that was characteristic of the
game stirred the imagination and emo-
tion of thousands. When there came to
the campus a new student who looked
stocky and broad-shouldered, he was
regarded immediately as a possible can-
didate for the football team.
But the game of football at Mission-
ary Institute, as at other schools and
colleges, did not develop without oppo-
sition. There were people who "were
loath to countenance it." The game
was branded as "brutal," as "barbar-
ous," and as "criminal." It was de-
nounced by many in bitter terms. Those
that participated in the game were con-
stantly reminded of how many deaths
had occurred because of it. The Board
of Trustees of Missionary Institute felt
"that they should enter their protest
against students leaving the . . . grounds
to engage in Foot Ball, considering the
game of such a character as injurious
to body as well as to the morals of the
young men who indulge in it."
Much of the early opposition to the
game apparently stemmed from the use
of the flying wedge. The flying wedge,
invented by Lorin F. Deland of Yale,
was an accepted formation by 1893. It
employed the mass-momentum princi-
pal and considerably increased the
roughness of the game and the number
of injuries. Said one Selinsgrove ob-
server, when he referred to the flying
wedge: "Stomachs were ... a deposi-
tory for knees." The consequences of
the use of the wedge were so alarming
that Army and Navy abolished their
service game that year. In Selinsgrove,
the effect of the increased roughness of
Alumni
Day Program -May 4
10:00 A. M.
Registration (and all day thereafter)
10:30 A. M.
Council Meeting in 103 Bogar
12:00 Noon
Luncheon and Class Reunions
on the campus
2:00 P. M.
General Alumni Assembly in
Seibert Hall, and presentation of Alumni
Achievement Award
3:00 P. M.
Miscellaneous activities . . .
take your choice:
1. Baseball — Crusaders vs.
Drexel
2. "Little Theatre" production
3. Musical Festi\'al
6:00 P. M.
Annual Dinner
Hosts for the day
— Members of the Philadelphia District Alumni Club
the game was looked upon with general
displeasure. At the beginning of the
1893 season, the Institute Journal, the
campus student paper, said, dispairing-
ly: "Foot Ball has been resurrected."
Many students, when they witnessed
what was happening, did not care to
play. Said one: "To play football or not
to play football? That is the question.
Whether it is better to be maimed,
bruised and disfigured and pose as a
hero, or remain indoors poring over dry
stones of knowledge, and grow sallow,
thin and round shouldered."
The editor of the school paper tried
to arouse new respect for the game by
suggesting the organization of a league,
among small central Pennsylvania col-
leges, which would create its own rules
and make the game safer. But nothing
came of his idea. Soon, however, the
flying wedge was outlawed and interest
in the game was considerably revived
among the players and spectators in
Selinsgrove.
Fortunately, from the very beginning,
football at Missionary Institute had the
support of esteemed members of the
faculty. This support gave the game
some prestige locally in the eyes of
many critics. John I. Woodruff, pro-
fessor of Latin and history, helped the
students organize their first football
team, coached it during the seasons of
1892 and 1893, and sometimes partici-
pated by playing right halfback. In
1894, Dr. Robert N. Hartman, professor
of chemistry, coached the team. In
1896, Dr. George E. Fisher, professor of
chemistry, took over these responsibili-
ties.
Faculty members, at times, defended
the game of football with their pens.
Thomas C. Houtz, professor of mathe-
matics, wrote an article entitled, "Is
Football an Evil?" In this article Pro-
fessor Houtz answered "the enemies of
the game [who] have . . . exhausted
their vocabularies in denouncing it, and
speaking all manner of evil against it."
Said the professor: "The fact that thugs
and toughs sometimes play football
does not prove that football players are
thugs and toughs." Many gentlemen
play the game, he wrote, and very posi-
tive benefits were to be gained by par-
ticipation. According to the mathe-
matics professor, the game helped a
young man to develop physically, it
helped to accentuate his powers of at-
tention and concentration, it taught him
to be quick to see and seize opportuni-
ties, and it taught him self-control, sub-
mission to authority, and respect for
the rights of others.
Jacob Yutzy, professor of German,
Hebrew, and Biblical and pastoral the-
ology, held that football had "a most
noble aim, a true purpose." Its aim,
he said, was "to invigorate, develop and
build up a symmetrical, sturdy, agile
and enduring physique." The game's
purpose was "to develop giants of Her-
culean physical strength" so that men
could bear the burdens of life. "No
other athletic game," wrote Professor
Yutzy, "can in so short a time . . . pro-
duce such respiration, such pure red-
blood-corpuscles, such wire-knit mus-
cles and such agile movements of body
and power of endurance." He contin-
ued: "Our age . . . calls for men of
brawn, men of physical courage and of
almost boundless physical endurance.
The object of football is to help meet
this demand."
(Continued Next Issue)
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1957
— Susquehannans on Parade —
fir' Nathaniel A. Danowsky, now
Ij with the Penna. Dept. of Public
Instruction, and formerly principal of
Western High School in Washington, D.
C, has had the honor of having his por-
trait painted by Luis Crespo, one of
Washington's best known artists. The
portrait was on exhibition for a time at
the George Washington University li-
brary, but has been placed permanently
in the library of the Western High
School.
Mrs. Charles Coxe (Jess Pleasanton)
last spring toured twelve European
countries. She was on sabbatical leave
from teaching duties at the Bald Eagle-
Nittany High School, Mill Hall, Pa.
t-t n The Rev. David S. Kammerer,
1Q Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, Littlestown, Pa., is engaged in
the erection of an educational and so-
cial annex to the church at an estimated
cost of $80,000. In a letter to Prof. Ed-
win M. Brungart, he indicated that af-
ter 32 years serving the same parish, he
still finds many responsibilities thrust
upon him. At a recent meeting of the
Jaycees, he received an award for his
"Outstanding contribution of more than
30 years in the ministry of this commu-
nity."
'17
The Rev. Dr. Park W. Hunting-
ton will deliver the Baccalau-
reate Sermon at the Univ. of Delaware,
on Sunday, June 2. Dr. Huntington's
latest booklet, "This Is The Hour" is
now in its third edition.
fCi -1 Mrs. Park W. Huntington (Ma-
^ I tie Romig) was recently elected
to serve a second year as President of
the Wilmington, Del. Council of United
Church Women .
David Stuempfle
?<|<J David W.
^^ Stuempfle
has recently been
appointed Principal
of Williamsport
High School, where
he had previously
been a teacher-
coach. He will be-
gin his duties in
June.
ft%p Christie E. Zimmerman, mi.s-
^ J) sionary to India, was the speaker
at the World Day of Prayer service ob-
served in St. Paul's Reformed Church,
Selinsgrove on March 8. Miss Zim-
merman is now on furlough and is liv-
ing with her aunt, Miss Harriet Zim-
merman '05, South High Street.
'OA William O. Roberts, music di-
^J/ rector of the Wilkes - Barre
school district, was elected president of
the Eastern Division of the Music Edu-
cators' National Conference at the
group's convention in Atlantic City,
March 4. He is also president of the
association's Pennsylvania branch. Bill's
daughter, Elizabeth, is enrolled in S. U.'s
freshman class for this September.
'37
Clyde R.
Spit zner,
our alumni Presi-
dent and commer-
cial manager of
Radio Station WIP,
Philadelphia, has
been named to the
Board of Directors
of the Pennsylvania
Broadcasting Co.
C. R. Spitzner
'41
Dr. Joseph F. Greco of Mt. Car-
mel. Pa., in February was elect-
ed President of the Northumberland
County Medical Society.
^ A A Robert M. Hunter has recently
tj^ been promoted by the General
Electric Co. He is now in the Rectifier
Engineering Division of G. E. at Elec-
tronic Parkway, Syracuse, N. Y,
f AQ Jack W. Beyer is now associ-
ijQ ated with James H. Drass, Inc.,
Sunbury, Investment and Brokerage
firm.
'49
Dr. Ralph H. Tietbohl, Jr. was
released from active duty with
the U. S. Navy on March 14. For the
past year he had been stationed at the
U. S. Naval Submarine Base Hospital
in New London, Conn, Dr. Tietbohl is
now practicing medicine at 2412 Penn.
Ave., West Lawn, Pa. James B. Reilly
has been made Division Manager for
the New England Division of the Men-
nen Co.
Dr. Robert L. Goetz stopped for lunch at
Phi Mu Delta on March 15 on his way
to Corning, N. Y. where he is re-estab-
lishing his practice of medicine. He
will be out of the Navy in early summer,
'CI John L. Eccker is now employed
J j^ by Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fen-
ner and Bean, investment firm, in the
Lansing, Mich, branch, and is now in
training at the heme office in New York
City. John received his Masters degree
from Michigan State Univ. last June,
W. Donald Fisher, C. P. A., opened an
office in Selinsgrove, recently. Donald
formerly was senior auditor-accountant
of the Vick Chemical Co. of New Jersey.
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
Laura M. Arnold '27 and Herbert Hai-t
wore united in marriage on Jan. 19
in Christ Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. They will
reside in Germantown, Phila.
Harry L. Batschclet, II, x'53 and Doro-
thy RoCaskoy were married on March
1. The wedding took place in Wil-
liamsport, Pa., where the couple re-
side.
Barbara A. Decker '50 married William
Siegfried on June 2, 1956. Barbara
was formerly employed by Philco in
Philadelphia. The couple is now re-
.<:iding in Arlington, Va.
The Rev. A. Ellsworth Grove, Jr. '25
was married on Palm Sunday, March
25, 1956 to Dorothy Wagner of Mif-
flinburg. Dr. William M. Rearick '94
(M. I.), performed the ceremony. The
couple live in Sellersville, Pa. where
Pastor Grove is pastor of three area
churches.
Nancy J. Henderson '56 and George M.
Nesbitt, Jr. x'59 were united in mar-
riage on March 2 in Jacob Lutheran
Church, Elysburg, Pa, The Rev.
Wayne Lupolt '52 officiated at the
double-ring ceremony, Nancy is
serving as Parish Worker for the
Atonement Lutheran Church, Wyo-
missing. Pa., while George continues
his studies at Albright College.
Eleanor Dively '56 was the soloist at
the wedding.
Douglas A. Portzline '41 was married in
late Jan. to Frances H. Walters in the
Selinsgrove Methodist Church. Mr.
Portzline is proprietor of Western
Auto Associate Store, Selinsgrove,
where the couple will reside. Abra-
ham B. Portzline '50, brother of the
groom, served as best man.
Area J. Regoli '56 married Pat M. D'Es-
posito on Sept. 23, 1956 in Bradley
Beach, N. J. The couple toured lower
Calif, and Mexico before returning to
Bradle.v Beach, N, J., where they re'
side at 501 Fourth Ave.
(Continued on Page 8)
fp*\ Lieut. Marvel Cowling was re-
J ,1 cently sworn in as Lieut. J. G.
in the regular Navy. Lieut. Cowling is
with District Staff Hdqs., Fourth Naval
District, U. S. Naval Base, Phila, Pa.
Robert J. MacNamara, Jr., who received
his Masters degree from the Univ. of
Pittsburgh, had part of his thesis ap-
pearing in the "Third Annual Report of
Research Conducted in Universities and
Liberal Arts Colleges of Penna." Bob
is now in his third year of teaching in
the Greensburg, Pa. high school.
I
March, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
Senator Ernest F. Walker '21 is introduced by daughter Betsy "59
to Dr. Russ' class in State and Local Government
Junior Co-eds
ANOIA — a daughter, Lynne Marie, was
born to Mr. '55 and Mrs. (Barbara
May '55) James J. Anoia on Feb. 6.
The Anoias reside at 16 Carlton Place,
Baldwin, N. Y.
BLOOIQUIST — Kevin Jonathan was
born on Jan. 31 to Mr. and Mrs. (Lil-
lian Hoover '50) R. John Bloomquist.
The Bloomquists reside at 222 Fron-
tenac Rd., Marquette Heights, 111.
BOWERS — Bryan Richard made his ap-
pearance on Aug. 10, 1956 in Aiken.
S. C, where he and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. (Marilyn J. Fetterolf '54)
Richard R. Bowers, reside.
DRISCOLL — Martha Eileen arrived at
her new home in New London, Conn,
on Jan. 13. Martha's parents are Mr.
'51 and Mrs. Joseph P. DriscoU. The
DriscoUs have two other daughters,
Kathy, 10, and Betsy, 7.
ECCKER — Scott Stagg was born on Jan.
5 to Mr. '51 and Mrs. (Barbara R.
Stagg x'52) John L. Eccker of 2128
Hamilton Rd., Okemos, Mich. Scott
is the Eccker's first child.
GELNETT — twin boys, Timothy John
and Thomas Edward, were born to Dr.
'46 and Mrs. Arthur J. Gelnett Feb.
13. The Gelnetts have two other
boys, Stevie, 5 and Scott, 3. They re-
side in Milton, Pa.
HENRY — David Norman arrived on No-
vember 29, 1956 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. (Ruth Lorrah '49) Norman
A. Henry, Richmond, Va. David is
their first child.
MYERS — a daughter. Dawn Sheila, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. (Beatrice Mor-
row '53) Earl A. Myers on Jan. 17.
The Myers are residing in State Col-
lege, Pa.
PIRIE — Lisa Alice arrived on the scene
Jan. 26 to Mr. '49 and Mrs. Warren
J. Pirie of Linwood, N. J. The Piries
have one other child, Christopher,
who is 3 years old.
TIETBOHL — Douglass Ralph was born
on Dec. 17, 1956. His parents are Dr.
'49 and Mrs. (Susan Foltz '51) Ralph
H. Tietbohl, Jr. The Tietbohls have
two other children, Patty, 3, and
Greg, 2.
WEBB — Cynthia Ellen arrived on Dec.
15, 1956, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
(Virginia Cochrane '49) Carl E. Webb.
The Webbs live in Caldwell, N. J.
They have one other child, Virginia,
who is 21/2 years old.
NECROLOGY
THE REV. CHARLES R. BOWERS
DDhc '19 passed away Dec. 7, 1956 at
his home in New Philadelphia, Ohio.
After serving a number of years in
the pastorate, he was admitted to the
Bar in Ohio and practiced law in New
Philadelphia until his retirement in
1955. He was a member of the Board
of Directors of S. U. from 1918 to
1933, and a member of the Board of
Education of the ULCA from 1927 to
1935.
Jacob B. Bulick '05, succumbed at his
home in Selinsgrove on Feb. 14. He
had been in failing health since Sept.,
1956. After a number of years teach-
ing and operating a retail store in
Selinsgrove, he had served as a Jus-
tice of the Peace since 1949.
Samuel B. Burkhart '02, of Avalon,
Pittsburgh, passed away on Feb. 5.
Prior to his retirement three years
ago, Mr. Burkhart was a salesman for
the Hughes-Ogilvie Co., office furni-
ture suppliers. He was an elder in
the Bellevue Presbyterian Church,
member of the board of management
of the North Boroughs YMCA and a
former officer of the Sertoma Club of
Pittsburgh.
The Rev. Frederick R. Greninger Sem.
'18, died on Jan. 20. Pastor Greninger
had been pastor of St. Stephen's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pitts-
burgh, Pa. Before coming to Pitts-
burgh, he served pastorates in Mon-
toursville. Pa., Williamsport, Pa. and
Altoona, Pa. He also served as ser-
vice center pastor in Columbia, S. C.
and Columbus, Ga. during World War
n.
William H. Kempfer x'05, passed away
on Dec. 25, 1956 in his home at 517
Strawbridge Ave., Melbourne, Fla.
Mr. Kempfer was owner of the Mel-
bourne Wholesale Grocery firm, hav-
ing organized the chain of Kempfer
grocery stores in surrounding towns.
He was also an honorary member and
past president of the local Rotary-
Club, served as a director of Brevard
Hospital for many years and was a
past president of the Brevard County
Cattlemen's Association.
Stanley H. Mummey '49 succumbed sud-
denly on Jan. 28 at his home in Mun-
cy. Pa. He was a member of the fac-
ulty of Muncy Joint Schools, having
served as instructor in instrumental
music since 1954. Mr. Mumme.y be-
longed to the Ronald Ritter Post,
American Legion, the Muncy Rotary
Club, American Federation of Musi-
cians and the St. Andrew Lutheran
Church.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1957
Club News
ALTOONA
The Altoona District Alumni Club
will hold its annual spring meeting in
the Replogle Party House, 426 Walnut
St., Roaring Spring, on Thursday eve-
ning, April 25.
CENTER-UNION
The annual spring meeting of the
Center-Union District Alumni Club is
being held in the Evangelical and Re-
formed Church, Aaronsburg. on Friday,
April 12 at 6:30 P. M. The women of
the church will serve a turkey dinner.
JOHNSTOWN
The Johnstown District Club is plan-
ning a dinner meeting for May 1 at Von
Lunen's Restaurant in Geistown, Pa.
NORTH NEW JERSEY
The North New Jersey Club held its
annual dinner meeting at the Friar
Tuck Inn, Cedar Grove on Sat., March
2. New officers for 1957-59 were in-
stalled: Co-Presidents, Mr. '51 and
Mrs. (Floris Guyer '50) Herbert Hains,
V. Pres., Jacob Spangler '52 and Secy.-
Treas., Mr. '52 and Mrs. (Shirley Nick-
lin '50) Robert Bogdanffy. After a
short business meeting, the 44 members
in attendance enjoyed a talk by
"Whitey" Keil '39, football coach at S.
U., who showed colored movies of the
Crusaders in action.
SUSQUEHANNA-VALLEY
Plans are now being made for the
Susquehanna - Valley District Alumni
Club to hold its annual meeting on the
campus the evening of April 30. The
group will have dinner in Horton Din-
ing Hall, followed by a business meet-
ing. Later on, members will have an
opportunity to attend Susquehanna's
Orchestra Concert in Seibert Hall at
8:15 P. M.
WILKES-BARRE
The Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Club held
its spring banquet on March 19 at the
Hotel Sterling, Wilkes - Barre. The
speaker at the meeting was Dr. William
A. Russ, Jr., Professor of History at
S. U. Officers elected were: Pres., John
E. Noonan '28 and Secy.-Treas., Claire
Haggerty Backer '54.
YORK-HANOVER
The annual spring meeting of the
York-Hanover Club will be held on
April 25 at 6:30 P. M. in the Reformed
Church, Abbottstown, Pa. The women
of the church will serve a turkey din-
ner.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER— Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post GfTice as Second Class Matter
Class Reunions Scheduled For Alumni Day, May 4, 1957
As always, the heart of an Alumni Day program is the various class
reunions. Classes due to hold reunions this year have responded more read-
ily than in the past, and have had an earlier start in promoting their ac-
tivities.
The very successful program of the past few years will be continued
this year, when the anniversary classes will meet in separate rooms on the
campus for their noon luncheons, followed by fellowship, story telling, pic-
ture taking, etc. The following classes will hold reunions on May 4:
Representative
Charles I. Boyer, 601 Market St., Lewisburg, Pa.
Frank S. Noetling, 305 Reagan St., Sunbury, Pa.
The Rev. Paul H. Stahl, 1034 Market St., Lewisburg, Pa.
Dr. Park W. Huntington, 715 W. 37th St., Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. Sydney S. Dunning (Beatrice Fisher) 736 Pembrook Ave.,
Jenkintown, Pa.
The Rev. Bert E. Wynn, 207 W. King St., Bedford, Pa.
Maurice C. Sheaffer, 93 Logan St., Lewistown, Pa.
Mr. Francis R. Gelnett, 210 S. Market St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
Mr. Neil C. Fisher, Box 121, Sandy Lake, Pa.
Mr. Frank Corcoran, Asst. P.M., S&T, Military College,
Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Clair W. Settle (Ann Guise) Main St.,
Biglerville, Pa.
Inniv.
Year
55th
1902
50th
1907
45th
1912
40th
1917
35th
1922
30th
1927
25th
1932
20th
1937
15th
1942
10th
1947
5th 1952
The classes graduating before 1907, forming the "Emeritus" group, will
be assigned a private room for their luncheon. Contact will be made with
this group through the Alumni Office.
Meet The Bride and Groom
(Continued from Page 6)
James M. Rising '54 married Nancy Lee
Blazer on Dec. 22, 1956 in Trinity
Lutheran Church, Sunbury. Pa. Mr.
Rising is employed as manager of the
Bogar Construction Co., Selinsgrove,
where the couple reside at Bel Mar
Terrace. Bruce Bell "55 and Clifford
Stampfel '54 were ushers.
D. Arlene Roberts x'58 was married to
D. Gary Evans on Feb. 9 in Johns-
town, Pa. Gloria Myers, presently
attending S. U., was the soloist. Nan-
cy Ridinger and Thelma Rosetti, also
students at S. U., were members of
the wedding party. The couple will
reside in Houston, Texas.
Irma R. Strawbridge '49 was united in
marriage on Dec. 29, 1956 to David R.
Hallenbcck. The wedding took place
in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Irma
formerly had worked for the Penna.
State Dept. in Harrisburg.
Carl R. Winey '55 was married to Grace
Sharadin, Middlcburg, on Dec. 29,
1956, in Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
Carl is employed at Kennedy Van
Saun in Danville, Pa. as a control
chemist. The couple are residing ot
120 Mull St., Danville, Pa.
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June, 1957
No. 4
SUSQUEHANNA'S NINETY-NINTH COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
On June 1. with the football stands packed to capacity, Earl I. Shobert II '35, in his Commencement address to
the class ot 1957 said, "I wish for you the God-like gifts of insight and understanding." He used as the title of
his address "Opportunity Unlimited." Later in the Exercises, President G. Morris Smith conferred upon Mr.
Shobert the honorary degree of Doctor of Science.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1957
PRES. SMITH and
CENTENN. APPEAL
Dear Alumni:
A very pleasant Commencement was
held on June 1, ending our 99th year.
Faculty and trustees have been busy
planning for our 100th birthday year.
The first feature on next year's Cen-
tennial program will be held on Sep-
tember 27, 10:30 a. m., when Dr. Frank-
lin Clark Fry, president of the United
Lutheran Church, will give the main
address, honoring the founders of the
University. Churches of the Central
Pennsylvania Synod, through their pas-
tors, will receive .special invitations for
this occasion.
The next important date during our
Centennial year will be Homecoming,
November 2, 1957, of special interest to
our Alumni. We hope this day will
break all records for attendance by
alumni.
The spring events celebrating the
Centennial are now being planned, and
announcement of details will be given
in a later issue of the Quarterly.
The status of our Centennial Appeal
as of May 1, 1957 is as follows:
Total pledged, including
churches, trustees, fac-
ulty, and alumni $595,088.45
Paid on Appeal 136,959.95
Looking forward with great pleasure
to greeting you during our Centennial
Year, I am
Faithfully yours,
G. Morris Smith
President
June 15, 1957
S. C. A. Gives To W. U. S.
The Student Christian Association of
Susquehanna University, as one of their
final good deeds of the year, sent a
check for $100 to the World University
Service.
In acknowledging the gift, the Sec-
retary of W. U. S. said the gift would go
immediately to the 1957 "Program of
Action." "Your help," said Mr. De-
nise, "is a potent boost to morale and a
stimulus to continued hard work of
students who do not have the advan-
tages of those in America."
Club News
Raymond P. "Rip" Carman, Sr., of York,
newly elected President of the Alumni
Association, sends his first message
to the Alumni.
Dear Alumni:
My first message must certainly in-
clude my sincere appreciation and
thanks for the honor and confidence
you have placed on me and the other
Alumni officers for this Centennial year.
We are mindful of the responsibilities
and duties of these offices. You have
our promise to discharge the duties and
exercise the privileges assigned us to
bring honor and esteem to our Alumni
Association and especially to Dear Old
Susquehanna University.
Plans are being made for a full year
of history-making events to pay due
tribute to the first century of progress
and to dedicate the next 100 years to
even greater progress. The program
will not be complete without extensive
alumni participation. Why not organ-
ize a little party from your area and
arrange to be present to add your spirit
and enthusiasm to this very important
Centennial celebration.
Most of the district clubs are plan-
ning a picnic or fall meeting prior to
Alumni Day. Your officers will be able
to supply you with more definite in-
formation concerning the full year of
celebration and your part in it.
May I take this opportunity to con-
gratulate the members of the Class of
1957 upon your graduation. Go forth
to success in life singing the praises of
Old S. U. Join your area Alumni As-
sociation.
Hoping to meet all of you soon.
^
Raymond P. Garman, Sr., Pres.
General Alumni Association
CENTER-UNION
The Center-Union District Club held
its annual spring meeting April 12 in
the Evangelical and Reformed Church,
Aaronsburg. A turkey dinner with all
the trimmings was served by the wo-
men of the church. Dr. and Mrs. G.
Morris Smith were the guests of the
evening. The following officers were
re-elected: Ralph E. Beahm '30, Pres.;
Paul D. Reamer '31, V. Pres.; and Mrs.
Spencer Boyer (Shirley Showalter '50),
Sec'y-Treas.
HARRISBURG
The annual spring meeting of the
Harrisburg District Alumni Club was
held Wednesday, May 1 in the Colonial
Country Club, Harrisburg. There were
36 in attendance. Dave Perry, promi-
nent lawyer and lecturer, was the prin-
cipal speaker. Dan MacCuish brought
greetings from the campus. Entertain-
ment was provided by two students,
Janice Adams and "Bucky" Clark. Of-
ficers elected were: Marsh Bogar '51,
Pres.; Bruce A. Bell '55, V. Pres., and
Mrs. C. K. Whitman (Catherine Byrod
'34), Sec'y-Treas. Plans are being made
to co-sponsor another Allenberry Play-
house performance with the Hanover-
York Club, Sept. 9, 1957.
JOHNSTOWN
The Johnstown Club held its annual
spring meeting May 1 at Von Lunen's
Restaurant in Goistown, Pa. Thirty-
two were in attendance. The campus
was represented by Prof. Benjamin Lotz
and Louis Heinze, a junior at S. U.
Plans are being made for a picnic at
Camp Sequanota in July. Also dis-
cussed were suggestions for securing
additional support for the scholarship
fund. New officers elected were: The
Rev. Harold L. Rowe '34, Pres.; Percy
B. Davis '26, V. Pres.: Mrs. George R.
Walter (Grace Fries '40), Sec'y; Robert
A. Gabrenya '40, Treas.; Mrs. Max
Govekar (Mary Lizzio '47), Mrs. M.
Fetterolf (Mabel Kinsey '24) and Dr. I.
Hess Wagner '98, Members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee.
I.EHIGH VALLEY
The Lehigh Valley District Club will
hold a family picnic on Saturday, Aug.
3 from 2:00 to 8:00 in the Nazareth
Boro Park.
PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia District Club an-
nual spring meeting, scheduled for May
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
June, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
$38,505.70 Contributed by Alumni to
Centennial Fund. Century Club Members
Carman Says, 'Keep It Coming."
Susquehanna's Centennial Fund, still growing, now shows a total of $38,505.70
contributed by the alunani as of June 7. Alumni gifts, to be applied to the Cen-
tennial Fund, will continue to come in for the balance of 1957.
Alumni President Garman has said that one of his objectives of this year
will be to get an even higher percentage of alumni contributors. Said he "I have
talked with many alumni who want to be a part of this Centennial giving, and
all they need is another reminder."
The encouraging thing has been the large number of Century Club members,
those who have contributed §100 or more. This total to date is 190.
In order to get a clearer picture of alumni giving, a resolution was passed at
the council meeting on Alumni Day, asking all those who are members of a church
in the Central Penna. Synod of the U. L. C. A., and who have contributed through
their church, to notify the Alumni Office. Many have already done so, but Presi-
dent Garman requests those who have not, to send immediately a statement to
the Alumni Office listing their church and the amount of the pledge.
Listed below are names of those who have contributed since the last issue of
the Quarterly.
1891— 1925-
B. Meade Wagensellei-
1893 —
John I. Woodiulf
1896 —
Chalmei-s E. Frontz
1898 —
Brian Teats
1901 —
Robert Z. Burns
1902 —
David B. Moist
1909 —
Ira S. Sassaman
1910-
Ethel Smyser Kemble
Mary A. Phillips
1913 —
Rine G. Winey
1915 —
Abel-deen Phillips
Ralph Witmer
1919 —
Mary Woodruff Martin
1920 —
Ralph W. Woodruff
1922 —
Charles H. Rothfuss
1923 —
Russell P. Knoebel
1924 —
Harner R. Middleswarth
Adeline K. Strouse
Christie E. Zimmerman
1926 —
Barbara E. DeRemer
Catherine Beachley
Middleswarth
1927 —
Lee E. Triebels
1928 —
Helen Ott Soper
Mary Wentzel Updegrove
1929 —
Paul H. Aumiller
Helen Simons Barrick
Clarence F. Updegrove
1930 —
Mildred Arbegast Speer
1931 —
H. Vernon Blough
1932 —
John F. Kindsvatter
Reed Speer
1933 —
Laird S. Gemberling
1934 —
Beatrice Shively Aumiller
James C. Suter
1936 —
Charles L. Fasold
Marcella Chaya Turnbach
1941 —
Donald L. Ford
Dorothy Dellecker
Hochstuhl
194e —
Roswell J. Johns
1947 —
Raymond G. Hochstuhl
Gayle Clark Johns
1953 —
Beatrice Morrow Myers
1954 —
Joyce K. Gilbert
1955 —
Arlan Gilbert
1956 —
Maria S. Ronngren
1957 —
Lillian O. Troutman
FRIENDS
Mrs. Charles Aikens
Dr. Geo. M. Bogar X
Mr. and Mrs. Malcome
Musser (Hon. '55)
Miss Elizabeth Scharf
Wilbur C. Wolf
Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Sunday School, Lancaster.
Pa.
ALUMNI GRAND TOTAL.. $38,505.70
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
BARBARA L. BOOB '57 was united in
marriage to Donald E. Shaffer on May
31 in the Evangelical United Brethren
Church, McClure, Pa. Maid of honor
was MARY SOUDEN '58. The couple
will reside temporarily in Selins-
grove.
GETELL FRIEDMAN x'58 was mar-
ried this June to James L. Dalton
of Luling, Texas. Getell was former-
ly employed at Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, Phila. The couple will reside
in Chicago, where James will attend
the Univ. of Chicago. JANET GOR-
DON '58 was a bridesmaid and WAL-
LACE GORDON '54 the vocalist.
ELIZABETH B. FRY '38 was married
to Lawrence Vogel on March 13 in
Pittsburgh, Pa. They are now resid-
ing at 918 Calif. Ave., Avalon, Pitts-
burgh 2, Pa.
MARGARET R. GORDON '55 and Mar-
vin E. Bonawitz were united in mar-
riage on May 18 in Philadelphia, Pa.
They plan to reside in Philadelphia
where Margie is a medical secretary.
MARY J. JESSEN '49 was married on
June 2 to Arnold C. Ahansen in the
University Lutheran Church, Seattle,
■Wash.
Century Club
Members
Listed below are alumni who have
become members of the Century
Club since the last issue of the
Quarterly. Century Club members
have contributed $100 or more to the
Centennial Fund.
Robert M. Bastress
Barbara E. DeRemer
Donald L. Ford
Chalmers E. Frontz
Laird S. Gemberling
Raymond G. and Dorothy Dellecker
Hochstuhl
John F. Kindsvatter
Russell P. Knoebel
Harner R. and Catherine Beachley
Middleswarth
David B. Moist
Maria S. Ronngren
Charles H. Rothfuss
Helen Ott Soper
Reed and Mildred Arbegast Speer
David G. Volk
Rine G. 'Winey
Ralph 'Witmer
Ralph 'W. 'Woodruff
JOHN W. MAYER '52 was married to
Barbara J. Overs on May 10 in Pit-
man, N. J.
ONGKAR NARAYAN '47 was united in
marriage to Manorama Narine on
March 24, according to an announce-
ment received by President G. Mor-
ris Smith.
CHARLOTTE J. SANDT '56 and KEN-
NETH F. ERDLEY, JR. '55 were mar-
ried on May 25 in Temple Lutheran
Church, Brookline, Pa. The Rev.
ROBERT F. FISHER '40 officiated at
the double-ring ceremony. The couple
is residing at Lansdale Gardens, Nor-
folk, 'Va. where Ken is stationed with
the U. S. Navy. Mr. '55 and Mrs.
(CLAIRE ROSENGARTEN x 56)
WALTER C. ALBERT were members
of the wedding party along with
NANCY J. McCULLOUGH '56.
JAMES G. SIIOWALTER '55 and
LARRY R. BINGAMAN '55.
LILLIAN C. SMITH '50 was married to
Darrie S. Cinti in December, 1956 in
the Church of the Redeemer, Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
DEXTER N. 'WEIKEL '48 was united in
marriage to Margaret L. Maitland on
May 11 in Messiah Lutheran Church,
'Williamsport, where he is organist
and choirmaster. Among the ushers
were The Rev. CHARLES L. LADY
•48 and GAIL R. -WEIKEL '58, bro-
ther of the groom.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1957
— Susquehannans on Parade —
t-tn Dr. Harry R. Shipe, of Berwick,
l^ Pa., retired from the active min-
istry after completing 42 years of ser-
vice to the Lutheran Church. Dr. and
Mrs. Shipe are now living in Daytona
Beach, Fla.
X'17
Florence
E. Stumpf
is now Supervising
Chief of Music Ed-
ucation in the Ele-
," - » mentary Schools of
P» fM Hillsboro County,
Florida.
* 1 0 ^^''" ^- ^''
Florence Stumpf ^Q rich, hospi-
talized since April, 1956 with multiple
sclerosis, has asked for the prayers of
his friends. His address is Veterans'
Hospital, 408 First Ave., New York,
N. Y.
ftyr Dr. Harland D. Fague, Pastor of
^J St. Stephen's Lutheran Church,
Lancaster, Pa., delivered the Bacca-
laureate sermon at the Presbyterian
Hospital, Columbia Medical Center, N.
Y. C. on June 2. His daughter, Bar-
bara, was in the graduating class.
Roger M. Blough, with a full cover
sketch on the Sunday, April 28 issue of
the Pittsburgh Press "Roto," carried on
the inside a two-page story under the
title "U. S. Steel's Roger Blough."
Time Magazine of May 13 also used a
picture of him.
Mrs. Harland D. Fague (Sara
lassinger) was recently elected
president of the Lancaster, Pa. Con-
ference of U. L. Church Women. Dr.
Lee E. Boyer, Professor of Mathematics
at Millersville State Teachers' College,
has been elected a member on the com-
mittee on Improving the Teaching of
Science and Mathematics of the Penn.
Dept. of Public Instruction.
'00 ^'^' J^"^*^" ^- Grouse in Oct.,
^0 19'^6, accepted the pastorate at
St. James Lutheran Church, Altoona,
Pa. He was formerly pastor of St.
Timothy's Lutheran Church in Forest
Park, Ga. He received his S.T.D. from
Temple University in 1954.
'on Oren S. Kaltriter, Science teacher
jy at the Middletown, Pa. High
School, is a member of the same com-
mittee listed above under Dr. Lee E.
Boyer '26.
9*\-t The Rev. Paul R. Ashby has ac-
J I ccpted a position as psychiatric
chaplain at the State School in Was-
saic, N. Y. He had been pastor of St.
ft\(* Mi
ZU Ha
Matthew's Lutheran Church, Shamokin
Dam, Pa., for 21 years.
Ronald E. Kehler, Supervising Principal
of the Butler Township Schools and
pastor of First Congregational Church,
Mt. Carmel, received the honorary de-
gree of Doctor of Education from Bur-
ton College and Seminary, Manitou
Springs, Colo., on June 4.
'36
Albert Hess is now associated
with the American Creosoting
Corp. as Assistant Vice Pres. in Con-
tract Sales. He is located in Midland
Park, N. J.
'07 Glyde R. Spitzner recently had
J I an article printed in the "Greater
Philadelphia." He was one of five sales
managers who answered the question,
"How Do You Set Sales Quotas?"
'00 Fleanor B. Brown has been
JO granted a leave of absence from
the Sacramento, Calif. Senior High
School to complete her doctorate at
Penn State Univ. According to a news
clipping from the Sacramento Union,
she received what is probably the most
substantial scholarship honors in the
history of the local schools.
'40
The Rev. Daniel L. Bergstresser
has been assigned as Mission
Developer at Fort Myers, Fla., by the
Board of Missions of the U. L. C. A. A
member of the Board of Directors of
S. U., he was formerly pastor of St.
Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Lancaster, Pa.
'yll Cleorge H. Bantley has joined
41 the staff of the Bettis Plant of
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh,
Pa. He had been a major in the U. S.
Marine Corps.
Dr. Joseph F. Greco, President of the
North'd County Medical Society, has
been elected an Associate member of
the American Psychiatric Association.
'42
Neil C. Fisher is Mid-western
President of the Pennsylvania
Music Educators' Association.
f t A The Rev. George M. Smith con-
ijij tributed seven daily readings to
the May-June issue of "Light for To-
day." A publication of the Muhlenberg
Press, it is under the editorship of the
Rev. Robert R. Clark '35.
> J /» Blair L. Heaton has been award-
^n ed a stipend to provide for ad-
canced work in the National Science
Foundation Academic Year Institute at
Penn State Univ. He has been granted
a year's sabbatical leave by Selinsgrove
Area Joint H. S., where he has taught
'51
mathematics and science for the past
10 years.
f Mt\ Kenneth M. Merz received his
4J/ Ph.D. from Rutgers Univ. on
June 5th.
>r A The Rev. Paul R. Haffly is now
3U ^^'^'^ ^^^ Board of American
Missions of the U L. C. A., developing
a new congregation in the southwest
section of Savannah, Ga. He was for-
merly pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church and Trinity Lutheran Church
in Confluence, Pa.
Patricia Houtz was granted a master of
science degree in business education
from Penn State Univ. in early June.
She has been teaching secretarial sub-
jects in Sunbury High School for the
past five years.
Marianne Fague, missionary to
British Guiana, completing her
first three-year term, will return to her
home in Lancaster, Pa. for furlough in
July.
fr*\ The Rev. E. Lawrence Bottiger,
3 J asst. pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Hazleton, was ordained into
the ministry May 12.
Arthur K. Olson received his Master's
Degree in Business Administration
from Rutgers Univ. in early June.
>r J Kenneth H. Bothwell, Jr., Guid-
34 ance Counsellor with the Key-
port, N. J. school system, plans to start
work on his doctorate in Sept., after
completing his M.A. degree in Educa-
tional Psychology at Rugers Univ. W.
Reuben Henry, recently discharged
from military service, is Personnel Di-
rector for the S. Morgan Smith & Co.
in York, Pa. Herbert N. Krauss is with
the C. P. A. firm of Peat, Marwich,
Mitchell and Co., Ozone Park, N. Y.
>^^ Arlan K. Gilbert received his
33 M.A. degree in history from the
Univ. of Delaware in June. He has re-
ceived a teaching fellowship in history
at the Univ. of Wisconsin and will be-
gin his studies in Sept.
Henry S. Cook has recently com-
pleted his basic training with the
U. S. Army in Fort Dix. N. J.
'56
ALL
FIXED
UP
FOR
HOMECOMING
SATURDAY, NOV. 2
June, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
New Nominees to the
Board of Directors
At the May meeting of the General
Alumni Association. Mr. Clyde R.
Spitzner '37, former President of the
Association, was nominated to the
Board of Directors of Susquehanna
University, as the Alumni representa-
tive. The term of Dr. Joseph L. Hack-
enberg "20, expires this year.
At the meeting of the Central Penn-
sylvania Synod held June 11-13. the
following were nominated to the Board:
The Rev. Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr.,
S.U. '45, Pastor of Christ Lutheran
Church, Gettysburg. Pa. He will suc-
ceed the Rev. G. Blair Harman, S. U.
'20. The Rev. Richard M. Rutter, Pas-
tor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Millersville, Pa., to succeed the Rev.
Daniel L. Bergstresser, S.U. '40, who
has moved out of the Central Pennsyl-
vania Synod, and Mr. John R. Miller of
Carlisle who will succeed Mr. W. Boyd
Tobias of Williamsport.
All of these new nominees will be
presented to the Board for election at
the October meeting.
ALUMNI DAY SCENES
Club News
(Continued from Page 2)
28, had to be cancelled. Plans are now
being made for a summer picnic and
members may expect to hear from
President Kenneth A. Lenker as to the
exact date and place.
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
The annual spring meeting of the
Susquehanna Valley District Club was
held April 30 on the campus. Members
had dinner in Horton Dining Hall and
later attended the S. U. Symphony
Concert. Dr. G. Morris Smith gave a
progress report and talked of plans for
the centennial celebration. Officers re-
elected for the year are: Newton Ker-
stetter '31, Pres. and B. Mary Shipe '42,
Sec'y-Treas.
YORK-HANOVER
The annual spring meeting of the
York-Hanover District Club was held
April 25 in the Abbottstown Reformed
Church, with 72 in attendance. The
ladies of the church prepared a Penna.
Dutch Turkey Dinner, which was served
family style. Dean Russell Gait was
the speaker for the evening and Dr.
Percy M. Linebaugh brought along
three students who provided the enter-
tainment. Officers elected for the year
are: H. Vernon Ferster '36, Pres.; The
Rev. Kenneth D. James '33, V. Pres.;
Mrs. Richard Reiff (Janet Hoke '44),
Sec'y and Patricia F. Heathcote '52,
Treas.
Top Picture — Highlight of the day's program was the presentation of the
Alumni Outstanding Achievement Awards to Dr. John I. Woodruff '88 of Selins-
grove and Dr. George E. Fisher '88 of York, Pa. Chairman of the committee,
Preston H Smith '38, is seen presenting the award to Dr. Woodruff while President
G Morris Smith looks on. H. Vernon Ferster '36 accepts Dr. Fisher's award in
his absence. Clyde R. Spitzner '37 presided at the assembly.
Lower Picture— S. U. 's oldest alumnus. Dr. George R. Ulrich '86, talks with
President Smith and newly elected alumni president Raymond P. Garman '30.
Classes holding reunions were: 1952, 1947, 1942, 1937, 1932, 1927, 1922, 1917,
1912, 1907 and 1902.
Officers elected by the Alumni Association for the current year are: John I.
Woodruff '88, Honorary Pres.; Raymond P. Garman '30, Pres.; Lawrence M.
Isaacs "43, First V. Pres.; Mrs. Donald E. Hollway '28, Second V. Pres.; Janet Rohr-
bach '46 Sec'v; W. David Gross "47, Treas.; Edwin M. Brungart '00, Statistician;
Glenn l! Musser '41 and Paul M. Haines '31, Members at Large and Alumni rep-
resentative on University Board of Trustees, Clyde R. Spitzner '37.
Six
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1957
Football at S. U. in the 1890's, the Pride
and Joy of the Student Body. Students
Played Five, Six and Seven Years on Team
by WILLIAM S. CLARK '48
Editor's Note: The following is continued from the March edition of the
"Alumnus" and is the story of early football at S. U. The first part of the story,
among other things, told of the enthusiastic support of the faculty.
The students on the football team ap-
preciated such faculty support as this.
"Our faculty," they said, "has been all
that could be hoped for." Faculty sup-
port lessened the burden of criticism
which came from many sources. H. W.
Morris, captain of the '98 team, wrote
an article entitled "A Player's Testi-
mony," in which he attributed much of
the criticism of the game to the mis-
taken idea that only brute strength was
needed in order to play the sport and
that intelligence assumed a minor role.
Professor Yutzy supported Morris' opin-
ion. Actually, said Yutzy, "the game is
a vigorous trainer of the intellect.
Quickness of perception, ready discern-
ment of intricate points [and] keen
practical judgement" are constantly
practiced. "Each man [on the team]
must be a thinker, a quick thinker."
Others, eager to defend the game, were
quick to point out that players ob-
tained "new ideas . . . through contests"
with other colleges. "Our boys have
had their range of vision broadened,"
said one, "their ideas enlarged." An-
other said that the game "cements the
bond of union among the students as
nothing else can."
Football grew in importance in Sel-
insgrove with each passing season. A
great impetus was given to the sport
locally when, in 1895, the two-year pro-
gram of studies was extended to four
years and Missionary Institute became
Susquehanna University. Shortly there-
after, "at an enthusiastic mass meeting
of the students . . . maroon and orange
were unanimously adopted as the Uni-
versity colors." From 1895, each sea-
son found more and more spectators on
the sidelines during the games and dur-
ing the practice sessions. Students,
professors, and townspeople could be
heard participating in the college yell
and cheering the team to victory:
Alpha! Beta! Gamma!
Rho! Sigma! Rhi!
Susquehanna! Susquehanna!
Universitee!
Biff! Wah! Bang!
Said one spectator as he watched a
practice session: "It is an interesting
sight to see our boys plow up the dust
and shake each other up." Interest and
enthusiasm finally reached the point
where player and spectator alike were
sorry to see the end of the season ar-
rive. One of the students at the time
caught this feeling in a piece of verse
which he wrote:
The sprinting halfback checks his pace,
the full-back punts no more,
The "guards-back" call had died away,
the rooters joy is o'er;
The little groups stand here and there
recounting victories won.
And telling friends what might have
been, had this or that been done.
The football teams of Susquehanna
University, in the 1890's, were only av-
erage small college squads, but they
were the pride and joy of the student
body. The ages ranged from eighteen
to twenty-eight, their average weight
was only about one hundred and sixty
pounds, and the average height was
about five feet six inches or slightly
more. A familiar sight in the 1890's
and one which was never given a sec-
ond thought, was the moustaches, large,
small and handlebar, which could be
seen on the gridiron players in any
game.
The teams were not spectacular, nor
were they fast. Usually they preferred
to grind away at line bucking, a type
of play, it appears, which they used
more than other teams. The teams
were always well disciplined, for in
those days the captain's word was law.
His word was "followed with unques-
tionable obedience." The loss of a cap-
tain in a game was considered to be a
tragic circumstance.
The Susquehanna teams were always
numerically small. At no time during
the 1890's was the enrollment of the
college in excess of two hundred stu-
dents, and some of these were women.
Susquehanna was a college of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church and, as
such, there was always a predominant
religious atmosphere on the campus.
Football had its competitors in other
activities. Many members of the foot-
ball squad were studying for the min-
istry. They frequently preached in
neighborhood churches. They usually
belonged to, and took active part in,
the Y. M. C. A. or the Missionary So-
ciety, or both. Thus, in the total pic-
ture of campus life at the time, ath-
letics did not hold a major position.
Also, baseball, basketball, and track and
field events absorbed a great deal of
the attention given to sports; cycling,
tennis, and skating still held their own
as significant means of recreation and
physical development.
During the last decade of the nine-
teenth century the university's football
team did not always consist of students
alone. The first coach, Professor John
I. Woodruff, played right halfback at
times. C. Oscar Ford, a graduate and
star player at Dickinson, played right
halfback and tackle during the season
that he coached the team. Contempor-
aries said that he could "easily spill a
whole mountain of interference" and
that he could "put up a strong game."
Some of the students played five, six,
and seven years on the team. After
they were graduated from the regular
four-year curriculum, they transferred
to the school of theology and were per-
mitted to continue their football ac-
tivity.
The greatest rival of Susquehanna in
the early years was the Lutheran col-
lege at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. On
October 8, 1897, when the members of
the Susquehanna team entrained for
Gettysburg to meet their rivals for the
first time, feeling ran high. Many
cheered them, but others ridiculed them
and said that they were playing a team
that was out of their class. The game
was an exciting and noisy one, as ex-
pected, according to contemporaries who
saw it. At times the crowd became so
noisy that the players could not hear
the signals being called. Frequently the
spectators crowded over the sideline
ropes and got onto the field where they
interrupted the progress of the game.
Four Gettysburg men were injured
and one Susquehanna player sustained
a broken nose. But there were many
happy students and townspeople in Sel-
insgrove who cheered their team when
it returned homo. Selinsgrove had re-
ceived news of Susquehanna's victory
via telegraph. They waited with torch-
lights at the railroad station for the re-
turn of the team in order to celebrate
June, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
Three Prominent Alumni Receive Honorary Junior Co-eds
Degrees at 99th Commencement
(Left to Right) — The Rev. Calvin J. Naugle '34, Pastor of Children's Memorial
Lutheran Church, Kansas City, Mo., delivered the Baccalaureate sermon and re-
ceived the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
Miss Christie E. Zimmerman '25, for a quarter of a century a Lutheran mis-
sionary in India, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy.
Mr. Earl L Shobert II '35 was the Commencement speaker and received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Science. He is Director of Research and Engineering
for the Stackpole Carbon Co., St. Marys, Pa.
the 4-0 vi^in. To the students at Get-
tysburg, who fully expected a victory
for their team, the result was "most
disappointing." They laid the cause to
"hard luck and accidents."
In 1898, the Gettysburg team travelled
to Selinsgrove for a return match.
•'Threatening weather foreboded a slip-
pery game and limited the attendance,
yet the crowd numbered almost 300,
and they all came to see S. U. 'do or
die' and they saw her 'do' in a very
gentlemanly and creditable manner."
Between the halves of this game the
spectators "took possession of the sur-
roundings and sang and howled them-
selves hoarse, till the canvas jackets and
sweaters appeared around the corner of
the buildings marching again to the
CAMPBELL — a son, Michael Kay was
born on March 5 to Mr. '54 and Mrs.
(Carol Clement x'56) Kay G. Camp-
bell. The Campbells reside in Scotch
Plains, N. J.
HACKENBERG— Robert Lee, Jr. ar-
rived on April 29 at the home of Mr.
'56 and Mrs. Robert L. Hackenberg.
The Hackenbergs reside at 30 Fleet-
wood Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
HARBST — Thomas Donald arrived on
May 23 at his new home in Celina,
Ohio. His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
(Marjorie Alexander x'51) Donald
Harbst.
LADY — Ann Elizabeth was born April
27 to the Rev. '48 and Mrs. Eleanor
Steele '48) Charles L. Lady of Kon-
narock, Va. The Ladys have two
other children, Jonathan, four and
Tim, one.
OBERHEIM — Robert Lynn made his
appearance on May 24 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. (Leah Cryder '57) Rob-
ert J. Oberheim of Pleasant Gap, Pa.
The Oberheims have another child,
Karen Lee, two.
ROSS — Donald James arrived at the
home of Mr. '54 and Mrs. (Dorothy
Apgar '53) D. Samuel Ross, Jr. on
April 3. They reside in Mahwah, N.
J. with their two other sons, David
Allan and Randall Lee.
ROTHFUSS — Martha Jean was born
March 11 to Dr. '22 and Mrs. Charles
H. Rothfuss of Woodbridge, N. J., ac-
cording to a clever birth announce-
ment resembling a theatre ticket.
STATLER — Anne Louise was born Feb.
20 to Mr. and Mrs. (Janet Wolfe '50)
Edwin L. Statler. The Statlers live
at 112 Tioga St., Johnstown, Pa.
TORROMEO — a daughter, Karen Joan
was born to Mr. '52 and Mrs. (Shirley
Still x'54) Felix J. Torromeo on
March 22. The Torromeos have one
other daughter, Debra Jean, three.
They reside in Lindenhurst, N. Y.
WISE — Catherine Louise arrived on the
scene May 22 to Mr. and Mrs. (El-
eanor Saveri '39) Richard A. Wise of
Lebanon, Pa. The Wises have four
other children, Richard, Edward, Te-
resa Anne and Sara Donley.
fray." Then they "once more waited
with bated breath and throbbing
hearts." The Selinsgrovers were not
disappointed. Susquehanna won, 15-0.
(Continued Next Issue)
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1957
Sportsmanship Trophy
President G. Morris Smith is seen
above congratulating Stan Shilling '57,
for winning the Sportsmanship Trophy,
donated annually by the Men's Student
Council to outstanding players of S. U.'s
three main sports — baseball, basketball
and football. Losing several games by
one run. Coach Dick Hummel's ball
tossers this season wound up with a
hard luck 3-9 season. Most encourag-
ing was the performance of a number
of freshmen who should give the team
of 1958 at least a .500 per cent record.
Lost to the team through graduation
were Stan Shilling and Milan Kratzer.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER— Please
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
notify if undelivered
Post Office as Second Class Matter
Pfeiflfer Goes To Bucknell
Popular Ed PfeifEer '50, director of
S. U.'s inter-collegiate basketball pro-
gram since 1952. is lost to the Crusaders,
and next year will devote his coaching
energies to Bucknell's freshman team.
Always an ardent booster of S. U.,
Pfeiffer in his numerous contacts
throughout the state in business, sports
and education, never failed to get in a
good word for his Alma Mater. Be-
cause of these numerous contacts, he
was highly successful in bringing to
S. U. some of the best basketball play-
ers in recent years.
Playing a tough schedule against col-
leges offering athletic scholarships and
double S. U.'s size, Pfeiffer, after de-
voting his time to building up a team,
came through in 1956 with a 10-8 rec-
ord and last year wound up winning 11
against 8 losses.
At Bucknell, Pfeiffer will work with
head basketball coach, Ben Kribbs and
will carry a 14 game schedule.
According to S. U.'s Athletic Council,
no successor to Pfeiffer has been ap-
pointed.
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the Centennial Celebration, is now in the hands of the printer, and it is ex-
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NECROLOGY
MRS. WALTER C. ERDMAN (Mildred
Lyon '32) passed away on March 31.
Formerly of Snnbury, she had lived
with her husband at 4787 Tipton Rd.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
HAROLD W. FOLLMER 15 died sud-
denly at his home in Selinsgrove on
May 25. During his lifetime he had
been a pilot for the U. S. Flying Ser-
vice, a teacher and Superintendent of
Snyder County Schools, Superintend-
ent of the William G. Groce Silk Mill,
Selinsgrove, and an employee in the
Auditor General's Office, Harrisburg.
At the time of his death, he had been
serving as Director of the Bureau of
Rehabilitation and Education of the
Penna. Dept. of Public Instruction,
Williamsport.
GEORGE W. HOUCK '25 passed away
on Dec. 25, 1956. Before his retire-
ment, Mr. Houck had been District
principal of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Schools.
JEAN L. HUVER '47 died on April 22
in the Allentown, Pa. Hospital where
she had been a patient for three
weeks. She had been a teacher in
Allentown's Jefferson School and or-
ganist at Coplay's Evangelical and
Reformed Church.
THE REV. GEORGE H. SEILER 09
passed away on May 16 at his home
in Sunbur.v, Pa., where he had lived
since his retirement in 1954. He had
served in the Lutheran ministry for
30 years.
WALTER YOUNG '05 passed away on
April 4. In the September, 1955 is-
sue of the Quarterly, a brief descrip-
tion was given of Mr. Young's back-
ground in the movies and the theatre.
Before his retirement he had been
under contract with Warner Brothers,
Universal and Fox, playing in 19 pic-
tures.
Vol. XXVII
September, 1957
No. 1
Ulic ^tijlcS and the -^^e illHai^ (/Je Jjiffcicnt, (fJiit the Spirit is tlic Same
I
i i^'V
What is more exciting to alumni and students than the Friday night Pep Rally and Bonfire at Home-
coming! A tradition dating back as far as any alumnus can remember, the Bonfire still warms
the hearts of those who, on a cold fall night, have marched through town singing the
praises of Susquehanna. In this her Centennial year, alumni will again gather in the
glow of the Bonfire and, cheering as of old, will bring back for one brief moment
some of those memories of yesteryear.
I
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1957
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Officers of the Association
DR. JOHN I. WOODRUFF, SS. Walnut St., Selinsgrove. Pa.
MR. RAYMOND P. CARMAN. "30. 802 Carl St.. York. Pa.
MR. LAWRENCE M. ISAACS. '43, 242 Flagstone Dr., Bethlehem, Pa
MRS. DONALD E. HOLLWAY. -28. E. Countr>- Club Rd.. R. D. #2
Red Lion. Pa.
MISS JANET ItOHRRACH, '46. 1021 Penn St., Sunbur>-, Pa.
MR. W. DAVID GROSS. '47. Hummels Wharf. Pa.
MR. EDWIN M. BRUNGART. '00. 400 Walnut St.. Selinssrove. Pa.
DR. GLENN L. MIISSER. '41, 1143 S. Pugh St., State College, Pa.
,. PAUL M. HAINES, '31. 44(il Van Buren St.. Univei-^iity Pk..
Hyattsville, Md.
Honorary President
President
Firat Vice-Preaident
Second Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Statistician
Member-at-Large
MR.
Mcmher-at'Large
Alumni Representative on University Board of Trustees
MR. CLYDE R. SPITZNER. -il. c/o WIP. 35 S. '-'th St.. Philadelphia 7. Pa.
DISTRICT CLUB ORGANIZATIONS
ALTOONA
MR. RUSSELL BROWN 'IS, siio New St.. Roaring Spring. Pa
President
Secretary-Treasurer
Secretary-Treasurer
DR MII.L.\Rl) FISHEH oH. State Hosp., Hollidaysburg. Pa.
MRS. MELVIN CAREER '32
600 Oakmont PI.. Kiiaring Spring, Pa.
CALIFORNIA
MR. ROBERT TROUTMAN '26
1132 Esperanza St., San Bernardino. Calit.
CENTER-UNION
MR. RALPH BEAHM '30. Aaronsburg. Pa.
MR. PAUL REAMER '31, Laurclton. Pa.
MRS. SPENCER BOYER "50. Market St.. Mifflinlmrg. Pa.
HARRISBURG
MR. MARSH BOGAR '51, 4200 Ridge\iew Rd.. Hannsburg. Pa.
MR. BRUCE A. BELL '55. 145 S. Pitt St., Carlisle, Pa.
MRS. CLAYTON WHITMAN '44. 335 Pine St.. Steelton, Pa.
HAZLETON
MR. KARL YOUNG '41, 218 W. Fifth St.. Hazkton, Pa.
MR. JOHN SENKO '31, Sugarloaf. Pa.
JOHNSTOWN
THE KEV HAROLD L. ROWE '34. 618 Wood St., Johnstown, Pa.
MR PERCY B. DAVIS '26. 617 Coleman Ave.. Johnstown, Pa.
MRS GEORGE R. WALTER '40, 216 Dupont St.. Johnstown, Pa.
MR. ROBERT A. GABRENYA '40. 84 Asborne St., Johnstown, Pa.
LEHIGH VALLEY
MR. HAROLD KRAMER '48. 1154 E. Cedar St.. AllenlMwn. Pa.
MRS MARGARET MAGUIRE '33. Lanark Star Rt.. Allentown. Pa.
MRS. MIRIAM ZELL '42, 2223 Center St.. Bethlehem. Pa.
MR. WILLARD H SCHADEL '41, 301 Lnbb Ave.. Pen Argyl. Fa.
LEWISTOWN
MR HARRY THATCHER '41, 26 N. Main St.. Lewistown. Pa.
Mr! THEODORE CAMERON '28. R. D. ^2. Millerstown Pa.
MRS ALOYSIUS DERR '49, Maple Grove Rd.. Belleville. Pa.
MRS. CARVER McNITT '41, Bcedsville. Pa.
MT. CARMEL-SHAMOKIN
MR. S. JOHN PRICE '42, 1435 Market St., Ashland Pa.
MR. HOWARD J. WERTZ '30, 602 Cameron St.. Shamokin. fa.
NORTH NEW JERSEY
MR. '51 & MRS. '50 HERBERT HAINS.
232 E. Cedar St.. Livingston, N. J.
MR. JACOB SPANGLER '52. 10 Wetmore Ave.. Morristown. N. J.
MR. '52 & MRS. '50 ROBERT BOGDANFFY ,,,-,, '
26 Chestnut Dr., Paikanack Lake. N. J.
PHILADELPHIA
MR. KENNETH LENKER '52, 327 D §• Morris Ave Crunr, ^/-"^-Jf^^^J^^^Z:!-
MR. WM. PRITCHARD'5-2.DuttonM>llRd.,R.D. #2 Malvern. Pa. |^^^f ^^^.j.rc„s,,rer
MR. FRANKLIN FERTIG '44. 217 Madison Ave.. I robpect Pk.. Pa. aecreia u
PITTSBURGH
DR. REED SPEER '32. 29 Grandview Ave^. Crafton, Pa. Vice-Prc«dmt
II. ^g^£^T^H^sTE^T^El.'''3^; ^.^Jr^%^r^. Pa- SecreJ^rtTrcasurer
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
MR NEWTON KERSTETTER 'lii. 2V. Chestnut St.. Sunbury, Pa.
MISS B. MARY SHIPE '42, 1044 Mass.r St.. Sunbury. i a.
WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE
MR GEORGE F. DAVIS ■.12. :U23 Oliver St.. Washington 15. D. C.
MR. HOWARD LUKEHART "lU. IKif. Wak.n.Ui Dr.. Alexandna. V
WILKES-BARRE - SCRANTON
MR JOHN E. NOONAN -28. 7 Terrace St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
MRS. CLAIRE BACKER '54. 160 Price St.. KinKston. Pa.
WILLIAMSPORT
MR PRESTON H. SMITH '38, ltl7 Ma.k.t St., Williamsport Pa.
MRS. GLEN RUSSELL '36. 812 Lincoln .\vc . Wilhamsport. Pa.
YORK-HANOVER
MR. H. VERNON FERSTER '36. 232 Ck-arview Rd.. Hanover. Pa. rresidcnt
THE REV KENNETH D. JAMES '33. 45 Hanover St.. Glen Rock. Pa. Vice-Premde»t
MRS. RICHARD REIFF '44. 319 York St.. Manchester. Pa. Secretary
MISS PATRICIA F. HEATHCOTE '52. 220 E. Cottage PI.. York. Pa. Treasurer
Vice-president
President
Vice-Presiden t
Secretary-Treasurer
Prcsideyit
Vice-President
Sccreta ry-Trea surer
President
Vice-President
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Secretary
Co-Presidents
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Va.
President
Secretary
President
Vice-President
President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Secretary-Treasurer
100th Academic Yej^r '
Convenes With 500
The 100th academic year opened Sep-
tember 18, when 170 new students reported
for a well-planned five-day program of
orientation. With capacity freshman
classes of the past few years, the total
student body of approximately 500 just
about ta.\es all the facilities at S. U.
As in other years, tlie fre.shman class
includes many excellent students referred
by alumni.
Dean Gait, in a message to the alumni
last year, pointed out the necessity of
early registration. He di.seussed the prob-
able increase in applications and expressed
the hope that all alumni would co-operate
by sending names of student prospects as
early as possible.
As of September 1. 23 applications had
been received for 1958. With this number,
there is an indication that students are now
more aware of the hazards of college ad-
missions, and are making early applica-
tion. Colleges are also aware of the fact
that students make application to two,
three and sometimes more colleges, and
frequently do not make final decision until
late in the summer.
In fairness to applicants and the person
making the referral, S. U. tentatively ac-
cepts the student as soon as application is
received (if requirements are met), and
will give the student a place on the fresh-
man list. In this way, a student whose
first choice is Susquehanna will be able to
clear up this matter of college admission
early in the year, and at the same time,
the Admissions Office will be better able
to process applications.
S. U. PROFS PRODUCTIVE
In the Susquehanna University Studies,
Vol. V, Number 3. three professors, well
known to the Alumni, record the lists of
their published writings. The list is an
impressive one and something of which
Susquehanna can be proud.
Dr. Russell W. Gilbert, professor of Ger-
man at Susquehanna for 26 years. Dr. Wil-
liam A. Russ, Jr., professor of history for
24 years, and Dr. Arthur H. Wilson, profes-
sor of English for 26 years reveal a list of
17 pages. Dr. Gilbert lists 4 poems. 7 books,
29 articles, and 7 book reviews. For Dr.
Wilson there are 3 works of fiction, 12
poems, 5 books, 28 articles and 14 book
reviews. Dr. Russ records 64 articles and
28 book reviews.
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December. March and June.
September, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
PRESIDENT SMITH'S MESSAGE
Greetings to all our alumni as we begin our 100th year!
During the year the Centennial Committee has made plans tor special days for
the several areas of our constituency. To one or more of these, as may prove
convenient for our alumni, we extend a most cordial invitation. The year's pro-
gram is listed below:
September 23 Opening Convocation for faculty and students. Address by
Rector Bela Lesko. Lutheran Theological Seminary. Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
September 27 Founder's Day. to honor pastors and laymen of Central Penn-
sylvania Synod. Speakers: Dr. Franklin C. Fry, Dr. Dwight F.
Putman and Dr. J. Frank Fife.
October 7 For townspeople and regional friends of the college — Historical
Society Day.
November 2 Centennial Homecoming for alumni.
1958
March 25 Convocation for educators and learned societies. Arthur H.
Compton. Washington University. St. Louis, Mo., Nobel Prize
Winner.
May 10 Dedication of new buildings, honoring women in education.
May 31 Centennial Commencement.
Looking forward to greeting you on November 2. I am
Faithfully yours.
Garman Urges Alums
To Attend Homecoming
Dear Alumni:
The officers of the Alumni Association
extend a personal invitation to you to
participate in the Centennial Homecoming
weekend.
The program starts at 7:00 P. M. Friday
evening with the crowning of the Home-
coming Queen in Seibert Hall. The stu-
dents are putting forth every effort to make
this a pleasant event for the alumni, and
it should be something to remember as the
starting gun in our Centennial year.
The Homecoming Committee, made up
of representatives of the student body, uni-
versity personnel and the alumni, is mak-
ing every effort to greet and entertain you.
Your presence will delight those on the
campus and demonstrate your true interest
and appreciation of their efforts.
We sincerely hope you will try to bring
the rest of your family with you. They are
welcome and are sure to enjoy our hos-
pitality. Be sure to register in the student
lounge upon arrival and check the week-
end events.
Bring your smiles and complaints. Let's
shake hands and have fun with the "old
gang"!
Faithfully yours.
President
«<*c*iS^'^<*S/Vi<*t<,|<(^
President General Alumni Association
S. U. GRABS EARN
COVETED DOCTORATE
Recent correspondence has been receiv-
ed in the Alumni Office from the National
Research Council listing Susquehanna's
graduates who have received Doctorates
during the period 1936-1956.
The Research Council has prepared this
list because the information will be of
such value to the academic world and to
those administrators responsible for policy
in higher education. It includes all doc-
torates based upon original research or
scholarship as well as the preparation of
a dissertation.
The Council is most anxious that the list
be accurate and has asked the Alumni
Office to carefully check it. Listed below
are Susquehanna graduates who have re-
ceived their doctorates during this period.
Any corrections should be reported to your
Alumni Office immediately so that noti-
fication may be sent to Washington.
There is a possibility this list is not com-
plete, and the Alumni Office would like to
have information about others who have
been awarded doctorates during the stated
period of 1936-1956.
Orris H. Aurand '21, Doctorate in Educ,
Col. Univ., 1950
John S. Bangson 'IS, Doctorate in Botany.
Penn State Univ., 1940
Harvey S. Bolan '25, Doctorate in Educ,
N.Y.U., 1943
Dorothy M. Bonawitz '20, Doctorate in
Liter.. Penn State Univ., 1936
Lee E. Boyer '26, Doctorate in Educ, Penn
State Univ., 1939
Robert A. Boyer '38, Doctorate in Physics,
Lehigh Univ., 1952
Charles E. ChafFee '27, Doctorate in Educ,
N. Y. U., 1939
Paul D. Coleman '40, Doctorate in Physics,
Mass. Institute of Tech., 1951
Russell J. Crouse '28, Doctorate in Political
Science, Temple Univ., 1954
Francis R. Geigle '33, Doctorate in Educ,
N. Y. U.. 1943
Ralph C. Geigle '35, Doctorate in Educ,
George Washington Univ., 1950
Horace G. Gelsel '31, Doctorate in Educ ,
Penn State Univ., 1943
Maurice R. Gor+ner '21, Doctorate in Re-
ligion and Theology. Temple Univ., 1938
John F. Hanna '35, Doctorate in Educ,
Penn State Univ., 1954
Park W. Huntington '17, Doctorate in Educ,
Univ. of Penna., 1950
Andrew V. Kozak '32, Doctorate in Educ,
Penn. State Univ., 1952
John R. Leach '47, Doctorate in Educ, Col.
Univ., 1953
Joseph C. McLain '24, Doctorate in Educ,
Col. Univ.. 1950
E. Dorothea Meyer '33, Doctorate in Educ,
N. Y. U., 1953
Harry W. Miller '14, Doctorate in Religion
and Tlieology, Temple Univ., 1943
Mary Weimer MofFitt '28, Doctorate in
Educ, Col. Univ., 1953
Glenn L. Musser '41, Doctorate in Physics,
Penn State Univ., 1951
Hazel E. Naugle '35, Doctorate in Educ,
N. Y. U., 1954
Paul M. Orso '40, Doctorate in Religion
and Theology, Boston Univ., 1949
Walter E. Reifsnyder '27, Doctorate in
Educ. Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1937
Helen O. Rogers '39, Doctorate in Music,
Indiana Univ.. 1955
Marvin W. Schlegel '28, Doctorate in His-
tory, Col. Univ., 1946
George F. Stover '27, Doctorate in Educ,
Col. Univ., 1942
Orie E. Sunday '06, Doctorate in Religion
and Theology, Temple Univ., 1941
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1957
Centennial Alumni Fund Reaches $40,000.
200 in Century Club. Alumni Urged to
Send in Contributions Before Homecoming
Over $40,000 has been reported to date for Susquehanna's Centennial Fund.
Alumni President Raymond P. Garman. Sr. sends a reminder to mcMiibers of the
Association who have not yet sent in their contributions, suggesting that checks or
pledges be mailed to the campus before Homecoming. "This is the opportunity of a
life-time", said President Garman. "This is Susquehanna's finest hour and all loyal
aliunni should stand by her side."
Almost 600 alumni have responded as of
September 16. This represents approxi-
mately 23 per cent of the alumni and shows
one of the finest responses in any financial
appeal.
Still far below the response of many col-
leges which show 50 and 60 per cent of
their alumni responding, the officers of the
Association plan to put forth special effort
right through to the end of the year to
further raise this percentage.
President Garman has said "I don't
want the alumni to feel that I am pushing
too much for contributions to our Centen-
nial Fund, but our job would be made
much easier if alumni would voluntarily
send in their contributions rather than
wait for a reminder from me or the Alumni
Office."
Many alumni have pledged certain
amounts to be paid over the period ex-
tending to the end of the Centennial aca-
demic year. This provides for deductions
for two income tax years.
The Century Club, made up of alumni
who have contributed $100 or more, now
has a membership of 199.
Listed below aie those who have con-
tributed since the last issue:
ADDITIONS TO
CENTURY CLUB
H. Clay Bergstresser
Carol Reidler Bottiger
Harold E. Ditzler
Laura L. Gemberling
Lawrence M. and
Louise Kresge Isaacs
Calvin J. Naugle
William 0. Roberts
Howard H. Solomon
ALUMNI ENDOW TWO
NEW SCHOLARSHIPS
President G. Morris Smith recently an-
nounced that Dr. H. Clay Bergstresser '17
and Carol Reidler Bottiger '53 had made
gifts to the university in the form of en-
dowed scholarships.
Always a welcome gift, a new scholar-
ship points up the interest of alumni in the
human side of Susquehanna's program.
E\en in an era of high economy, recent
studies have shown that many well-quali-
fied students never get to college because
of insufficient funds. Susquehanna fre-
quently loses good students in competition
with other colleges because of the limited
number of scholarships.
Dr. Bergstresser is pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church, Hazleton. where Mrs,
Bottiger's husband "Larry" '53 is Assist-
ant Pastor.
Don't Forget
J/
omecomina
November 1-2, 1957
1917 —
H. Clay Bergstresser
1919 —
Mary Woodruff Martin
1927 —
Martha Ertel Schumacher
1928 —
Harold E. Ditzlcr
Laura L. Gcmbernng
1929 —
William O. Roberts
1930 —
Miller R. Gerhardt
1931 —
Sara Haines Zimmerman
1934 —
Calvin J. Naugle
1943 —
Lawrence M. Isaacs
1945 —
Louise KrePKe Isaacs
1947 —
Howard H. Solomon
1949 —
Richard L. Wilson
1968 —
Carol Reidler Bottiger
FRIENDS
Mrs. James P. Kessler
Lawrie & Green
Maryland Synod of the
V. L. C. A.
Alumni Grand Total $41,440.70
New students, Harriet Gearhart of Sunbury and Virginia Letson of Metuchen, N. .J.,
enjoy Dr. Smith's interest in their Freshman beanies.
September, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
Seven New Members
Join S. U. Staff
Donald Fisher '51 in Business Ad-
ministration; Kleinsorji Resigns
Mr. W. Donald Fisher '51 joined S. U.'s
faculty this fall as a part-time lecturer in
Business Administration.
Known to many alumni, Mr. Fisher re-
ceived his M.B.A. from N. Y. U. after
graduating from S. U., and later completed
requirements for his C.P.A. A year ago
he set up offices in Selinsgrove and has
been conducting a successful business in
public accounting.
Many alumni will regret to learn of the
resignation of Mr. Axel Kleinsorg, who for
ten years has been an instructor in the
English Department. His dramatic pro-
ductions are well-known to alumni because
of the numerous plays presented on the
campus during alumni reunions. Mr.
Kleinsorg is now teaching English and di-
recting dramatics in the Bensalem High
School, Cornwells Heights, Pa.
Mr. James J. Peterson of Newton, N. J.
has taken over Mr. Kleinsorg's responsi-
bilities. He is a graduate of Bradley Uni-
versity and holds an M.A. degree from the
University of Penna.
Dr. Kenneth F. Mailloux, whose home is
in Allston, Mass., has been added to the
History Department. He did his under-
graduate work at Amherst and the Uni-
versity of Mass., and holds his M.A. and
Ph.D. degrees from Boston U.
Miss Edra Riley joins the administra-
tion staff as Assistant Registrar. Miss
Riley's home is in Martinsburg, W. Va.,
and she is a graduate of Shepherd College,
W. Va., where for three years she served
her Alma Mater as secretary and Assistant
Registrar.
Mr. William H. Betz will teach the basic
course in Investments as a part-time lec-
turer. He has been an investment broker
in Sunbury for many years and has stud-
ied with the American Institute of Banking
and the Institute of Finance.
Mr. Irvin Graybill, Jr., another part-time
lecturer, will teach Business Law. He is
a graduate of Bucknell and Harvard Law
School and is District Attorney for Snyder
County.
Mr. Ray D. Taylor of Milton will teach
Engineering Drawing and Descriptive
Geometry in Susquehanna's Pre-Engineer-
ing course. He has his Bachelor's and
Master's degrees from Penn. State U.
All new staff members were welcomed
by President and Mrs. Smith at a dinner
given in the Hotel Edison on Sept. 17.
CENTENNIAL USHERED IN BY SPECIAL
CONVOCATION AND FOUNDER'S DAY PROGRAM
Susquelianna's Centennial year opened on Monday, September 23 with a special Cen-
tennial Convocation at which the Rev. Bela Lesko, Rector of the new Lutheran Theologi-
cal Seminary at Buenos Aires, Argentina, delivered the address and received an hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
The second important event of the year occurred on September 27 when Dr. Franklin
Clark Fry, President of the U. L. C. A., gave the Founder's Day address before a large
audience in Seibert Hall.
The special convocation and the Foun-
der's Day program were the first of seven
special events for the Centennial year.
Rector Lesko, brilliant young theologian
born in Budapest, came to Susquehanna on
his way back to Argentina from the third
Lutheran World Federation meeting in
Minneapolis. After graduating from the
University of Sopron with high honors, he
did graduate work in theology at the Uni-
versity of Lund, Sweden, and because of
his distinguished record, he was invited
to take up Christian work among the Hun-
garians in Argentina. This work grew
into proportions of such large significance,
that in 1954, the Lutheran World Federa-
tion decided to build in Argentina a new
Theological Seminary, and called Pastor
Lesko to be its first head.
The festivities for Founder's Day on
September 27 began with a luncheon in
Horton Dining Hall, when faculty and stu-
dents were hosts lo pastors and laymen of
the Central Pennsylvania Synod, which has
always been so helpful in advancing the
program at Susquehanna.
After the luncheon, brief addresses were
given by President D wight F. Putman
of the Central Penna. Synod, and President
J. Frank Fife of the Maryland Synod. Dr.
Benjamin Kurtz, founder of Missionary In-
stitute which was the precursor of Sus-
quehanna University, was a member of the
Maryland Synod.
The main service of the day was held in
the college chapel at two o'clock when Dr.
Fry gave his address. Dr. Fry came to
Susquehanna soon after his election to the
Lutheran World Federation as its new
president. One of America's foremost
protestant churclimen, he also holds a key
office in the World Council of Churches,
being chairman of its Central Committee.
$65,000 FROM FORD GRANT
Dr. Smith m June received $65,000 from
the Ford Foundation, which was the sec-
ond installment of a gift to Susquehanna
of $125,000, the income of which for the
next ten years is to be used for faculty
salaries. The first $60,000 was received
in July, 1956.
The Foundation stated in its letter ac-
companying the first gift that after ten
years the University might use the gift for
any purpose it deemed wise.
THE IDEAL UNIVERSITY-ALUMNUS
RELATIONSHIP
The ultimate continuing strength of a university rests with its
alumni. Their association is ended only with death, and even, then new
generations of alumni provide the continuity thai perpetuates a univer-
sity. Its officers come and go, its faculties change, its programs are
modified, and its buildings are replaced, but its alumni maintain a life-
long relationship to their university. They are keepers of the tradition,
preferred stockholders of the enterprise, the mark of its accomplishment.
From the time he is selected as an undergradtiate, the alumnus is
irrevocably associated xvith and attached to his university. If his uni-
versity gains renouni, some rubs off on him. It he attains prominence
and success, his university basks in the reflected glory. He of all people
has the greatest stake iii his university. He follows its progress with
pride; he serves as an unofficial ambassador to the community ; he con-
tributes in many ivays to its leadership.
A university has a responsibility to its alumni, and they to it.
If an. alumnus maintains an intimate association xvith his institution
a)id an intimate knoivledge of its goals and problems, the chances are
great that he wll give it his assistance in time, effort and money. In turn,
the university is the keeper of a trust for him. It must never give him
real cause to regret that it is his university. This is the ideal university-
alumnus relationship. Both the university and the alumnus should strive
to reach it and keep it.
— From an article by Henry T. Heald,
foi-mer President, New York University
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1957
MEET THE BRIDE AND GROOM -
GEORGE H. BANTLEY '41 and Helen M.
Burger were married on Aug. 29 in St.
Basil's Church, Pittsburgh, where the
couple now reside at 1741 Parkline Dr.,
Apt. 4. Pittsburgh 27.
WILLIAM F. BASTIAN '54 was married to
Constance E. Wirt Sept. 5 in Sunbury.
Pa., where they reside at 247 Ridge Ave.
Bill is teaching in Lewisburg High School,
and studying for his Master's Degree at
Penn. State U.
ERMA M. BONAWITZ 49 was united in
marriage to the Rev. John M. Warnes
on Aug. 17 in the Redeemer Lutheran
Church, Lancaster. Pa., of which the
Rev. HERBERT G. HOHMAN 32 is
pastor.
DAVIS L. CLARK x'54 was married June
20 to Lardina A. Caverly in Bath, Me.
Now serving with the U. S. Navy, Davis
is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Acad-
emy. Annapolis, Md. and holds the rank
of Lieut. <jg).
NAOMI E. DAY '47 and Major Frederick
Stetson Wood. U. S. Marine Corps, were
united in marriage on June 22 in the
Fort Myer Chapel, Arlington, Va. Mrs.
Wood was employed in Washington. D. C.
prior to her marriage. The couple now
reside in Waverly. Mass., where Major
Wood is Assistant Professor of Naval
Science at Tufts University.
POLLY A. FISHER x'.55 was united in
marriage to Vaughn L. Artley in St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, Middlecreek
Dam, Pa. on Sept. 14. The Rev. Ben-
jamin Lotz. Assistant Professor of Re-
ligion and Philosophy at S, U., perform-
ed the double-ring ceremony. Polly and
her husband are employed as laboratory
technicians at the Sunbury Community
Hospital.
FREDERICK R, FROST '56 and Alice
Louise Valsing were married on Sept. 14
in Trinity Lutheran Church, Selinsgrove.
"Fritz" is employed by the New York
Life In.surance Co.. Harrisburg, where
the couple reside at 1038 Rolleston St.
Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh. Director of the
Conservatory of Music at S. U.. played
the organ. DONALD E. ROOK '56 was
one of the ushers.
PATRICIA GALLOWAY x'56 and LARRY
G. ROMIG '57 were married on July 28
in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Leman-
ters. Pa, The Rev. REIDE BINGAMAN
'23 performed the ceremony. Larry is
on the teaching staff of Millerstown H.
S., and Pat, since graduating from the
Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Nursing,
has been employed as a nurse in the
Sunbury Community Hospital. They re-
side at 12 N, High St., Selinsgrove.
JANET A. GERNER 56 and JOHN D.
YEICH '56 were united in marriage on
Aug. 10 in St. James' Lutheran Church,
Chalfont, Pa. The ceremony was per-
formed by John's father, the Rev. Ver-
non B. "i'eich. They are residing in Get-
tysburg, where John is attending Gettys-
burg Seminary. Janet is teaching in
Taneytown. Md. Members of the wed-
ding party were WILLIAM K. DONEY
'56 and DAVID E. FETTER '56.
ELIZABETH JOYCE HANCOCK x-.59 and
Joseph C. Stauller were united in mar-
riage Sept. 9 in St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, Spring Grove, Pa. They reside
at 32 S. Main St., Spring Grove, where
Joyce is employed by the P. H. Glat-
felter Co. and her husband by the U. S.
Postal Department.
EDWARD P. KOPF '53 was united in mar-
riage to Claire Estelle Meyers on July 1
in the Chapel of the National Broadcast-
ing Co., New York, N. Y. They reside
in Bloomfield, N, J.
NANCY L. MAREK '57 and LEROY B.
WOLFE, JR. '57 were married June 16.
The couple reside at 528 W. 56th St.,
Ashtabula, Ohio, where Leroy is in the
Management Training Program of J. C.
Penney Co. Nancy is teaching commer-
cial subjects in the Jefferson, Ohio, H. S.
Members of the wedding party were:
Nancy's brother, GARDINER '51. PETER
M, NUNN '.57 and two S. U. seniors. Bill
Aspray and Bob Bartels.
JANIS E, QUIGLEY x'58 and GEORGE F.
SCHLUCHTERER 57 were united in
marriage June 15 in St. John's Lutheran
Church, Boyertown, Pa. George is a
Jr. Accountant for Lybrand, Ross Bros.
& Montgomery in Phila. Members of the
wedding party were: PETER M. NUNN
'57, MILAN J, KRATZER '57 and Gail
Woolbert. James White, Gordon Thomp-
son. Wade Hoffman and James Maurer,
all students at S. U.
GAIL M, MULLER x'59 and FRANK L.
ROMANO '57 were united in marriage
June 15 in Community Methodist Church,
Roselle Park, .N. J. Frank is a teacher-
coach at Otto Township H. S., Duke Cen-
ter, Pa. They reside on School St., Rix-
ford. Pa.
MARY L. ROSENDALE x'57 was married
June 29 to Christ J. Bucolo in Olivet
Presbyterian Church, Reading, Pa. Mary
is a Laboratory Technician at Reading
Hospital, and her husband is a teacher
in the Governor Mifflin Jt. School Sys-
tem. They reside at 422 Walnut Street,
Reading.
CHARLOTTE J. SANDT '56 and KENNETH
F. ERDLEY, JR. '55 were married May
25 in Temple Lutheran Church, Brook-
line, Pa. with the Rev. ROBERT F.
FISHER '40 officiating at the double-ring
ceremony. Ken, recently discharged from
the Navy, is now a teacher-coach at
Woodbury, N. J. High School. They re-
side at Evergreen and Hunter Sts., Wood-
bury. Members of the wedding party
were: MR. '55 and MRS. (CLAIRE ROS-
ENGARTEN x'56i WALTER C. ALBERT,
JR., NANCY J. McCULLOUGH '56.
JAMES G, SHOWALTER .55 and LARRY
R. BINGAMAN ;».
JOHN H. SCHRAEDER '54 was united in
marriage on Aug. 24 to Janet H. Fickner
of West Hazleton. Pa. They reside in
Woodbridge. N. J. where John is teach-
ing music in the high .school.
RUTH E. SCOTT '55 and PETER M.
NUNN '57 were united in marriage on
June 22. Pete is a junior auditor for
Lybrand. Ross Bros, and Montgomery
in Philadelphia. The couple reside at
1207 Riverside Dr., Wilmington 3. Del.
FREDERICK L. SHILLING '55 was mar-
ried to Marlene M. Sterner on June 16
in St. Bartholomew's Lutheran Church,
Hanover, Pa. with the groom's father,
the Rev. RUSSELL T. SHILLING '29,
officiating the double-ring ceremony,
Fred is a senior at Gettysburg Seminary
this year. Members of the wedding par-
ty were: CHARLES W. COATES '55,
STANLEY R. SHILLING '57. brother of
the groom and sister of the groom, Bar-
bara Shilling, who is a student at S. U.
STANLEY R. SHILLING '57 was united in
marriage on Aug. 2 to Shirley M. Werner
in St. Bartholomew's Lutheran Church,
Hanover, Pa. The groom's father, the
Rev. RUSSELL T. SHILLING '29 per-
formed the double-ring ceremony. Stan
is employed by the W. T. Grant & Co.,
York, and he and his wife reside at 126
York St., Hanover. Members of the
wedding party were: FREDERICK L.
SHILLING '.55. brother of the groom,
JACK BISHOP '57 and Barbara Shilling,
student at S. U.
GLENN E. SMITH '56 and Elaine M. New-
man, Selinsgrove. were united in mar-
riage June 16 in Ebenezer Evangelical
United Brethren Church. Glenn is in his
second year at Temple Univ. School of
Medicine in Phila., where the couple
reside.
JANET L. SNYDER x'.59 was united in
marriage to Harold F. Ness Sept. 7.
The couple reside in Etters, Pa. Janet
is a secretary for U. S. Steel Homes in
Harrisburg.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
September, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
THE CRUSADERS OF 1957
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PYont Row (1. to r.) — Joe Osinchak, Jack Anthony. Clamers Bartlow. Bob Lewis, Co-capt. Walt Benham,
Co-capt. Dick Purnell. Ralph Ferraro, Jim Keiscr, Dan Marvin and Ray Richie.
Middle Row— Gerald Sullivan, Richard Derrick, James McGrath, Dixon Cuff, Ted Schilling, Gerald Bernstein,
James Miller. Lee Conrad and Carl Shoemaker.
Standing— Asst. Coach Bob Pitlello. Ken James (manager). Neil Rebuck. Ronald Concavage. George Swann,
George Moore. Don Cave, Fritz Fichtner. Edward Jones. Allen Nace. Glenn Bowman, Ronald Kahn,
Frank Procopio and Head Coach Henry J. "Whitey" Keil.
KEIL AND PITTELLO
HAVE SQUAD OF 31
Football coaches, Henry J. "Whitey"
Keil, '39 and Bob Pittello, '51 have been
working hard since September 9 for the
opening game with Ursinus on October 5.
With 15 lettermen returning and 16 prom-
ising candidates, the coaches are hopeful
for an even better season than last year's
4-3 record.
Heading the list of returning lettermen
are co-captains Dick Purnell of Ashland
and Walt Benham of Philadelphia. Two
upperclassmen ha\'e returned who were
missing from last year's squad because of
injuries, Carl Shoemaker of Ashland and
Fritz Fichtner of Reading.
In commenting on this year's prospects.
Coach Keil said, "We are very happy to
have for the first time since I have taken
over, a good bench. We also think we
now have an improved line. However, we
have only one returning end and one of
our problems will be to select a starter
from four freshman prospects."
Through the columns of the "Alumnus"
Coach Keil wants to express his appreci-
ation to alumni who have referred football
players to the campus this year. He said,
"One of the encouraging things about serv-
ing my Alma Mater is the whole-hearted
support given by the Alumni. Keep them
coming."
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1957 FOOTBALL
- SCHEDULE -
October:
5— Ursinus College A
12— Swarthmore College (Parents' Day) H
19— Dickinson College A
26— Grove City College H
November:
2— Bridgewater College (Homecoming) H
9— Wagner College H
16— Haverford College A
Nov. 1-2
Basketball
1957 - 1958
Dec. 6— Hartwick College A
Dec. 7— Hamilton College A
Dec. 14— Ursinus College A
Jan. 9— National Aggies A
Jan. 11— Dickinson College H
Jan. 13 — Scranton University H
Jan. 17— Juniata College A
Jan. 18— Western Maryland H
Jan. 31— Rider College A
Feb. 1— Upsala College A
Feb. 3 — Lebanon Valley A
Feb. 6— Franklin & Marshall H
Feb. 8— Washington College A
Feb. 10— Wilkes CoUege H
Feb. 12— Lycoming CoUege H
Feb. 22— Drexel Tech A
Feb. 28— Upsala College H
Mar. 1— Rutgers, So. Jersey H
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1957
Excited Spectators Frequently Interrupt
Early Football at S. U. 1st Student Pep
Rally 1899. Coeds 1st Sponsor Team Banquet
by WILLIAM S. CLARK '48
Editor's Note: The following is the thii-d and last chapter of the story of early foot-
ball at S. U.. printed here with the permission of the editors of the Susquehanna Studies.
In two previous chapters, the writer told of the early support of the faculty and the
enthusiasm of the student body.
One of the greatest rivalries was the
one with the Bloomsburg State Normal
School of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
Everytime these two colleges met on
the gridiron the game ended in argu-
ments. In 1893, when Missionary In-
stitute defeated Bloomsburg 18-10, a
Selinsgrove spectator said: "They took
their defeat very badly and spoke in
very strong language against our team
and town." In 1896, when Susquehan-
na's team travelled to Bloomsburg and
was defeated, 22-0, it was said that
Susquehanna "faced a crowd of would
be exponents of the game, who . . .
aided by their peculiar tactics unknown
to the true art of the game, secured sev-
eral touch-downs and won the game.
In this contest our boys stood up before
professional players, sluggers and non-
descript pugilists. It did not take a
close observer to see the ominous swing
of a right land on the jaw of a prostrate
wearer of the maroon and orange." The
Bloomsburg men refused a return game
in Selinsgrove, for they were ill-at-ease
about what might happen to them if
they ventured into hostile territory.
They "feared the multitude of Selins-
grove on-lookers." This attitude caused
extreme irritation at Susquehanna. The
college paper cried: "Bloomsburg Nor-
mal can no longer hope to preserve ath-
letic relations with us. It is the unani-
mous verdict of the University that we
permit them to go by unnoticed and
forgotten." The teams did not face each
other again until 1901.
Franklin and Marshall College at
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, usually proved
to be a strong opponent. Evidently of-
ficials in the 1890's were subject to se-
vere criticism just as they are today.
In the game played in November, 1898,
there were "disputes on the part of both
teams." The referee was accused of
favoritism. According to a Susquehan-
na spectator, the referee "gave F. & M.
everything . . . The game was almost
all kicking (of both kinds)." Another
observer of the game said that "al-
though we were defeated 6-0 our boys
learned the lesson that it is impossible
to defeat eleven men and the official."
The largest college played by the
Susquehanna eleven up to that time
was The Pennsylvania State College
(now University) in October, 1898. Be-
fore the members of the team travelled
to State College for the game, there was
some question on their part concerning
how they would be treated. The Penn
State eleven was a strong one and had
consistently defeated formidable teams.
The boys from Selinsgrove knew that
the Nittany Lions had beaten the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, the University
of Pittsburgh, and the Carlisle Indian
School, and had tied the United States
Naval Academy. The maroon and or-
ange approached the game with some
misgivings. When, finally, they limped
oft Beaver Field, they were the victims
of a stinging 45-6 defeat. Obviously
Penn State was much the stronger team
and had treated the match with Sus-
quehanna as "a good practice game."
Consolation for Susquehanna, however,
rested in Captain Morris' sixty yard
run, on a trick play, for a touchdown.
The biggest victory for Susquehanna
was the overwhelming conquest of the
Muncy Athletic Club of Muncy, Penn-
sylvania, in November, 1897, by the
score of 96-0. It was reported that "one
touchdown was made in one-half min-
ute, and a few in one and one-half min-
utes. The game was replete with long
runs."
Generally speaking, Susquehanna suc-
ceeded in drawing fair-sized crowds to
the home games. The crowds were
noisy and mobile. On a number of oc-
casions they interrupted team play by
running on the field and shouting so
loudly that they drowned out the sig-
nals of the team captain. Many who
attended knew little or nothing about
the game, but having caught the fever
that was sweeping the nation, came to
the games to satisfy their curiosity. It
was not surprising that many were ig-
norant of the game because the game
was new and its rules changed rapidly.
Even a large number of the students
who reported for practice had never
played before. "To the average un-
initiated spectator, a game of footbaU
[looked] like the veriest hurly-burly of
chance and main strength."
A great number of books and articles,
however, appeared on the subject and
these were widely read. The literature
of football rapidly became quite exten-
sive. Of particular interest was the
work of the great pioneer of the game,
Walter Camp of Yale. Changes and de-
velopments in the game itself made it
more intelligible and exciting. The in-
troduction of improved signal systems
(from odd and meaningless garbled
phrases to numbers and letters), the in-
creased use of and mastery of inter-
ference, the changes in the point values
of the touchdown and field goal, and the
creation of new playing formations such
as "guards back," all aided in making
the game better for player and spec-
tator alike.
The "guards back" formation was in-
troduced by Coach Woodruff of the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania in 1895, al-
though Amos Alonzo Stagg had used
the same formation with tackles at an
earlier date. The "guards back" for-
mation consisted of pulling two guards
out of the line either to carry the ball
or to run interference. The formation
became a strong ground gainer for
teams that knew how to use it effec-
tively. Susquehanna employed this for-
mation successfully on occasion and
scored a touchdown with it against the
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Y. M. C. A.
team in 1897. Several of Susquehanna's
opponents, including Franklin and
Marshall College, used the formation.
The status of football was greatly im-
proved at Susquehanna when provision
was made for a professionally trained
coach. As the science and art of foot-
ball developed, the services of a regular
coach became a necessity. It was not
long before the students of the univer-
sity petitioned the Board of Directors to
secure someone "good in athletics" for
this purpose. The first man to fill the
position was E. P. (Ted) Gilchrist, a
graduate of Bucknell University, who
came to Susquehanna in 1897. He was
followed in 1898 by C. Oscar Ford. The
regular coach brought experience and
knowledge of the game with him, but
more important, he brought the insti-
tution of the training table and all that
it could mean. Said Amos Alonzo Stagg
at the time, "the young collegian of to-
day, who . . . obtains a seat at the
'training table' is an object of envy. . . .
The training table diet of today is al-
most sumptuous, and few men in col-
lege enjoy better living than the mem-
bers of the University athletic organ-
izations."
September, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
NINE
Another improvement in football at
Susquehanna was made in 1899 when
the Directors (having changed their at-
titude of 1893) purchased six acres of
ground, adjoining the campus, for the
purpose of constructing an athletic field.
Work on the new field was begun im-
mediately and "the boys first broke
ground by the removal of a very promi-
nent cherry tree." Soon this field be-
came the scene of exciting games and
noisy crowds.
By 1898 the tradition of a team ban-
quet at the end of the season came into
being. These gala affairs were gener-
ally sponsored by the "coeds." The
banquet rooms were profusely deco-
rated and featured "dark red chrysan-
themums, tied with a small bow of
maroon and orange." One contempor-
ary stated: "The bumps and bruises that
had fallen to the lot of each man were
all forgotten at this time, when the
subject immediately present required
all the attention possible."
By 1899, football at Susquehanna was
an established school activity. A great
deal of development had taken place
since the chilly Saturday night in No-
vember, 1890, when Hare, Smith, and
Michael returned to the campus after
viewing their first game at Lewisburg.
The administration vigorously opposed
professionalism as "one of the great
menaces to the purity" of the game.
But in order to attract students and to
make the name of the university wor-
th}' in athletic circles, much was done
to promote the game on an amateur
basis.
At the beginning of the academic year
in September, 1899, the students held a
mass pep meeting at which members of
the football team "gave utterance to the
benefits derived from playing football."
Much was made of the fact that the
team was now "a pure college team,
composed of bona-fide students." Ex-
citement ran to a high pitch. "At this
time," stated the student newspaper,
"there is burning in the heart of nearly
every college man the fire of football
enthusiasm. Each team is watched with
eager hearts, and the common question
is 'Will we win?' Very few think of
anything else." At the turn of the cen-
tury, football had become a consuming
passion both for players and spectators.
In some instances it came to represent
a symbol. To many of the students at
Susquehanna University the world in
which they moved had become
a mighty gridiron . . .
With the goals standing far apart.
The End
CENTENNIAL HOMECOMING
Friday and Saturday. November 1-2, 1957
Friday Evening, November 1, 19S7
7:00 P. M. Pageant of Centennial Homecoming Queen— Seibert Hall.
8:00 P. M. Torch-light parade, Bon Fire and Pep Rally.
9:30 P. M. Party for Alumni and Students in Student Lounge.
Saturday, November 2, 1957
9:00 A. M. Traditional Frosh-Soph Football Game.
10:30 A. M. Alumni Council Meeting, Room #103, Bogar Hall.
NOON Buffet luncheons at Phi Mu Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Chi.
Snack Bar in G. A. will be open for alumni desiring to lunch there.
1:00 P. M. Pre-game Activities.
1:30 P. M. Football Game — Crusaders vs. Bridgewater College.
.After Game Coffee Hour in Seibert Social Rooms.
9:00 P. M. Homecoming Dance.
DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER IN G.
A. LOUNGE
NOTE
The above schedule is not complete. The Homecoming Committee, made up
of students and faculty, will meet with President Raymond P. Garman '30 and
Robert Bastress '39 to complete plans for November 1-2.
The Alumni will be notified of additional activities approved by the Committee.
Junior Co-eds
BINGAMAN— Lawrie Elizabeth was born
on June 25 to Mr. '55 and Mrs. (Carlene
Lamade '55) Larry R. Bingaman. The
Bingamans reside in Camden, N. J.
BOTTIGER — Catherine Ruth arrived at
the home of the Rev. '53 and Mrs. (Carol
Reidler '53) Ernest L. Bottiger on Aug. 5.
The Bottigers make their home in Hazle-
ton. Pa.
CHASE— Ann Louise was born to Mr. and
Mrs. (Elizabeth Burnham '53) Barclay
Downing Chase on July 28. Her new
home is in New Milford, Conn.
CLUGSTON— Cindy Lee was born on Sept.
2 to Mr. '57 and Mrs. Paul J. Clugston,
Jr. in Huntsville. Ala. where the Clug-
stons reside.
FENSTERMACHER — Diane Marie was
born on April 23 in Sunbury to Mr. '52
and Mrs. Gene L. Fenstermacher. Diane
is their first child.
HENDRICKS — a son. Palmer, was born on
June 21 to Mr. '57 and Mrs. John S.
Hendricks of 101 Third St., Hanover, Pa.
KL E I NTOP— Michael Charles was born to
Mr. '57 and Mrs. (Mary Ann Bingaman
'551 Earl F. Kleintop on June 29. The
Kleintops reside in Indianapolis, Indiana.
OLSON— David Lee put in his appearance
on Sept. 9 at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
(Miriam Vogler '52) Leroy C. Olson, at
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
ROGERS — Sharon Louise made her ap-
pearance on June 18 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. (Annabelle Thomas '55) James
C. Rogers, Jr. of 403 N. Spring St., Bel-
lefonte, Pa.
SCHRAAAAA — Virginia Jean was born Sept.
1 to Mr. '46 and Mrs. (Jean Wheat '46)
Raymond R. Schramm. They reside in
Cedar Grove, N. J.
STAMFEL— Richard Arthur arrived on the
scene March 19. His proud parents are
Mr. '54 and Mrs. A. Clifford Stamfel of
43 E. Pettibone St., Forty Fort, Pa.
WINEY— a daughter was born Sept. 1 to
Mr. '55 and Mrs. Carl Winey. Carl is
now a member of the faculty of Middle-
burg Joint High School.
YOUNG— John Richard was born May 31
to Mr. '54 and Mrs. Richard M. Young,
Northumberland. John has an older sis-
ter, Laurie Ann.
ALUMNI CLUB ATTENDS
PLAY
The Harrisburg and York-Hanover Dis-
trict Alumni Clubs sponsored an Allenberry
Playhouse production "Marriage on Ap-
proval" September 9. The project was a
great success with approximately 400 in
attendance. Many wlio had purchased
tickets were kept away because of bad
weather. The proceeds were divided be-
tween the two clubs to add to their schol-
arship funds.
The York-Hanover Club also, on Augu.st
15, held a successful family picnic at the
Hametown Church Grove, with 65 persons
attending. In charge of planning was the
Rev. Kenneth D. James.
TEN
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1957
— Susquehannans On Parade —
if\t\ Dr. Merlo K. W. Heicher is the
y^ author of a new book entitled
Heicher's Filing System, published by the
Baker Book House. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dr. Heicher resides in Claremont, Calif.,
where he retired in 1953 after a very active
career of teaching and preaching. He is
the author of two other books. Living on
Tiptoe and Meditations for Days and Sea-
sons, and is editor of The Minister's Man-
ual.
i-l O Dr. J. Paul Harman, who has com-
1 0 pleted a quai ter-ccntury as Pastor
of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
Greensburg, Pa., was honored at a special
service in early Sept. with approximately
400 persons attending. Prior to his minis-
try at Greensburg, he served the Salem,
Ohio Trinity L. C. .
i-tn Dr. Park W. Huntington was elected
\ I Department Commander of the
Dept. of Delaware, American Legion, at
the -Sgth Annual Convention of the organ-
ization in July. Dr. Huntington has served
as Department Chaplain, as Deputy First
Vice Commander and as National Chap-
plain of the American Legion. Retired
from the ministry, he conducts devotional
and religious services over radio stations
in Wilmington, Del.
yt\t\ The Rev. John J. Weikel, Pastor of
£tLt 'he New Berlin Lutheran Church
for the past 11 years, has accepted a call
to serve the Stone Valley charge of the
Lutheran Church in the Dalmatia, Pa.
area. He assumed his new duties Sept. 1.
>rt J The Rev. Andrew H. Beahm of the
^ij Sixth Armored Cavalry Division has
recently returned from Germany after hav-
ing served there for the past three years.
At present he is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky.
>rt^ John F. Lewis, Professor of Botany
£t I lit the California, Pa. State Teach-
ers College, was one of three Penna. edu-
cators who recently received national rec-
ognition for his efforts in conservation edu-
cation in the Commonwealth. The award
of merit was given to Professor Lewis "for
his outstanding contribution to conserva-
tion education in Penna."
'30
Mrs. Glenn E. Fisher (Dorothy
Heiser) is now a member of the
staff of the Duncannon, Pa. elementary
school.
'36
Mrs. Glen W. Russell (Mary Lan-
don) recently received her Master's
Degree in Music from Penn. State U.
Leonard A. Najaka recently received his
Master's Degree in Educational Adminis-
tration from Penn. State U.
'44
>«jn Dr. Robert A. Boyer, head of the
jO Muhlenberg College Physics Dept.,
participated in tlie summer faculty pro-
gram of Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle,
Wash. He took part in the research pro-
gram dealing with the development of the
nuclear warhead to be used in guided
missiles. Dr. Orville M. Fitzgerald, psy-
chiatrist with a private practice in Selins-
grove, was awarded a Fellowship by the
American P.sychiatric As.sociation.
'00 •'*^" ^' Beamenderfer, Instructor
jj/ in Business Education at S. U., this
summer made a tour of many European
countries. She visited Spain, Portugal,
Italy, Austria. Switzerland, Germany. Bel-
gium and France.
> J A The Rev. J. Leon Haines on Oct. 1
'jy took over duties of the office of Di-
rector of Stewardship. Evangelism and
Missions for the Ev. Lutheran Synod of
Md. He was formerly Pastor of Augsburg
Lutheran Church, Balitmore.
The Rev. George M. Bass this June
received the degree of Doctor of
Sacred Theology from Temple Univ., Phila.
He is now Associate Professor of Preach-
ing and Practical Theology at Northwest-
ern Lutheran Theological Seminary, Min-
neapolis, Minn.
> J/\ The Rev. Warren S. Outerbridge is
tjj now Associate Rector St. Mark's
Episcopal Church, Venice, Fla. and Vicar
of St. David's Episcopal Church. Engle-
wood, Fla. Mrs. Warren S. Outerbridge
(Margaret Latta) is teaching English in
the Venice, Fla. Senior H. S. Warren J.
Pirie has resigned from his position at the
Oxford Academy, Pleasantville, N. J. In
Feb. he will receive his Master's Degree
from Bucknell and he plans to enter an-
other university where he will work toward
his Ph. D.
>PA Thomas E. Deppen has been pro-
3U moted to the position of Chief Ac-
countant of Hall's Motor Transit Co., Sun-
bury, Pa. He has been associated with
Hall's since 1953, formerly serving as an
accountant with the P. P. and L. Co., Sun-
bury. Patricia Houtz is now teaching com-
mercial subjects at Hanover Park H. S.,
Hanover, N. J. She formerly taught in
Sunbury H. S. This .summer she received
her Master of Science degree from Penn.
State U.
'52
Donald C. Berninger recently re-
ceived his Master's Degree in Mu-
sic Education from Penn State U.
>f"Q Daniel W. Williamson received hi.s
30 Master's Degree in Business Ad-
ministration from Syracuse on June 3.
Kenneth E. Orris recently received his
Master's Degree in Music Education from
Penn. State U.
^CA '^"- Ff'^nk R- Layman (Joann
J't Mosholder) recei\ed her Master's
Degree in Education from Arizona State
College this summer, specializing in sec-
ondary education. She is teaching Biology
at Mesa, Arizona H. S. Richard N.
Young is now head football coach at Nor-
thumberland H. S. He was formerly at
Morristown. N. J. High School. George
W. Washbourne is head football coach at
Pine Groxe, Pa. H. S.
>Cr Kenneth F. Erdley, Jr., recently
33 discharged from the U. S. Navy, is
a teacher-coach at the Woodbury, N. J.
High School. Arlan K. Gilbert has been
awarded a teaching assistantship in the
Dept. of History at the Univ. of Wisconsin,
where he began his studies this fall for
his Ph. D. in history. In June he received
his Master's degree from the Univ. of
Delaware.
'56
Donald L. Hartman has received a
four-year state scholarship at Tem-
ple Univ. for medical studies. He has
been engaged for the past year in the
biology division of the research laboratory
at Oak Ridge. Tenn. Anna Jane Moyer has
been granted a scholarship to obtain an
M.A. degree in Library Science at Drexel
Institute of Technology, Phila. She had
formerly been a teacher in Lewisburg, Pa.
H. S.
WHITHER THE CLASS
OF 1957
Nelson Bailey: Planning to enter Military
Ser\'ice.
Jack Bishop: E.xecutive Trainee, Sears,
Roebuck & Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
George Cawley: Accountant Training Pro-
gram. York Corporation < subsidiary of
Borg-Warner Corp. i. York, Pa.
Carletta Chubb: Math and Science teacher.
Greenwood Jt. H. S., Miller.stown, Pa.
Paul Clugston: G-S 5 Mathematician, Red-
stone Ar.senal, Huntsville, Ala.
Woody Cox: Claims Adjuster, Liberty Mu-
tual Insur. Co., East Orange, N. J.
Nancy Forrest: Secretary. Sun Oil Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Ronald Fouche: Sales Representative,
Palmyra Bologna Co., Palmyra, Pa.
Guy Frisk: Graduate work in Clinical
P.sychology, W. Va. Univ.
Chester Hall: Advertising Clerk, Pome-
roy's. Harrisburg. Pa.
Dave Harris: Getty.sburg Seminary.
Dave Harrington: Traveling Auditor,
American Surety Co. of N. Y., Phila., Pa.
Lynn Hassinger: Commercial Teacher,
Southern Regional H. S., Manahawkin,
N. J.
Park Haussler: Lybrand, Ross Bros, and
Montgomery, Phila., Pa.
(Continued on Next Page)
September, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ELEVEN
John Hendricks: Reporter, Dun & Brad-
street. Inc., Phila., Pa.
Donald Henninger: Trainee, Bell Tele-
phone Company of Penna., Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Dwight Huseman: Philadelphia Seminary.
Earl Klelntop: Sales Trainee, Link-Belt
Co.. Indianapolis, Ind.
Wallace Kutz: Music Teacher, Sunbury
High School.
Clarence Lorah: Graduate work in Bio-
chemistry, Univ. of Pittsburgh.
Dick Love: Special Agent, Northwestern
Mutual Life Insur. Co., Harrisburg, Pa.
Nancy Marek Wolfe: Commercial Teacher,
Jefferson, Ohio, High School.
Gloria Masteller: Commercial Teacher,
Quakertown. Pa. Senior High School.
Bonnie Miller: Secretary, General Elec-
tric Co., York, Pa,
Pete Nunn: Lybrand, Ross Bros, and
Montgomery, Phila,, Pa.
George Pospisil: Trainee in Group Pen-
sion Dept., Prudential Insur. Co,, New-
ark, N, J.
Len Quick: Claims Adjuster, Travelers'
Insur. Co. of Hartford, Harrisburg, Pa.
Ed Rhodes: Service Salesman, Atlantic
Refining Co., Pittsburgh, Pa,
Paul Rogers: Music Technician, Veter-
ans Hospital, Lebanon, Pa.
Frank Romano: Math teacher and basket-
ball coach. Otto Twp. H. S., Duke Cen-
ter, Pa.
Larry Romig: Commercial Teacher,
Greenwood Jt. H. S., Millerstown, Pa.
John Roshon: Gettysburg Seminary.
Carole Sadosuk: Math Teacher, Trediffrin-
Easttown Jr. H. S., Berwyn, Pa.
George Schluchterer: Lybrand, Ross Bros,
and Montgomery. Phila., Pa.
Gary Schroeder: Executive Trainee, Jo-
seph Home Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Joe Scully: Student Plant Engineer, Bell
Telephone Co., Vineland, N. J.
Stan Shilling: Manager Trainee. W. T.
Grant Co., York, Pa.
Doug Smith: New Brunswick Theological
Seminary.
Liz Stradling: Teacher, Donegal School
District. Mt. Joy, Pa.
Janet Swenson: Commercial Teacher, Ei-
senhower Sr, H. S., Norristown, Pa.
Sister Bessie Trate: Grade Teacher, Trin-
ity Lutheran Day School, Greenville. S. C.
Lillian Troutman: Teacher, Upper Dau-
phin Jt. Schools. Elizabethville, Pa.
Ruthann Ulsh: Caseworker, Huntingdon
County Child Welfare Service, Hunting-
don. Pa.
Sue Wahl: English Teacher, Warwick Un-
ion School District, Lititz, Pa.
Erhard Werner: Jr. H. S. Math teacher,
Clifton IN. J.) Schools.
Nat Wilhour: Commercial Teacher, To-
wanda Valley Jt. H. S., Towanda, Pa.
Dave Wise: Graduate study in Biophysi-
cal chemistry, Yale.
Doris Wittes: Commercial Teacher, Ma-
hanoy Jt. H. C, Dalmatia, Pa,
Armor Wolfe: Music Instructor, Milton
H. S., Milton, Pa.
Leroy Wolfe: Management Trainee, J. C.
Penney Co.. Ashtabula. Ohio.
Linda Youhon: Jr. High music teacher.
Big Spring School System, Newville, Pa.
Arthur Zimmerman: Auditor, Price Water-
house & Co., N. Y.
Ruth Zimmerman: Chemist, Joseph Ban-
croft & Sons Co., Wilmington, Del.
x'59's
Nancy Altland: Occupational Therapy,
Professional Inst.. Richmond. Va.
Claudette Bedeaux: Central Intelligence
Agency, Washington, D. C.
Marian Bowman: Secretary, Maple Ridge
Elementary School, Somerset, Pa.
Sandra Crothers: Student nurse, Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center, N. Y., N. Y.
Beverly Hofecker: Secretary, Western
Penna. Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rosemary Nelson: Student nurse, Cornell
Univ. School of Nursing, N. Y., N. Y.
Janet Rohrbach: Secretary, Law Office,
Lancaster, Pa.
Janet K. Smith: Secretary, Sharpe &
Dohme, West Point, Pa,
Janet Snyder: Secretary, U. S. Steel
Homes, Harrisburg, Pa.
Joyce Hancock StaufFer: P. H. Glatfelter
Co., Spring Grove, Pa.
Julia Stauffer: Secretary, Surgeon's Of-
fice, Lancaster, Pa.
Gracia Thomas: Primary Education,
Brockport State Teachers College, N. J.
Barbara Tongue: Secretary, Jefferson
Medical College. Phila., Pa.
Carol Zacharias: Student Nurse, Cornell
Medical College, N. Y., N. Y.
INTERNSHIP PROG. FOR
ACCOUNTING STUDENTS
Dean Russell Gait has announced an ad-
dition to Susquehanna's internship program
for its students in Business Administration.
Beginning with this term, the well-known
Accounting and Management Consulting
Firm of Scovell, Wellington and Co., N. Y.,
will join two other accounting firms offer-
ing work experience to Susquehanna's stu-
dents carrying a major in accounting.
Those students at Susquehanna interested
in public accounting will now be placed
during their senior year with either Price,
Waterhouse and Co. or the Scovell, Wel-
lington Co, In both cases, the internship
will be served in New York City, where
students will be assigned practical work
experience as junior accountants, working
under the supervision of senior staff mem-
bers.
Accounting students interested in indus-
trial accounting will serve their internship
with the York, Pa. division of Borg Warner.
With the addition of Scovell, Wellington
and Co. to Susquehanna's internship pro-
gram, Susquelianna will now be able to
place most of its accounting majors with
leading accounting firms for observation
and practical experience.
With such an intensive program of train-
ing for accountants, Susquehanna gradu-
ates fare very well in the job market.
This past June positions were accepted
with not only the firms co-operating with
the internship program, but such account-
ing firms as Lybrand, Ross Bros, and
Montgomery hired three of Susquehanna's
graduates.
The internship program at S, U. has
been developed by Mr. Lamar D. Inners of
the Business Administration faculty.
Jerry D. Bogar. Jr. x'99 was host Saturday, Aug, 24 to a number of his good friends
and former students during the time he was himself a student at S. U. The occasion
honored the first time when he and Dr. John I. Woodruff '88 met as student and professor
on Susquehanna's campus.
Left to right: Dr. Basil F. Martin x'28, William M. Schnure x'99, Samuel App, Mr.
Cleckner i friend of Mr. Bogar >, Luther C, Hassinger x'99, Frank A. Eyer x'98, Dr. John
I. Woodruff '88. Dr. William M. Rearick '94, Jerry D. Bogar, Jr. x'99, Charles I. Boyer
x'02. Dr. G. Morris Smith, Dr. Chalmers E. Frontz '96, Dr. Latimer S. Landes '11 and
Ralph W. Woodruff '20.
TWELVE
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1957
MEET THE BRIDE . . .
I Continued from Page Six)
ELIZABETH A. STRADLING o? was mar-
ried to James \V. Sarbaugh of Columbia,
Pa. June 29 in the Langhorne. Pa. Meth-
odist Church. Liz is teaching elementary
music in the Donegal Area Jt. Schools,
Mt. Joy, Pa., while her husband con-
cludes his studies at Elizabethtown Col-
lege. They reside at 478 W. Bainbridge
St., Elizabethtown, Pa. Members of the
wedding party were: LINDA J. YOU-
HON -hi. JANET M. COLE .57 and
Gloria Myers, soloist, a student at S. U.
JAMES D. WITHER, JR. 53 and Jean E.
Harper were united in marriage in a
recent ceremony in Ontario. Canada.
Mr. Wither is employed as a Real Es-
tate and Insurance Saleman by L. W.
Bluemie and Co.. Williamsport, Pa.,
where the couple reside.
VIRGINIA LEE YINGER 51 was married
on Aug. 3 to Rev. Herbert A. WOlke,
Rector of St. Christopher's Episcopal
Church. Houston, Texas, where they re-
side.
1957-58 STAR COURSE
Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh, Chairman of
S. U.'s Public Events Committee has re-
cently announced the "Star Course" pro-
gram for the University's Centennial year.
Each year more and more Alumni are tak-
ing advantage of this excellent program,
designed to bring to the campus not only
entertainment but also outstanding talent
in music, the theater and the lecture plat-
form.
This year's program follows:
Dr. Louis M. Hacker,
Dean, Columbia University
The Nieuw Amsterdam Trio
Dr. Roland H. Bainton,
Yale University
Theatre of the East
Oct. 25, 1957
Jan. 6, 1958 .
Feb. 14, 1958 .
April 11. 19.58
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at SeUnsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
HEILMAN MUSIC HALL NOW UNDER ROOF
NEW MUSIC BUILDING
PROGRESSES
Alumni will be interested in seeing the
progress of the new Music Building. Now
completely under roof, the builders have
had an exceUent summer with very few
days lost because of weather.
Students and visitors enjoy walking
through the new building and by the time
Homecoming rolls along, it is expected
much of the debris of new construction
will have been cleared awav.
OVER-NIGHT RESERVATIONS FOR
HOMECOMING WEEKEND
Your Alumni Office will be glad to make early reservations for you at a nearby
motel or hotel.
Please check below the type of accommodations you would like, and the of-
fice will confirm your reservation immediately.
1 would like reservations for a party including:
male female children
I prefer accommodations in a hotel motel
Signed
Address
As soon as your reservation is made, confirmation will be sent you and you
will be expected to send your check to the motel or hotel prior to your arrival.
NECROLOGY
CHARLES EDWARD PRICE '36, Super-
vising Principal of the Hamburg, Pa.
Public Schools, died suddenly on Aug. 15.
Before going to Hamburg, he had served
as Principal at McVeytown, Pa. schools.
ELIZABETH VICTORIA KAUFMAN '28
passed away after a brief illness on July
13. For several years she had been
Public School Nurse for Paint Twp.
Schools, Somerset County, Pa. She had
served with the U. S. Army Nursing
Corps during World War II. concluding
her .service with the rank of Captain.
She was awarded the Bronze Star Medal
for Meritorious service in Dutch New
Guinea.
THE REV. CLARENCE C. KRUMBHOLZ
D.U. '32 succumbed on Dec. 25. 19.56.
During his service with the Lutheran
Church, he was Superintendent of the
Board of Inner Missions.
MRS. W. L. POLLARD (Florence Steward)
'30 passed away on ,Iune 15 in Ft. Worth,
Texas. For many years she had been
active in the Y. W. C. A.
J. FLOYD SLAYBAUGH '24 died of a cor-
onary occlusion on June 13. Prior to
his death, he had been Superintendent of
Adams County, Pa. Schools. He resided
in Gettysburg, Pa.
■i!^''
UIRARY
jgSQUEHAKrsA UNIVERSITY
Vol. XXVII
December, 1957
No. 2
founder i ^^Daii oLuncheon, ^epf. 27
'pl
L. to R., Dr. J. Frank Fife, Pres. Baltimore Synod, U. L. C. A.; Mrs. G. Morris Smith, Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, Pres. U. L. C. A.; Prof.
Russell W. Gilbert. Pres. G. Morris Smith and Dr. Dwight F. Putman, Pres. Central Pa. Synod.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1957
Greetings From Pres. Smith and Alumni Pres. Garman
Friends:
This is to express the gratitude and New
Year's wishes of /\lma Mater for all our
alumni. As we enter the New Year, let us
walk by faith that God will strengthen
those who seek to please Him. and will
make us sufficient for what He wants us
to do. May 1958 bring you joy and great
encouragement, and make you more con-
scious than ever of the blessings we have
from a gracious God and our cherished
comrades along the way.
We expect our magnificent Heilman
Music Hall to be ready for dedication by
May 10, 1958. Work on the Library is go-
ing forward rapidly, except as snow, rain,
or extreme cold interferes.
Our One Hundredth Commencement is
scheduled for June 7, 1958. In this Cen-
tennial Year it is planned to hold Alumni
Day on Saturday, May 24. For this occa-
sion, our esteemed professor emeritus Dr.
John I. WoodrulT, has written the Centen-
nial Ode which it is planned to have him
read at the grand assembly of alumni.
So keep in mind these dates. May 10.
May 24 and June 7. 1958, and plan to be
with us for these big occasions. You'll
certainly want to be present for at least
one of them, to rejoice in these added,
beautiful buildings, and to make mean-
ingful our One Hundredeth Anniversary.
Faithfully yours.
Esso Grant To S. U.
Susquehanna University was advised on
October 23 that the college had been se-
lected by the Esso Education Foundation
to receive an unrestricted grant of $2000
for the academic year 1957-58. The pur-
pose of the foundation is to give financial
aid to the nation's privately supported col-
leges and universities so that they may
continue to get the ever higher intellectu-
al standards of modern society.
For the current academic year, total
grants to the colleges and universities
amounted to $1,332,760. In selecting the
institution and designating the amount.
the Foundation's Admini.strative Commit-
tee was counselled by a board of experi-
enced educators.
Greetings:
The Christmas season came to Susque-
hanna University for the one hundredth
time. It brought warmth and a holy
friendship to be shared by the whole world
in this cold winter season.
May we pause to turn our hearts to some
of the passages in that great Book of
Books, and govern our lives and plan our
future to harmonize.
"We love Him because He first loved
us."
John's message rang in our ears as we
prepared to celebrate the real reason for
the holiness of Christmas.
Our Alma Mater has weathered many
trying and difficult years, always with the
Christian confidence taught within its glor-
ious walls.
With grateful hearts we celebrate the
past and prayerfully hope that the hand of
approval will rest upon our heads as we go
forth to a prosperous and a Happy New
Year.
Sincerely,
Susquehannans
On Parade
IQQ Dr. John I. Woodruff celebrated
00 'I's ^^■''^ birthday at his home in
Seiinsgrove on Nov. 24. It was a double
celebration with his son and daughter-in-
law commemorating their 18th wedding
anniversary.
*1 C •'***'" ^" ^3"9*°" '^ ^3ck in the
J[ 3 class room again, after a year of
travel. He is teaching biology at Chap-
man College, Orange. Cal.
'10 ^^^ Herman has resigned after
Y 0 lorty-two years as English teacher
in Snyder Co. Pa. schools. She will con-
tinue to make her home in Seiinsgrove.
>rt J Chaplain Andrew H. Beahm, recent-
Ld^ ly discharged from the army, has
been called to serve the Spring Mills. Fa.
parish.
>nr The Rev. Robert J. Keeler, for-
^3 merly of Brooklyn has accepted a
call as pastor of St. John's Lutheran
Church, Bellefonte, Pa. Pastor Keeler
served as chaplain in the Second World
War, both in Japan and Germany.
Edw. Bollinger
y€\rj Brooks L. Walton has retired from
£, I teaching after thirty years. His
address is 1123 Louisa St., Williamsport,
Pa.
f*\t\ The Rev. Edward Bollinger has
J^J been elected moderator of the Den-
\er Presbytery. He
is also a member of
the Rocky Mountain
Chapter of the Amer-
ican Guild of Organ-
ists, and director of
his own Elizabethan
Presbyterian choir.
He mentioned in his
letter to the Alumni
Office that Miller
Gerhardt had visited them this fall. Mr.
Gerhardt's experimental garden in Johns-
town. Pa. and his famous .strawberries are
sought by professors and nutritionists the
world over.
'00 ^°'' William R. Swarm recently re-
J J ceived a citation commending him
for service as Chief of the Military Plans
and Operations of the U. S. Army.
y*\t* The Rev. Jerome V. Guss, who has
jQ served as pastor of the St. James
Lutheran Church, Turbotville. Pa. is now
the pastor of the Bethany Lutheran Church
in Altoona, Pa. The Rev. Dr. and Mrs.
(Marcella Chaya) Edward P. Turnbach
will take residence in Shippensburg, about
Jan. 1, where Dr. Turnbach will be pastor
of the Memorial Lutheran Church.
> J /\ Dr. Paul M. Orso was elected to
^y the Presidency of the Lutheran
Welfare Conference in America at the Aug-
ust meeting in Springfield. Ohio.
' y| 1 Douglas Portillne is now Post-
tj \ master in Seiinsgrove. Until re-
cently he had oper-
ated a Western Auto
Supplies Store and
prior to that he was
State Librarian for
throe years.
^^M :i?
The Rev. John
D. Ickes has
been appointed
Douglas Portzline Chri.stian Educ. E.x-
ecutive Secty. of the Protestant Council of
the City of New York, after spending
three years as Exec. Secty. of the Coun-
cil's Bronx Division. This brings Pastor
Ickes to one of the largest and most \m-
portant Christian Educ. Departments in
the nation. Next page
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Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Seiinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and June
December, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
College Saddened
The college family recently has been
saddened by the death of two who have
been \ery close to the college for a num-
ber of years.
Within a short period of three weeks, the
deaths were announced of Sally Brungart
Stevens and Naomi Ulrich Linebaugh, both
of the class of '25.
Mrs. Stevens, who died November 4. had
worked closely with Dean Gait for a num-
ber of years and since 1950 had been Reg-
istrar of the University. She had been in
poor health for two years but with a cour-
ageous spirit, continued her home and
work responsibilities until two weeks be-
fore her death.
Mrs. Stevens was the wife of Frederick
C. Stevens, Assistant Professor of Sociol-
ogy at S. U. He is very well known to
alumni for his work with the Motet Choir
when he was on the Conservatory faculty.
Her father. Edwin M. Brungart '00 taught
at Susquehanna for many years. Mrs.
Lois W. Bendigo '31 of Herndon, Va. is a
sister.
Naomi Ulrich Linebaugh, who died Oc-
tober 19. had been well-known to the Uni-
versity family because of her many activi-
ties on the campus, both as a student and
as the wife of Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh.
Director of the Conservatory of Music.
Mrs. Linebaugh had spent last summer
in Florida, and soon after her return, en
tered the Sunbury Community Hospital
where she remained until her death.
Members of the Alumni Assocljon join
in sending to the bereaved irr- ."s their
heartfelt sympathy.
> J n The Rev. H. Lee Hebel is now
'Jo serving the newly formed Allegh-
eny Lutheran Pastoral charge. He and his
wife the former Edith Wegner '49 are now
residing in Schellsburg, Pa.
Dr. Robert L. Goetz, recently dis-
charged from military service, has
set up a private practice of medicine in
Corning, N. Y.
Ernest A. Canals is now Eastern
Sales Representative for Robert
Rollins Blazers Inc.
'4!
'51
The Rev. William R. Smeltz has re-
signed as pastor of the Jerome Bos-
well Lutheran parish to accept a call from
Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Columbia, S.
C, where he will serve as assistant pastor.
'CO Mrs. James Fredrickson, Jr. iLois
J J Fisher '.50 > is now a social worker
with the Suffolk Co. N. Y. Welfare Dep't.
Donald Walter is pursuing a Master of
Science Degree in Physics at Bucknell U.
Robert Jarvis is now working in the Pur-
chasing Dep't of the Container Corp. of
America in Brewton, Ala.
Dr. Zimmer
Dr. Albert A. Zimmer, Associate Pro-
fessor of Education at S. U. has recently
completed a study which had been re-
quested by the Offices of Education of both
Snyder and Union Counties, Pa.
Dr. Zimmer's study, unique in that it
appeared in the midst of so much criti-
cism of American education in this Sput-
nik age, was an attempt to answer the
question "What do the people expect from
their public schools?"
The research technique used by Dr.
Zimmer was a questionnaire prepared in
accordance with the secondary school
principals, "Ten Imperative Needs of
Youth," and the elementary school prin-
cipals, "Principles of Elementary Educa-
tion."
The response on the part of citizens in
Snyder and Union Counties was excellent,
with a return of ninety-five percent.
The results of Dr. Zimmer's study were
presented at a combined Teachers' Insti
fute, and, contrary to statements heard
today by some individuals, the survey
showed, in general, the public is well sat-
isfied with both public school instruction
and the content of course material.
Dr. Zimmer, at Susquehanna since 1952
is greatly in demand as a speaker on edu-
cational matters. He received his back-
ground in research technique from his doc-
torate dissertation which was based on a
National Survey of Music Education m
Public Schools in United States.
Centre Union Club
The Centre Union Club of the General
Alumni Association has presented recently
to the University, a revised version of the
Bible which will be placed in Hassinger
Hall, as well as a two year subscription to
The Lutheran.
'54
Kay G. Campbell is teaching chem-
istry and physics in Towanda Val-
ley Joint H. S. where he also coaches
track and basketball. Marilyn J. Huyett
is doing graduate work at Stanford U. Cal.
'56
George W. Orren, Jr. is now a qual-
ified Field Underwriter for Mutual
Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. He and his new
bride plan to make their home in Selins-
grove. Donald Rook who has been em-
ployed by U. S. Motors in Phila. since Oc-
tober 1956, was transferred to manage the
Memphis Tenn. plant.
NECROLOGY
DR. ORVILLE MOVER FITZGERALD '38,
died October 3, at Geisinger Memorial
Hospital, Danville, Pa. He had been
practicing psychiatry in Selinsgrove,
and, with Dr. Joseph Greco, '41, had op-
erated a private hospital for the treat-
ment of emotionally disturbed people.
He had served in the U. S. Navy from
1943 to 1946.
THE REV. URIAH ABRAHAM GUSS 02,
passed away September 13, at his home
in Mercersburg, Pa. He was a member
of the Carlisle Presbytery at the time of
his death. He is survived by his wife
and three children.
CLARK H. KUSTER '21, succumbed May
18, after an illness of six years. Burial
was made in Laurell Hill Cemetery,
Erie, Pa. He is survived by his wife
and two brothers.
IRA SANDERS, died October 12, at his
home in Selinsgrove. One of Central
Pennsylvania's best known educators,
Mr. Sanders had been in failing health
for several years. He began his teach-
ing career in rural schools, and in 1930
was elected Superintendent of Schools
for Snyder County.
THE REV. W. SCHULTZ 13, passed away
suddenly in his home in Picture Rocks,
Pa., November 22, Before retiring frorri
active ministry, in 1953, he had served
several pastorates in Central Pennsyl-
vania.
SELIN D. ULRICH '18, succumbed Novem-
ber 10 in a Veterans' Hospital in N.Y.C.
He had been in failing health for the
past number of years. Mr. Uh-ich had
been a foreign export agent of drugs and
pharmaceutical products, and had lived
abroad for thirty-three years.
HOMER WAGNER '35, passed away De-
cember 7, in the Geisinger Memorial
Hospital. He had taught school for thir-
ty-five years, the first 27 years in Turbut
Township, spending the last eight years
in Milton.
EDWARD A. WOLLASTON '52. died No-
vember 13, in Erie, Pa. Veterans' Hospi-
tal. He was an outstanding athlete while
at S.U. Surviving are his wife the for-
mer Althea Ferguson '51, and two daugh-
ters, Nancy and Joanne, Mrs. Wollas-
ton's address is Box 8, Millerstown, Pa.
'57
Paul Rogers has moved to Beaver
Falls, N. \. where he is teaching
music in the Elementary School.
CENTENNIAL
ALUMNI DAY
SATURDAY,
MAY 24, 1 958
t
Dedication of plaque to unde-
feated team of 1951. L. to K.. Sam
Porter, Jim Hazlett, Sam Ross,
Jim Dell.
.Mumni President Garman
buzzes Homecoming Queen
Gail VVoolbert.
It took four Bridgewater players
to stop 150-lb. Ray Richie
^r7
Because of the ten day "flu vacation" j
to prepai-e for Homecoming. Most college
coming activities, but our students gallanti
Those who had a part in the Friday ni
them and others serving on committees kei
Alumni Office from their homes. Two foot
■'Whitey" Keil and the boys co-operated b
coming game.
With the exception of one or two mine
the activities are depicted on this page.
At the morning Council Meeting, with
council members discussed problems of the
G. Morris Smith reported on the progress o
With Dr. John L. Woodruff '88 in atte
his new book "Tales of Susquehanna Unive
tude the gift of 500 copies of this book, to I
tablish a scholarship in the name of Dr, Wo
President Garman ajipointed Clyde R.
Committee and Alvin Carjienter '24 "Chairn
Committee. Both chairmen were empower
asked to report at the spring meeting.
^J^onored iVlcmbcri of V.
.Ht Jl*-»«.< ■.'
'L. to R.I Kenneth Badger, Russell Eisenho*
Carmichael, Harold Kramer. Jeraulc
iod, students this year had only three days
n similar circumstances, called off all Home-
said, "Let's go ahead with it."
t program took their scripts home with
in touch with committee members and the
11 games had been cancelled but Coach
returning early to prepare for the Home-
difficulties the day was a success. Some of
'resident Raymond P. Garman '30 presiding,
issociation and the district clubs. President
the Centennial Fund.
ance and telling of the publication date of
ity," the Council accepted with deep grati-
sold at $2.00 a copv and the proceeds to es-
ruff.
pitzner '.37 Chairman of the Nominating
n of the Outstanding Achievement Award
to select two additional members and were
defeated J earn of- 1^32
!i II ir ''»
J
w. William Siil!i\aii. .luhn Extram, Russell
Schlegel, Lee Rishel and Fred Carl.
L
ilaruld 0. Kramer '33 passes autographed football
used in last game of 1932 undefeated season to represen-
tatives of Athletic Council, Dr. Russell W. Gilbert and
Mr. Bernard W. Krapf. Clyde R. Spitzner is at right.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1957
Onward, ye Crusaders
Basketball
Coaches Keil and Pittello, at Anmul Fcidilidll Uan'iiMi (.'nimatulate seniors 'L. to R.i Jack
Anthony, Bob Lewis, Keil, Pittello, Dick Purnell, Walter Benham, Chalmers Eartlow
and Jim Keiser.
Football
To all S. U. Alumni:
The football season just closed saw the
Crusaders get off to a slow start hampered
by injuries and flu. During this period, we
lost to Ursinus and Swarthmore. How-
ever, after the "flu vacation," the team
came back and finished by winning three
games of the last four. In this second half
of the season, the boys won their third
straight Homecoming game against
Bridgewater College and also posted vic-
tories over Wagner and Dickinson. The
lone loss was inflicted by a fine Haverford
team.
National prominence was gained this
year by S. U.'s season-long high ranking
in defense.
The closing game of the season at Dick-
inson was the last game for six seniors
who have been the heart of the Crusader
ele\en for three years. End Jack Anth-
ony, tackle Chalmers Bartlow, guard and
co-captain Walt Kenham and center Jim
Keiser leave big shoes to be filled in the
'ine. In the baekfield. quarterback and
co-captain Dick Purnell along with full-
back Bob Lewis have been outstanding.
These graduating .seniors originally came
to Susquehanna through the influence of
Alumni. We certainly shall be very happy
to have more players like them. This
year's freshman class had several players
who show great promise for the future.
The presence of these men is also directly
traceable to the influence of our alumni.
We would be very grateful to hear from
you again about high school seniors who
are student athletes.
Perhaps you would like to know the
characteristics we look for in boys who
play football at Susquehanna. First of all,
the prospect should be able to meet the
University's academic and personal stand-
ards. With regard to football qualifica-
tions, we would like to have the outstand-
ing stars, but we know these boys will
usually go to the larger schools. Occa-
sionally we do get a boy in this category.
But the men who make up the majority of
our squads are the boys who were depend-
able high school players but were not
standouts because they were younger than
their team mates or were not physically
as mature as the "stars." We can use this
type of boy who has undeveloped potential
for college football.
As important as a man's football ability
is, his mental approach to the game is
equally important. We want the boy who
is a 100 percenter— who wants to play win-
ning football, and who will give himself
wholeheartedly in preparation for the
game. We find we can win with those men
who are "self-starters" from the stand-
point of conducting themselves as athletes
and in improving themselves.
Getting off to a surprisingly good start,
Susquehanna's basketballers. responding to
the skillful coaching of recently appointed
.All-American John E. Barr, have won two
of their first three games.
Barr. succeeding Ed. Pfeiffer. comes to
Susquehanna with an impressive basket-
ball background. He captained Penn State
in his senior year, and after being selected
All American, was much in demand to re-
main with basketball as a coach or pro-
fessional player.
Barr. however, after graduation served
a hitch in the U. S. Navy, but upon his
discharge accepted an offer to play with
St. Louis in the N.B.A. After a period
with the Hawks, he played in the Eastern
Professional League, winding up his ca-
reer as player-manager with the Sunbury
Mercuries.
Enthusiastically entering upon his duties
with the Crusaders. Coach Barr has won
tlie respect of the boys and is very popular
on the campus.
COACH BARR
Losing the first game to Hartwick by the
score of 78-62. the team bounced back and
beat a favored Hamilton College by the
• Continued on page 7)
Next year's team will be co-captained by
Ralph Ferraro. a guard from Jersey City,
N. J., Ray Richie, halfback from Shamo-
kin, and Carl Shoemaker, end from Ash-
land. These men were elected by their
team mates in recognition of their out-
standing play.
With deepest appreciation for your help
in the past.
'^.
Henry J. "Whitey" Keil "39 (Coach)
December, 1957
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
New National Sorority at S. U.
i**!?**-:
Dignitaries attending banquet during installation ser\-ices of Gamma Kappa Chapter of
Alpha Xi Delta. L. to R.: Mrs. Winifred Flenner, Wilmington, Del.: Pres. G. Morris
Smith: Miss Mildred Boss, Washington, D. C: Dr. Elizabeth Van Buskirk. Elmira. N. Y.;
Dean Russell Gait.
BASKETBALL
(Continued from page 6)
score of 79-58. Ursinus then fell under the
spell of the Crusaders, losing 82-69.
The team this year is inexperienced and
does not have much height. Having lost
last year's two outstanding players, Frank
Romano and Dwight Huseman through
graduation, the team is also playing with-
out the services of Dick Purnell who de-
cided to devote full time to his studies.
A surprise package has been uncovered
this year in the person of Keith Tyler who
has, for the first three games, averaged 28
points per game. He has thereby placed
Susquehanna in national NCAA statistic?
by his rank of third in the nation. Tyler
also turns up in the most recent statistic
sheet by ranking second in the nation in
percentage shots made. The whole team,
much to Coach Barr's credit, has wasted
very few shots and is ranking fourth in
percentage shots made.
The schedule for the balance of the sea
son is as follows:
Jan. 9— National Aggies A
Jan. 11— Dickinson College . H
Jan. 13 — Scranton University H
Jan. 17— Juniata College _ A
Jan. 18— Western Maryland H
Jan. 31— Rider College A
Feb. 1— Up.sala College A
Feb. 3 — Lebanon Valley A
Feb. 6— Franklin & Marshall H
Feb. 8— Washington College A
Feb. 10— Wilkes College H
Feb. 12— Lycoming College H
Feb. 22— Drexel Tech A
Feb. 28— Upsala College H
Mar. 1— Rutgers, So. Jersey H
Admissions
The trend very definitely is toward more
applications. At the time of going to
press, one hundred and thirty-five pros-
pects had made application for the 1958-59
term. This is probably the largest num-
ber applying for admission at such an
early date, in the history of the Univer-
sity. Alumni should keep in mind the
possibility of heavy enrollment, and refer
students to the University as early as pos-
sible.
COST:
The United States Office of Education
reports, in a recent survey, that the aver-
age cost of financing a year at college is
between 1,700 and 1,800 dollars. Twenty
years ago the cost was 800 or 900 dollars.
At Susquehanna costs are being increased
175-200 dollars per year, which will bring
the total cost to around 1250 dollars. This
is still below the average cost at other
private colleges.
ALUMNI GIVING:
The U. S. Office of Education survey
also revealed that little more than half
the cost of college education is borne by
the student. The rest must come from
contributions. That's why, as "Changing
Times" says, "If you're a college alumnus,
the bite's on you for contributions."
The American Alumni Council reports
that the average alumnus contribution is
$35.60 a year. Susquehanna's figure is ap-
proximately $15.00.
Junior Co-eds
ALLEN— Richard Wayne, Jr. was born
Nov. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. (Elizabeth Ann
Lacock '551 Richard W. Allen, Sr. The
."Miens make their home in Wayne, Pa.
BIGLIERI— Mr. and Mrs. (June Klingler
'51 1 Ned Biglieri are making their home
at 1968 Kirly Way, San Jose, Cal. We
are happy to learn that they are the
parents of two children, Ann, who is two
years old, and Lynn Marie, born March
26.
COATES— Cathleen Heather was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Coates on June
15. Mrs. Coates was formerly Rose
Marie Sharretts. Both she and her hus-
band were of the class of '55.
ENGLE— Mr. and Mrs. (Christine Har-
man '53 > Carl F. Engle, announced the
birth of a son, Samuel Harman, March
21, and a change of address to 702
Franklin St., State College, Pa., where
Mr. Engle is an instructor in Agronomy.
GLASS— Mr. '53 and Mrs. Orville Glass,
Jr. are the proud parents of a daughter
born Dec. 10 at the Harrisburg Hospital.
They have named her Kim Michele.
HARTLE— Mr. and Mrs. Calvin K. Hartle,
announced the first birthday of their son,
Scot, on Dec. 1. They are residing at
2819 Zephyr Rd., Orlando, Fla. Mrs.
Hartle is the former Juanita Keller '49.
JOHNSTON— Mr. '49 and Mrs. Harry John-
ston happily announced the arrival of a
son. Earl Ryan, Sept. 23 in the Union-
town, Pa. hospital. They have one other
child, Catherine Helen.
MESLER— Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Marjorie L.
Way '52) Robert Allen Mesler announced
with pride the birth of young Robert Al-
len, Jr. at the Tripler Army Hospital,
Honolulu, on Aug. 31, 1956. They are
now back in the U. S., living at 1844
Ferry St., Easton, Pa.
MILLARD— Mr. '56 and Mrs. (Margaret
Webber '54) Carroll Millard sent word
to the Alumni Office of the birth of De-
borah Carolyn. October 11. They have
also a son Stanley.
ROBLES— Mr. and Mrs. (Bette Mae Vin-
cent '54) Charles Robles announced the
birth of Charles Vincent, Jr. on Dec. 4.
1956. Mrs. Robles is teaching while her
husband is in the Marines.
TOROK— Mr. '53 and Mrs. (Joyce Wagner
'53) Steve Torok are the happy parents
of a -son, Bruce William, born Nov. 4.
They are residing at 408 E. Pine St.,
Southampton, Pa.
WALLOWER— Robert Clinton was born on
Oct. 19 to Mr. and Mrs. (Betty Weisen-
fluh '54) Robert Wallower.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1957
MEET THE BRIDE
AND BRIDEGROOM
ROY H. COPE '52 took as his bride. Ro-
berta M. Colcord. October 19. at the
Faith Evangelical and Reformed Church
in Phila. Mr. Cope is employed as an
underwTiter for General Accident. Fire
and Life. .Assn. Co.
GEORGIA CURTIS x'59 became the bride
of RONALD L. FORSTER x'59. Septem-
ber 2. The wedding took place in the
St. John's Lutheran Church. No. Mer-
rick. N. Y. The couple reside in Sun-
bury.
ELEANOR S. DIVELY '.56 and Serafin
.Mora were united in marriage at Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church. Berlin, Pa.,
on November 16. Mr. Mora is employed
by R.C.A.. Morristown. N. J. and Mrs.
Mora is editorial assistant for Luther
Life magazine.
LOIS FISHER "53 became Mrs. James
Fredrickson. Jr. May 11. in Brooklyn.
N. Y. She and her husband are living
in Ri\erhead. L. I.
ROBERT GRECO '57 was married to Jean
Lazarski on June 20 at Mt. Carmel. Bob is
pursuing graduate .studies at Penn State.
BARBARA J. HARPER '55 was married
on June 15 to ."Xfrain M. Rosario. The
marriage took place in Baltimore, Md
where they are now residing.
BONNIE LEE MILLER '57 was united in
marriage to Dennis W. Dendler of Har-
risburg. Pa. The wedding was solemn-
ized October 19. with NATALIE WIL-
HOUR '57 and GLORIA MASTELLER
'.57. roommates of the bride, as brides-
maids. Mr. and Mrs. Dendler plan to
reside in Starview. Pa.
BARBARA MOTTERN x'58 and LEON-
ARD L. QUICK '57 were wed on Novem-
ber 22. in the First Lutheran Church.
Mifflinburg. Pa. Miss JANET ROHR-
BACH '46 was maid of honor. Mr. Quick
is Claims Adjuster lor Travelers Ins.
Co. of Hartford, in the Harrisburg. Pa.
area. The couple reside in Mechanics-
burg R. D. 4.
GEORGE ORREN '56 took as his bride,
Gloria .M. VVisnicw.ski. November 28 in
Shamokin. Pa.
WILLIAM HARRIS PRICHARD '52 was
married on June 27 to Agnes Dale
Swann. The wedding took place in
Phila. Pa.
MARGRETTA THOMAS .53 was wed to
William C. Bailey of So. Williamsport,
Pa., on August 17. Mr. Bailey is em-
ployed at Montoursville Area Joint High
School, and the couple will reside in
Williamsport.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
CLASS
Annlv.
Year
50th
1908
45th
1913
40th
1918
35th
1623
30th
1S28
25th
1!;33
20th
1938
1.5th
1943
10th
1948
5th
1953
REUNIONS SCHEDULED FOR ALUMNI DAY,
MAY 24. 1958
Representative
None as yet secured.
The Rev. John B. Kniseley. 47 Waldorf St.. NE. Pittsburgh. Pa.
Miss Evelyn Strohecker. 2337 Derry Street. Harrisburg. Pa.
None as yet secured.
Dr. Harold Ditzler. 428 West Main Street. Lansdale. Pa.
Mrs. Warren Lamb. 21 Kensington Terrace. Maplewood, N. J.
Mr. Preston H. Smith. 917 Market Street. Williamsport. Pa.
Mr. Harry Wilcox. R. D. 1. Selinsgrove. Pa.
Mr. Robert Wohlsen, 145 Herman Blvd., Franklin Square. L.I.. N.Y.
None as yet secured.
Washington Alumni P. M. E. A, Conference
Paul M. Haines. '31 is a member-at-
large of the Exec. Comm. of the All Penn-
sylvania College Alumni Association of
Washington. D. C. He is also chairman
of this year's Program Committee for the
10th Annual Luncheon which will be held
Feb. 1, at the Shoreham Hotel. In this
capacity he will introduce all the College
Presidents, other dignitaries and official
representatives of the Washington Alumni
groups.
There are approximately sixty-five Penn-
sylvania Colleges and Universities affili-
ated with this association.
At the recent Pennsylvania Music Edu-
cator's Association Conference, in Harris-
burg. twenty-four S. U. Alumni got to-
gether at the luncheon in the Penn Har-
ris Hotel. As usual, many acquaintances
were renewed and information exchanged
about family and friends.
Susquehanna had the largest delegation
of students, with forty in attendance.
Chief topic of conversation among the
Susquehanna people was, of course, the
neu Music Building.
Bill Roberts '29. President of P.M.E.A.
did a masterful job of organizing the con-
ference.
^uAquelt
START PLANNING NOW
For
anna'd i^entennial ..Arlu
Saturday, May 24
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SUSQUEHANNA University
Vol. XXVII
March, 1958
No. 3
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At Susquehanna's Centennial Convocation, held March 25. President G. Morris Smith conferred honorary degrees upon tour distin-
guished guests. Left to right above are: Dr. Orris H. Aurand. class of '21, who received the honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy;
Dr. James R. Cameron, who received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. To the right of President Smith is Dr. Wilson M. Comp-
ton, the Convocation speaker, who likewise received the honorary d2gree of Doctor of Laws, and at the extreme right is President J.
Gerald Hagey of Waterloo College, Waterloo, Ontario, who also received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
TVl'O
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1958
Centennial Convocation Attracts Guests
from many Colleges. Dr. Compton Refers to
S. U.'s ''Distinquished and Honored Past."
ORRIS H. AURAND '21 RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE
With one hundred and fifty representatives Ironi other Colleges and Universities
cheering her on, Susquehanna University continued her Centennial celebration on Tues-
day. March 25. when Dr. Wilson M. Compton, in the special Convocation address said.
"with your distinguished and honored past, you now^ face a future of unprecedented op-
portunity."
Foliov^'ing a colorful academic procession which took the distinguished guests from
Bogar Hall to Seibert Chapel. President G. Morris Smith presided at the Convocation
and among other things, conferred upon Orris H. Aurand of the rlass of 1921. the honorary
degree of Doctor of Pedagogy.
Dr. Aurand. now Superintendent ol Schools in Lancaster, Pa., has had a distinguished
career as an educator. He has been a true and loyal friend ol Susquehanna and has
never missed an opportunity to do something constructive for his alma mater. In Presi-
dent Smith's citation he said, "you have been a devoted servant of public education in a
day when the numbers in the profession of pedagogy need able and consecrated rein-
forcements."
Others receiving honorary degrees were.
President J. Gerald Hagey of Waterloo
College. Waterloo. Ontario. Dr. James R.
Cameron. Professor of Oral Surgery. Tem-
ple University and the Convocation speaker.
Dr. Wilson M. Compton.
Dr. Compton. as a distinguished scientist,
business man and educator, brought great
prestige to Susquehanna's Centennial Con-
vocation program. A director and first
president of the Council for Financial Aid
to Education. Inc.. he was at one time
President of the State College of Washing-
ton.
Using as the subject of his address "On
this Rock." Dr. Compton quoted an in-
scription carved over one of the marble
doorways of the Library of Congress. "He
builds too low who builds beneath the
stars."
"This admonition greets those who enter
and follows those who leave this great
storehouse of the world's knowledge." said
the speaker. "As the honored institution
our host here today, concludes a century
of service to youth, to church and to coun-
try, and begins the writing of a new chap-
ter, it too may accept this challenge to keep
on building, to build on the firm founda-
tions of public service and to build toward
the stars."
Dr. Compton .said that American higher
education is facing its greatest test and its
greatest opportunity. "At no time in our
national history," said he. "has there been
a greater need or a greater opportunity
for builders.— builders of structures, com-
munities and industries,— Yes! But build-
ers also of faith and hope, of industry and
loyalty, of brotherhood and peace, of in-
tegrity and morality: of men and women
strong enough to carry their own burdens
Club News
and good enough to help carry the burdens
of others who are not so strong. This is
the mighty challenge to our higher educa-
tion—and especially to our Christian col-
leges—in a world in ferment in what the
President of the United States has called
an age of danger.' "
In referring to the Christian College, the
speaker said that around the world men
still listen to the voice of Him who cen-
turies ago said: "Love God, and love thy
neighbor." "These are the most important
facts of our time." said Dr. Compton. "the
greatest promise and the greatest threat:
the greatest challenge to education and the
greatest opportunity to our higher institu-
tions as they plan for the future.
"The Christian colleges and the univer-
sities built around our churches are not
merely places to which thousands of young
men and women may go for a few years
of instruction and study. They are a part
of the promise of American life. As edu-
cational institutions and as 'seats of learn-
ing' they are the chief stewards of the
nation's religious culture. This steward-
ship the colleges, of course, share with the
churches. But the churches need the col-
leges even more than the colleges need
the churches,
"The nation needs both, " continued Dr.
Compton. "As individuals and as a peo-
ple, we cherish our freedom. But there
can be no freedom without law: nor law
without morality nor morality without re-
ligion: nor any of these without under-
standing: nor understanding without edu-
cation."
Dr. Compton. in his address, paid tribute
to the Lutheran Church and her support of
higher education. Doing twice as well as
ALTOONA
Plans have been made for the annual
Spring Dinner meeting to be held at the
Replogle Party House, April 22. Mr. Ray-
mond P. Garman, Pres. of the Alumni
Assc. will be guest speaker. Reservations
should be sent to Mrs. Mary Garber, 600
Oakmont PI.. Roaring Spring. Pa. on or
before April IT.
NORTH NEW JERSEY
The Spring Dinner meeting is scheduled
for Mar. 29 and will be held at the Pea-
cock House. Plans have been made for a
family-style chicken dinner, music for
dancing and an evening of good fellow-
ship.
A vote of thanks goes to Ruth McCorkill
for trying to get a group of North New
Jersey Alumni together for luncheon in
E. Orange before the S.U.-Upsala game,
Feb. 1. Although a fair crowd turned out
to see the game, the luncheon did not meet
with success.
SUSQUEHANNA-VALLEY
It has been decided to hold the Spring
Meeting on the campus of S.U. April 26.
After dinner in Horton Dining Hall, club
members will sojourn to the Little Theatre
where they will see the Susquehanna
Players in "Richard III."
YORK-HANOVER
The Spring meeting of the York-Hanover
club has been tentatively set for April 17
and will be held in the Lancaster area.
most of the major Protestant denomi-
nations, he said it gives other churches a
target to shoot at.
The noted educator referred to increased
voluntary financial support of the colleges
as "straws in the wind." "But education
is everybody's business." he said, "and
our colleges will not be any stronger than
the support you and I give them."
After discussing the importance of the
Liberal Arts tradition in American educa-
tion and stressing the significance of the
independent college. Dr. Compton said that
institutions such as Susquehanna University
pointed the road to what Pythagoras, cen-
turies ago. called "a better way of life."
"This noted institution." said he, "serv-
ant of a great Church and .steward of
a great religious culture— is this year pass-
ing a significant milestone. May those who
guide its destinies in an age of promise
and of danger, keep their feet on the
ground and their eyes on the stars, remem-
bering always that 'Except the Lord build
the House they labor in vain who build
it.' ■•
Entered as second-class maUer September 26, 1931, at the'Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Publisned four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., m months of September, December, March and June
March, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Heiiman Hall to be Comerstone — Addition to Library
Dedicated May 10 '
Susquehanna's new music building, Heii-
man Hall, will be dedicated on May 10.
The Music Department under Dr, Percy
M. Linebaugh and a committee from the
Women's Auxiliary have planned a pro-
gram beginning at 10:30 a. m. and running
through 9:00 p. m. when the annual Junior
Prom will be held.
High-lighting the day will be a panel and
discussion by four prominent Music Educa-
tors, with William 0. Roberts. '29, moder-
ating the program.
Because cf this special Centennial Pro
gram, the traditional May Day Pageant
w ill not be given lliis year. Other features ^^^
of the May Day program will be maintain- ^^^^^^^
ed with the crowning of the Centennial ^VH^^^^te
Queen in the evening. ^^-J^^^^B
An invitation is herewith extended to all ^^^^*" ^
music graduates as well as other alumni
who would like to visit the campus on this .,
day. The program follows: iijf -M^ J,
10:30 a. m. Women's Auxiliary Rehear-
sal Room, Heiiman Hall; 12:30 Luncheon g^x,^ VB^^^^bl^H. jT
of the Women's Auxiliary: 1:30 p. m. Panel ""^
and Discussion by Music Educators, Wil-
liam 0. Roberts, moderating: 1:30 p. m.
In-gathering of Women's Auxiliary; 3:00 «>"* •*»-
p. m. Dedication of Heiiman Hall; 3:30
p. m. Out-door Band Concert followed by
Coffee Hour; 9:00 p. m. Junior Prom.
Baseball off to good Start . - — »•»» «
Baseball got away to an early start this
year when 24 turned out with Coach Dick
Hummel x'40 who is in his third year as
leader of the Crusaders ball club. President G. Morris Smith laid the Cornerstone for the addition to the Library on
Prospects at the moment are unknown March 12. Included in picture above arc Library staff members, faculty representatives,
and depend greatly on the pitching staff. and members of the Library Committee. The new Library will be complete for the
Hummel, in his first two years, did a good opening of College in September.
job with the team, and undoubtedly will
get out of this year's squad every ounce of ^11 £ ,B.B.A
skill hustle and CO operation . FlaSheS trOITl 1116 CdHipUS —
The schedule is as follows: ., ^ ,. ^ .^, t, , kt
President G. Morris Smith, Paul M.
Apr. U-Albright College ..._ -_A ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ p^^l q^.^^ attended the an-
Apr. 15— Temple University ._ A nugl meeting of the All Penna. College
Apr. 19— Lycoming College A Alumni Assc. of Washington, D. C, on
Apr. 22— Elizabethtown College A Feb. 1, in the Hotel Shoreham. Alumni
Apr. 24-Gettysburg College H ^om 64 colleges attended. Paul Haines
^ , ,„ , , was Chairman of the program and Dr.
Apr. 2(^Drexel Tech A ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ invocation.
Apr. 29— National Aggies H
May 1— Dickinson College A
„„,„,,. .^ ,, Dick Purnell recently signed a contract
May 3 — Bucknell University H , , „ . , r ..u n -^u n, n/i *
' to play professional football with the Mont-
May 5-Juniata College H ^^^^ Alouettes.
May 9 — Scranton University H
May 13-Lebanon Valley College H Susquehanna and Bucknell Universities
May 17— Wilkes College ...A made a joint announcement, on March 6,
May 24— Wilkes College H that both colleges could take care of 15,000
I Alumni Day— 3:30 P. M.) patients in the event of an enemy attack.
Susquehanna recently received a grant
from Johns-Manville Corporation. Although
the grant is unrestricted it will be placed
in the New Building Fund.
Television sets have been installed at
Seibert Hall, Hassinger Hall, and the Stu-
dent Lounge, the gift of the class of 1957.
All sets have a bronze plate with the in-
scription "Class Memorial. Presented by
the Class of 1957."
Student reaction to campus television has
been splendid. President of the class of
1G57, Frank Romano, was on campus after
the sets were installed, and he was sure all
of his classmates would be happy in the
knowledge that the students were getting
so much enjoyment out of them.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March, 1958
Sputnik Ard American Education
Alumni have recently been reading much about "the plight
of the colleges," "weaknesses in our educational system," "gov-
ernment subsidies to education." "future enrollment problems,"
etc.
The situation is not quite as bad as one would be led to
think. We quote here some statements that have been more
carefully prepared by responsible individuals, and which are
more reassuring.
President Eisenhower Writes to the Colleges
In a per.sonal letter addressed to colleges of the United
States, through the president of the Association of American
Colleges, read at its Miami Convention. .Januarj- 7. President
Eisenhower wrote:
As our Nation faces serious pressures from beyond our
shores, there are calls from many voices for a fresh appraisal
of American thinking about higher education and the American
approach to it. Of concern, also, are changes and developments
in the world's estimate of what education should be and especi-
ally its use by .some nations as a political and propaganda
weapon.
There are, I feel, three fundamental pur-
poses of higher education that merit re-
emphasis in any such appraisal. The first
of these is: To inspire and so to motivate
students that they will commit themselves
to achiexing the ultimate within their
capacity. The second is: To foster a
sound understanding of the Western cul-
ture of which they are a part, thus obtain-
ing also a frame of reference for the study
of other cultures. The third purpose is:
To teach the manifold responsibilities of
men and women who are citizens in a free
.society.
The value of these purposes has been
proved through generations of American
higher education. Today, the need for their
more perfect achievement is many times
greater than ever before.
Miami Convention
At its Miami Convention held Jan. 5-7,
the National Lutheran Educational Confer-
ence adopted two special resolutions of in-
terest to Alumni of Lutheran Colleges.
President G. Morris Smith took part in the
proceedings of this convention.
1. Concern for Man's Relations Rather
Than Man's Inventions
Man in his continuing attempts to un-
derstand the universe has crossed new
frontiers. He has harnessed the power of
the atom, penetrated outer space, and
caused his own satellites to encircle the
earth. To contemplate the misu.se of this
power is frightening. We believe this
power to be a gift of God to be used for
the benefit of all people.
Our concern is not so much with man's
discoveries and invention as with people
who flaunt God's law pertaining to man's
relation to his neighbor and to his use of
powers hurtful to man.
Therefore, we pledge ourselves anew,
and with the deepest urgency, to make full
use of the opportunities open to the edu-
cational institutions of the church and in
keeping with the will of God. in making
clear to all men that God is still God and
that man cannot disobey God's law except
to his own hurt.
II. Grants to Students Rather Than Sub-
sidies to Institutions
1. It is to the best interests of all edu-
cation that any program of Federal sup-
port permit and encourage the full and
free operation and development of the dual
system of education, public and private,
as it has developed in our country.
2. The support of education by grants
to individual students permits a broader
support of American higher education than
is the case when such support consists of
subsidies to institutions.
3. Since the need for trained leadership
is diverse and is often most serious where
least apparent, the greatest contribution to
the national welfare will be financial assist-
ance to students on a broad basis, giving
priority to individual qualifications and per-
.sonal need rather than to vocational objec-
tives and interests.
Yale University Conference
At a conference on "America's Human
Resources to Meet the Scientific Challenge"
held at Yale University. Feb. 3-4. Dr. Lee
DuBridge. President of the California In-
stitute of Technology, sounded the key-note
of the conference when he .said:
"I. Mr. Citizen: Remember that the
present educational crisis did not begin
with Sputnik I, nor will it end when we
have more and bigger satellites in their
orbits than the Russians have. Our edu-
cational crisis arises because we in Amer-
ica—to maintain our political and economic
system — must educate more people to
higher levels than any .society ever before
attempted in all history. Unfortunately,
as we have struggled with the problems of
numbers we have let our intellectual stand-
ards slip — and it is now time to 'pull up
our socks' and restore intellectual quality
in our school system from top to bottom.
"II. However, Mr. Citizen, we do not do
this by copying the Russians. 'They have
built an efficient system to serve the tech-
nical needs of the state, i We have built a
system well adapted to free the minds of
170.000.000 people. And 170,000.000 free and
well trained minds in a democratic society
need not tear any challenge. All we need
to do is make sure our educational system
really aids and encourages its students to
use their minds to full capacity.
"HI. Finally. Mr. Citizen, you have too
long gone under the misapprehension that
you could get a good educational system
for practically nothing. You thought that
paying a few dollars school tax on your
house, supporting your boy in a good fra-
ternity at college, and sending in a $10
check to your alumni fund each year was
all you had to do. You thought that "the
government' and Mr. Rockefeller would
somehow do the rest. You were wrong.
When the Ford Foundation made a mag-
nificent gift of over a quarter of a billion
dollars in endowment to the private col-
leges of the country last year, the nation
suddenly learned that what the.se colleges
needed was not a quarter of a billion, but
over six billion dollars — or a quarter of a
billion dollars every year. Nobody but you,
Mr. Citizen, can pay that bill. And you
can do it quite readily by just lifting your
total contribution to education, througli
taxes and gifts, from $2 out of every $100
of total personal income to $3 — and keep-
ing at that level, or higher, as the gross
national product rises. So far. Mr. Citizen,
your local and .state taxes and gifts have
not been enough. So now Uncle Sam is
about to come along and lift a few more
dollars from your purse to help out. But
if you'll run homo and vote quickly for a
higher school tax— and .send twice as much
to Alma Mater next year, you can keep
Uncle Sam from getting into the educa-
tional business any deeper. If you don't —
then Uncle Sam will do the job for you be-
cau.se Uncle Sam can't afTord for America
not to have a first class educational sys-
tem." J
March, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
O. U. h J-^ roil A Of
V
JACKEY McKEEVER
It is. of course, sheer coincidence in this
our Centennial Year, that Jackey McKeever
should receive such wide-spread acclaim
for her success in her chosen field.
Jackey, out of college a mere five years,
now has her name in bright lights on
Broadway. Perhaps such success comes
only once every one hundred years.
The play-bill for New York's very suc-
cessful "0 Captain" reads "Starring Tony
Randall and Abbe Lane, and Introducing
Jacquelin McKeever."
A Jose Ferrar production. "O Captain"
is considered to be a smash hit and ac-
cording to one Broadway report is com-
pletely sold out for the balance of the sea-
son.
Coming to S.U. from Catassaqua. Pa..
I referred by Lewis Howells '37 1 Jackey
worked diligently with her piano and voice
and in 1952 received her B.S. degree in
Music Education. After teaching for two
years in Fairfield, N. J. she came to the
attention of producers because of a small
part she carried in summer stock at the
Paper Mill Playhouse. Millburn, N. J.
From there Jackey's ascent has been like
that of the proverbial rocket. She sang
the leads in the summer stock productions
of "Oklahoma." "Finian's Rainbow" and
"Wish You Were Here." She also ap-
peared in a leading role in the "Buick
Dynorama Road Show" covering 7.000
miles across the United States.
Jackey was on campus last Alumni Day
and was introduced at the e\ening ban-
quet. She has been very generous in men-
tioning Susquehanna in all of her inter-
views.
Alumni, everywhere, take pride in
Jackey's success and wish her many hap-
py years in show business.
Centennial Alumni Day to be Best yet.
Prominent Alumnus to Receive Achievement
Award. Ten Classes to hold Reunions.
Alumni day. in this our Centennial Year,
should be an outstanding event in the his-
tory of the University.
A strong committee, composed of Ray-
mond P. Garman. Sr. Pres. Alumni Assc.
Atty. Alvin W. Carpenter. Newton Kerstet-
ter. Harold Benion. B. Mary Shipe, Clyde R.
Spitzner. Janet Rohrbach. Fred Billman
and representatives from the Alumni Office,
has set in motion plans for an interesting
day's program.
The high-light of the day will be the
presentation of the Outstanding Achieve-
ment Award to a prominent alumnus se-
lected by the Award Committee, whose
members are Atty. Alvin W. Carpenter.
Chairman, of Sunbury, Mr. W. Alfred
Streamer of Philadelphia and Dr. Reed
Speer of Pittsburgh. Following the presen-
tation of the award for outstanding achieve-
ment. Dr. John I. Woodruff will read his
"Ode to Susquehanna."
Reunion plans are well founded with the
following classes celebrating anniversaries:
1908, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943,
1948, 1953.
Visiting alumni will be interested in see-
ing the new music building and progress
being made on the addition to the Library.
At a later date the day's program will
be sent to all alumni.
Plan Now for
CENTENNIAL
ALUMNI DAY
Saturday, May 24
Agathas Christie's "The Mousetrap." was presented very successfully by the Susque-
hanna Players on February 27. 28 and March 1. Under the direction of Mr. James P.
Peterson of the Department of English the play received wide acclaim. Shown above are
Miss Suzanne Tharp of Selinsgrove and Robert White of Morrisville, Pa.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March. 1958
- Susquehannans on Parade - We Missed the Tossup !
ft\*) Lt. Col. Russell P. Knoebel, released
^J Irom actnc duty on Oct. 31. 1957
from the Air Force, is living at 756 Sun
Lane. Novato. Calif.
ft\p Dr. Christie Zimmerman ha.s re-
^J turned to Andhra. India, as Man-
ager of the Bible Training School for Wo-
men, following a 15 months furlough in the
U. S. Roger Blough was one of three win-
ners of this year's Steven Honor Awards
for ■notable achievement in their fields".
as announced by Stevens Institute of Tech-
nology.
Joi Dick Scharfe, former sales manager
J I and \ice President of June Dairy
Products, now heads his own company, the
•Richard A. Scharfe Co." As a manufac-
turers' representative, he represents prin-
cipals from Switzerland. Norway. Den-
mark. Holland and several in the U. S.
y*\*\ Col. William R. Swarm recently re-
JJ turned from an 18.000 mile, forty-
four day tour of the Pacific Command area.
Col. Swarm is Director of Civil Affairs and
Military Government. Pearl Harbor, Ha-
waii.
*0C ■^°^" ^" ^^S"'*"® ^3** presented with
J 3 S300.0() casii award and certificate
by Brig. Gen. F. T.
Vorhees. for superior
performance of his
job in the Transpor-
tation Services Divi-
sion during 1956-57.
Mr. Maguire. his wife
and three daughters,
live in Sagamihara.
35 miles southwest of
Tokyo.
Erie I. Shobert, It has recently been made
Manager of Research for the Stackpole Car-
bon Co. They are in the process of setting
up a new research facility, which should
be one of the finest in the country in this
field.
'37
Clyde R. Spitzner, School Board Di-
rector of the Haverford Twp. Public
Schools, is listed this year as a Moderator
on the School Board Institute of Temple
University. Robert Moser, in a recent is-
sue of the New 'S'ork Sunday Times, re-
ceived praise for his T.V. program "Leave
it to Beaver." Working out of Hollywood,
Moser, with his partner Joe Connelly, has
had much success as a writer-producer for
radio and T.V.
X'44^;:
Jim Wert gets credit for the
clever drawing on page 8. Re-
cuperating in Samuel G. Dixon Sanitarium.
South Mountain. Pa., he has found time for
one of his many talents. "Mrs. Jim" is
becoming well-known to many alumni
through her work in the .Alumni Office,
f AQ William S. Clark, now Editor of
40 Vour Church Magazine," has just
published a book, titled. "Building the New
Church." He is co-author of 'The Story
of Susquehanna University 18.58-19.S8"
'50
Donald F. Wohlsen has been elected
;in oHicer ol the Philadelphia Nation-
al Bank. Dick Westervelt is a copywriter
with Fulton-Morrissey Co., Chicago. Pa-
tricia Hooti has had a research study re-
ported in "Education Research." This
study was titled "The Effectiveness of
Closed-Circuit Television in the Teaching
of the Principles of the .Mphabctical Short-
luind System."
Jr*-! Lew Drumm, Jr. has co-authored
J I an article published in "Personnel
and Guidance Journal." under the title of.
"Human Engineering— A New Occupation."
Lew. after completing work toward a Mas-
ter's degree in Personnel Psychology, .spent
two years as research psychologist for the
Ordnance Corps. Since his discharge he
has been working for the Gen. Chem. Div.
of Allied Chem. and Dye Corp. Joan Se-
christ Thompson is the co-author of a sci-
entific article published recently in "Pho-
tographic Science and Engineering." Title
of the article is "Some A.spects for the
.Mechanism of Development with a Substi-
tuted p-Phenylenediamine; The Kinetics
of Physical and Chemical De\elopment."
Mrs. Thompson is employed in the Re-
.search Lab. of Eastman Kodak Co.
'55
Paul Nestler, Lt. jg. left the U.S.
last Nov. to take a group of scien-
tists to Ellsworth Station, Antartica. Jo-
anne Quick is in California where she plans
to remain for an indefinite period with her
brother. Her address is Travis Air Force
Base. Apt. 4. Bldg. 414. Fairfield. Cal.
'56
Bob Gulick, now in service, con-
tinues to combine his college inter-
ests of music and ath-
letics. He is Direc-
tor of his Base Choir
which was named
"TOPS in TAC" and
which has taken first
place in Air Force
competition. In base-
ball. Bob led his team
last year with a bat-
ting average of .426.
George Orren has joined the faculty of S.U.
as part-time instructor in the Dep't. of Bus-
iness Administration.
Bob Gulick
Susquehanna's Crusaders did their best,
but you can't tight height! And that we
need to compete with most of the other col-
leges on the schedule.
Basketball Coach John Barr says: "If
you know of a boy. a good clean-cut boy,
about 6' 8". around 235 lbs. with eyes like
saucers and hands like hams, send him to
Susquehanna!" Coach Barr is quick to add
that he must also have brains.
Starting the season with prospects that
were not too bright. Barr. in his fir.st year
with the Crusaders, whipped a green squad
into a smooth working machine that came _
close to a .500 season. ■
Keith Tyler, one of Ed PfeifTer's boys
from Weatherly. and last year's team-mate
of the fabulous Frank Romano, showed
surprising scoring strength in his .season's
average of 23.1. At onetime he ranked 3rd
in the nation 'small colleges i with an aver-
age of 28.0.
Tyler was selected to the All-Pennsyl-
vania State Second Team, and received
honorable mention in his Conference and as
a Little Ail-American.
Losing only one player through gradu-
ation I Gerry Herbster* the Crusaders
should have several good seasons ahead of
them.
I
March, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
Just Married . . »
Sister Ann Bell '55 to the Re\ . Edwin R.
Eastman. May 4, 1957 in Linthicum
Heights. Md. Ruth Osborn "54 was
bridesmaid.
Muriel Behrens \r)9 to David Wise '57. Dec.
26. 1957. David is with the Bio-chem-
istry Dep't. at the Univ. of Penna.
The Rev. James B. Diffenderfer '38 to Miss
Ruth Nancy Bar\inski of Wilkes-Barre,
Dec. 26. 1957.
Helen Frerichs '58 to Lewis Post '57, Feb.
8. in .Jamaica, L. I. Helen is working for
Crum and Forster in Newark, while Lew
is employed by the C.P.A. firm of Has-
kins and Sills.
Marjorie Mae Kostenbauder '56 to William
Harrison Finley of Danvers. Mass.. Jan.
18. Faye Kostenbauder '54 and Charlotte
Meerbach '56 were attendants.
Sister Gladys Moore '56 to Anton R. Thum-
hart, Jr. Dec. 14. 1957, in Berwick, Pa.
Sister Gladys is parish worker in the
First Lutheran Church. Carlisle, while
her husband is completing his studies at
Gettysburg Seminary.
John Franklin Shannon '54 to Miss Velma
Jean Boyd. Feb. 14. They are making
their home Lexington, Kentucky.
Junior Co-eds
Avots, a son. Waldemar. to Mr. '55 and
Mrs. Ivars Avots.
Bonawritz, a son. Daniel Gordan. to Mr. and
Mrs. 'Margaret Gordan '55 1 Marvin Bon-
awitz. Feb. 25. 1958.
Church, a daughter. Barbara Elizabeth, to
Mr. '54 and Mrs. (Helen Spaeth x'56i
William Church. Jan. 22, 1958.
Goetz, a son to Dr. '49 and Mrs. (Doris
Wanbaugh '49) Robert L. Goetz. Feb. 12.
1958.
Howling, a son, Kenneth George, to Mr. .50
and Mrs. (Bernice Jockem '52 • Roger
Howling. July 23. 1957.
Owen, a son. David John, to Mr. and Mrs.
(Dorothy Gardner '49 • James Owen. Jan.
28. 1958.
Powell, a daughter. Julia .Ann. to Mr. and
Mrs. (Jean Derr '491 Clifford Powell.
Oct. 22. 1957.
Reilly, a daughter. Virginia Evelyn to Ml'.
'49 and Mrs. (Marilyn Beers '511 James
Reilly. Jan. 11. 1958.
Riegel, a son. Stephen Ellswroth. to Dr. '47
and .Mrs. George Riegel. Jan. 14. 1958.
Robinson, a son. James Bretrand to Mr.
and Mrs. (Ruth Smith '52 1 Jack Robin-
son. Jan. 21. 19.58.
Spangler, a son. Charles William, to Mr. '52
and .Mrs. Jacob M. Spangler. Feb. 19,
1958.
Stahl, a daughter. Deborah Ruth, to Mr. '54
and Mrs. (Mary Ellen Krebs '55) Karl N.
Stahl, Mav 3, 1957.
Sports Day at Susquehanna
\ surprise visitor to campus on March 1 was Mrs. Janice Christian Feltman who par-
ticipated in a Sports Day program with her girls from the Bryn Mawr School of Nursing.
Show above are Mrs. Feltman. Miss Besty McDowell. S.U. co-ed Phys. Ed. Director and
captains of both teams.
Thompson, a daughter. Ami Jane, to Mr.
and Mrs. (Joan Sechrist '53) William
Thompson, Jan. 31, 1958.
Vandersluis, a daughter, Wendy Kay, to
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Vandersluis 'Ann
Schumacher x'54) Jan. 9, 1958,
NECROLOGY
Dr. George R. Ulrich '86. Susquehanna's
oldest alumnus, died in the Abington
Memorial Hospital. Jan. 22. At the time
of his death he was ninety-six years old
and was the only surviving member of
his class.
Dr. Lawrence V. Dodd '30. died suddenly
in his home at Lawrence, L. L. on Feb.
8. He is survived by his wife and two
children.
Mrs. Ethel Harter Hubler x'16, wife of
Harry G. Hubler '12, passed away Jan.
30. at her home in Pittsburgh.
Paul W. Hettes '25. died at his home in
Scranton. Pa. on Jan. 13.
John M. Kennedy '29. died May 30, 1957,
at his home in Nanticoke. Pa.
Dr. Charles M. Nicholas '18. Pastor Emer-
itus of English Church. Pottsville, died
Jan. 17.
Jay M. Riden '20. died in the Lewistown
Hospital. Mar. 16. Surviving are his wife,
the former Helen Fetterhoff '18 and two
children.
Miss Marion Ruth Zimmerman 'S'/. dieti in
Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Mar. 4,
after an illness of three months.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
March. 1958
Help! Help!
Attention all Susquehanna Alumni! We
need your help!
The Alumni Office is putting on its war
paint and getting ready to dance around
the ceremonial fire! Alumni day is al-
most upon us and we have too many Un-
knowns. Unclaimed, and evidently Uncar-
ing Alumni.
So HELP! We need you, all of you to
dig down into your address books, desks,
and cubby-holes to find and send us the
addresses of any of the names listed here.
Until we track down these persons you will
find a list like this appearing in each issue
of the "Quarterly." The address given is
the last known address.
Harry J. Ahlbrandt Oil. 61 HuUon St., Wilkt^
Barre. Pa. „, „
Martha Louise .Albert 'SI. 38 Glen Terrace,
Siotin. N. Y.
Joseph M. Almi-da '06, Mcrida. Yucatan Mexico
John Ambicki '31. Hotel Sehroeder. Milwaukee.
Wise
Mary Klinabeth Andei-son '23. 523 S. 55th St.
I'hila. Pa. , . ,
Mrs. Ceorjre Anne x. K lOT-Lincoln Apts. Lan-
caster and Overbrook. Phila. Pa- .
Ethel E. Aunirst '31. 223 UriKKs St. HarrlsburK.
Po. _
Earic B. Aurand '12. SelinsRiovc. Pa.
Charles E. Baer x. 745 E. 11th Ave. Euitene. Ore.
Paul N. Baker '31. Espy. Pa.
^';"Th^d:™"Ro''dKe,-s Barrett '28. 63, Wilshire
Blvd. Santa Monica. Calif.
Louis H. Battcrsby '02. Phila. Pa.
Frank J. Baviti ■2S. M W. Church St. Nantlcoke.
Paul Russel Beaver. Aaro-sburg. Pa.
Lloyd F. Bedford '31. Edgewood R'd. BiriKhamton.
N. Y.
H. Daniel Beigh. Jr. '50
Harriet Mildred Bell, 99 Maiihatlan St. .XshUy.
Pa.
Herbert N. Bell '08. 125 N. 26th St. Mt. Penn.
Reading. Pa.
Earl L. Bernstine '50. Parkwood Manor Apt.
P.narth at State R'd. Upper Darby. Pa.
Catherine S. Bier '39. 23 Cedar St. Alexandria,
Va.
Creston R. Billow '23. Fairview St. Mt Joy. Pa.
Frederick William Biltz '13. Y.M.C.A. Reading.
Pa.
Reno E. Bingaman. Troxelville. Pa.
The Rev. G. Robert Booth 'iU PleasaTit Valley.
N. Y.
Jennie Botdorf '19, 561 21st Ave. Altoona. Pa.
Lucille Clarissa Boush. Beverly Place, Little Rock.
Ark.
George T. Bowen '29. 70 W. Union St. Wilkes
Barre. Pa.
Marjorie J. Bower '.18. Y.W.C.A. Columbus. Ohio
Leroy N. Bowes. Esq. '12. 1234 N. 41st St. W.
Phila. Pa.
Mabel Sue Boyer "28. 592 S. Main St. Chambers-
burg. Pa.
Ira Bradford x45
Hilda M. Brennaman. 209 Montgomery Ave. Hol-
lidaysburc. Pa.
Mrs. Helen Harris Br(H>ks '44,
Harrison Brown '07. Pennn. Furnace. Pa.
Jack A. Brown '51 3322 N. 13th St. Phila. 40.
Pa.
George S. Bullock '25. '2004 Packard Bldg. 15th &
Ch.-stnul Sts Phila. P.i
Mm. Kathirine Foehl Burrell '04. 1220 Perkiomen
Ave. Reading. Pa.
Mrs. Esther Printzenhof Burria x'lO. State Home.
Muncy. Pa.
The Rev. L. A. Bush x, 271 S. Hanover St. Car-
lisle. Pa.
Mary Ella Butler '12. Rcedsvillc. Pa.
Che«ler A. Byers '42. 1519 Jackson Dr. Sacra-
mento. Calif.
.Albert S. Carlwright '30. 6320 Argyl St. Lawn-
dale, Pa.
Shu Yun Chan '52. 434 W 120th St. N. Y. 27.
N. Y.
Amelia M. Chick '30, Pottsville. Pa.
Edward J. Chmura '40. 644 Orchard St. Peely,
Pa.
Max C. A Mildred Pntt. i~on Clark '26. 1652 Tay-
lor Place. W^illiamspoi t. Pa.
Francis A. Clifford '36. 6026 Walnut St. Kansa.«
City 2. Mo.
J. Donald Cochrane '09. 118 W. Henry St. Spar-
tenberg. S. C.
Edith Gertrude Cole. 1660 Penn St. Denver, Colo.
THE SUSQUEHANNA^|JNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER— Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
No Matter .... Whence you Haiil,
Come To S.U's, 1958 /Alumni D^y/
Saturday, May 24.
Calvin H. Conrad. Jr. '40. 6601 Nebraska Ave.
Tampa. Fla.
Harrv F. Conrad '04. 136 N. I'"ront St. Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio
Mrs. Muriel Phillips Conway. Jr. '49.
Harry J. Crouse '19. 61 53rd. S. Main St. Akron.
Ohio
Olive Marie Daniel '19. Ashland. Pa.
Carrie Alberta Cupper '19. Tyrone. Pa.
Mrs. Marian Kimmel Darsie x. 197 High St.
Berlin. Pa.
Harriet P. Davies '29
Elizabeth Dean '31, 6907 Springfield Ave. Phila.
Pa.
Leon Decker x'13. Veteran's Administration. Ly-
ors. N. J.
John F. Delay '30, R.D. 1, Mt. Top. Pa.
Earl B. Dieffenbach x
Mrs. Joan Diggin Krauss "54, 337 Smyscr St.
York. Pa.
Martha O. Dilling '29. 184 Lake Ave. Saratoga
Springs. N. Y.
Rita Dillon '33. Galeton. Pa.
Jesse Guy Dixon '31. 44 Walnut St. Wilkes Barre.
Pa.
Robert P. Donncll '31. 1600 Sheridan S. Euclid.
Ohio
Robert & Margaret Williams Dornsife '49. 1420
Chew St. Allentown. Pa.
Vera Duboy '53. 320 E. 70th St.. N. Y. 21, N. Y,
George W. Dumbauld '29, Indian Head, Pa.
J. Robert Dunlap '52. 57 Wcstmiriister R'd. Bklyn
IS. N. Y.
Mrs Ruth E. Laks Dunn '48. 85 Dartmcuth Cen-
ter. W. Newton. Pa.
Florence M. Dnnwoody '06. Barnestown. Pa.
Chester C. Dwinchi '22. Wilkes Barre. Pa.
Arthur M. Easterbrook. 806 N. Broom St.. Wil-
mington. Del.
Merger F. Edlund. '26. Sugargrove. Pa.
Clarinee B. Eichman. '28. 108 Chestnut St.. Man-
chester. Conn.
Mrs. Regina Merla Elbright. x'08. 7972 Provident
Rd., Phila.. Pa.
J. R. Ely. Elizabethville. Pa.
David Ertley. x" . Wyoming Ave., Kingston. Va.
Hinrv F. Feitusch. '28. Luzerne. Pa.
Carl W. Feld. x'27. 229 Shawnee Rd.. Ardm<iic
Pa.
Mrs. Jeanne Fenner Helm. '42. 314 Long Bea. li
Ave.. Freeport. L. I.. N. Y.
Ml-s. Buela Brosius Fisher. '07. '08. 816 Loraine
Ave.. Springfield. 111.
Roy J. Folk. '13. Springs. Pa.
Mrs. Catherire Fox Parks, x'47.
Wilfred W. Fuge. x'28. 143 Hodge Ave.. Buffalo.
N. Y.
Staunton C. Funk, c/o Caribbean Architect. Eng.
P. O. Box 604. Port of Spain Island. Trini-
dad. B. W. I.
Joseph J. Gaffney. x'26. 92 Second Avd.. West-
niiiiit. Johnstown. Pa.
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SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Vol. XXVII
June. 1958
No. 4
This years Centennial Commencement Exercises, held out of doors in a beautiful setting between Gustavus ."Mdolphus and Bogar Hall,
saw eighty-six seniors receive their degrees, and a well known alumnus Robert Newton Troutman of the class of '26 receive the
honorary degree of Doctor of Pedagogy. The Commencement address was delivered by the Right Honorable James F.
Henninger of AUentown who said. "One of the most important steps in your life is your next step." S.U. alum-
nus, the Rev. John G. Gensel of the Lutheran Church of the Advent. N.Y.C., delivered the Baccalaure-
ate sermon on Friday evening.
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June. 1958
Dignitaries at Centennial Commencement
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L. to R. Dean Russell Gait. Robert N. Troutman, who received the honorary degree of
Doctor of Pedagogy, the Rev. John F. Harkins. President of the Board of Directors. Dr.
G. Morris Smith, the Hon. James F. Henninger, Commencement Speaker, and the Rev.
Robert W. Koons, who received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity.
Centennial Year Coming to Close With
Alumni Playing Important Part in All Events
Susquehanna has come to the end of her centennial year.
With Convocation in September setting the pace for a series of special events, the
year has been a memorable one. And in every event members of the Alumni Associ-
ation, proud as peacocks, played an important role.
Successfully coming through one hundred difficult years is something of which any-
one might be proud, and those who have read Clark and Wilson's recently published book
"The Story of Su.squehanna University", have found in it the .story of many trying years
as well as the story of many triumphs.
After all, the product of an educational institution is its graduates, and the institution
is successful just in proportion to the success of its graduates or alumni.
One Centennial event after another ""
brought a succession of successful alumni
to the attention of the public. And that's
the way it should have been, for there's no
point in having a celebration unless there
is someone to whom honor can be paid.
And the alumni responded magnificently
to special centennial projects that required
more than $700,000. Alumni President Gar-
man, on .'Mumni Day reported that the
alumni had contributed $40,809.70 to the
Centennial Fund, while several thousand
dollars more had been contributed by
alumni to the Fund through their churches.
More than two hundred became members
oi the Century Club, contributing $100 or
more to the Fund.
When the cheering dies down, what will
Susquehanna have to show for all her cele-
brating'.' There will be at least three
things. She will have two new beautiful
buildings, the University's Endowment
Fund will have been increased to a million
dollars and her .acuity will find a little
e.xtra in their pay envelopes.
But you like to have friends at your
parties. And the Alumni welcomed many
friends who became partners in the great
celebration. The Central Pennsylvania
Synod of the United Lutheran Church,
proud of one of its institutions, gave gener-
ously to the Centennial Fund and did a
magnificent job in bringing clo.ser together
the Church and the College.
The Women's Au.\iliary had worked long-
er in preparation for the big event than
any other organization. For eleven years
the members had worked tirelessly toward
the raising of $48.01)0 for the new music
building. Recognising this prodigious en-
deavor. Pres. Garman at the banquet on
.Mumni Day presented .Mrs. G. Morris
■Smith with a token of a|)preciation from
ihu alumni. Mrs. Smith had many helpers,
but her skill in organizing the auxiliary
members around this project is recognized
by all.
.And now Susquehanna University enters
her second hundred years. What does the
future hold for her'' The answer lies not
only in a wise administration and a benev-
olent church, but a great part of the
answer must be found in those who have
come through her class rooms— those alum-
ni who will support her with their loyalties
and their contributions, those alumni who
will speak well of her in public places, and
those who will stand with her when she is
again in need.
The Rev. John G Geii.i 1 io. Baccalaureate
speaker, and President Smith, leave Pine
Lawn to join academic procession to Trin-
ity Church.
II^kIL^kJ^*^*"'."*'"''^^^ matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24. 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove. Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
June, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Al. Pres. Carman
Re-elected for 2nd
Term. Plugs Fund
Dear Alumni:
II was a great honor to the officers of
our Alumni Association to have been re-
elected for the next term. We again prom-
ise to discharge our duties and exercise our
privileges to bring honor and esteem to
the Alumni Association and especially to
Dear Old Susquehanna University.
We certainly had a great year of cele-
bration on the campus, and all the college
organizations deserve our highest praise
for the programs during the Centennial
Year.
Many of the Alumni who took \ital part
in our program, were behind the scenes.
The officers want to thank them again for
their unselfish devotion. The record break-
ing attendance of old "Grads" was a big
factor in our success.
We are mindful of the tremendous sac-
rifices and foresight of the church and
other friends who supported and encour-
aged Susquehanna during the first one
hundred years. We are sincerely thankful
to them.
Now it is left to us to go forward to
greater heights. It can be done with the
cooperation demonstrated in this Centen-
nial Year.
May I take this opportunity to congratu-
late the class of 1958 and to invite you to
participate in the Alumni programs. Go
forth to success in life with the blessing
and encouragement of the Alumni Associ-
ation. We are proud of you.
Now it is time to get back to our Alumni
Loyalty Fund program. Much of our
interest in the Centennial Year has been
consumed in special events and as a re-
sult the Loyalty Fund has suffered.
Although many of the pledges to the
Centennial Fund have been paid, some are
now overdue. Please take note.
A good basis for our contributions can
be calculated from the fact that we paid
approximately one-third of the true cost
of our education while in college. Why
not try to discharge your debt to your
Abna Mater by paying the other two-thirds
along with a fair rate of interest.
It was a pleasure to serve you and a
challenge to continue in such service.
Sincerely,
Raymond P. Garman. Sr.. President
General Alumni Association
DR. GEORGE E. FISHER
Dr. George E. Fisher, beloved Professor
Emeritus of Chemistry at Susquehanna
University, entered into the fuller life on
June 11, 1958.
Born in Snyder County on January 17.
1869, he graduated from Missionary Insti-
tute in 1888. In 1891 he received the Ph.B.
degree from Bucknell University, and in
1905 the Ph.D. degree from Illinois Wesley-
an. After teaching several years at Buck-
nell, he came to Susquehanna in 1896 where
he taught continuously until 1946, when he
expressed his wish to retire as he rounded
out a half century of service to his Alma
Mater.
As Professor of Chemistry he had brought
the department of Natural Science to a
high degree of eminence. A man of gen-
uine scholarship, Dr. Fisher was interested
in the all around development of the Uni-
versity. He was one of the founders of the
.Alumni Association, and was always inter-
ested in the character of students as well
as in tlieir scholarship.
In commenting on Dr. Fisher's death,
Alumni President Garman said, "The pass-
ing of Dr. Fisher was a tremendous shock
to all Alumni. Those of us who studied
under him recall a fine Christian gentle-
man, a scholar and one who gave more
than his share of patience and energy in
the interest of his students and Susquehan-
na University. His guidance and enthusi-
asm in Alumni affairs was of inestimable
value."
President G. Morris Smith, who spoke at
the final obsequies, referred to Dr. Fisher
as a man of high standards. "Wherever
you found him, whether in the class-room.
NECROLOGY
Mrs. Ida Maneval Sheldon '07 widow of Dr.
E. Edwin Sheldon, former head of the
Conservatory of Music, died May 11, in
the Presser Home for Retired Musicians,
Phila. Mrs. Sheldon joined the faculty
immediately after her marriage to Dr.
Sheldon in 1906. teaching harmony and
music until 1910 when they joined the
faculty of Lebanon Valley College. After
ten years the Sheldons returned to Sus-
quehanna, where they remained until the
death of Dr. Sheldon in 1949.
Jacob Grieff Ott x, died unexpectedly in
the Sunbury Hosi)ital on May 22. He was
one of Central Pennsylvania's mo.st prom-
inent business men being the founder of
J. G. Ott Packagings Co. of Selinsgrove.
He is survived l>y his wife, a daughter,
Helen Ott Soper '28 and four grandchil-
dren.
The Rev. Dr. H. D. Hoover '99. died in the
Gettysburg Hospital, May 11. He gradu-
ated from Susquehanna and the Theo-
logical Seminary in 1902 and taught in
the Theological Department of the Uni-
versity from 1907 until 1909. Later he
served on the faculty of Gettysburg
Theological Seminary from 1926 to 1952.
Dr. Hoover maintained to the end a live-
ly interest in Susquehanna.
Chester A. Beam '33, died Dec. 28 in Flush-
ing. Mich. Mr. Beam spent twenty-three
years as a teacher and administrator in
Cooper Township. Ill health forced him
to retire in 1951 and in 1955 he suffered
a severe stroke which paralyzed him
completely until his death.
Jay M. Riden '20 beloved teacher and var-
sity football coach at Sunbury High
School from 1927 through 1932, died Mar.
16 in the Lewistown Hospital. While at
Susquehanna he was an all-round ath-
lete. He is survived by his wife, the
former Helen Fetterolf, who is a native
of Selinsgrove, two children, two sisters
and one grandchild.
Helen E. 'Yeingst '27, died May 23 in the
Carlisle, Pa. Hospital. Miss Yeingst
taught in the Marple-Newtown High
School for twenty-five years. The new
library at the Marple-Newtown Senior
High School was named in her honor
earlier this year. She is survived by her
mother.
as a churchman, citizen, or neighbor he
exemplified the desu'e for excellence and
the warm friendliness of the Christian,"
said Dr. Smith.
All five children of Dr. Fisher are grad-
uates of Susquehanna. They are: Char-
lotte Fisher Wilson '20, deceased; Harold
Y. Fisher '20; Mrs. Gertrude F. Jones '29;
Dr. Lawrence C. Fisher '31 and Dr. Roscoe
L. Fisher '32.
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1958
— Susquehannans on Parade —
'15
Mrs. Jessie Pleasant Coxe, Lock
Ha\en High School teacher served
on Gov. Leader's special Committee of
One Hundred Professional and Lay mem-
bers to study Educational Needs for Penna.
'19
years
grove
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Harry I. Frymire retired at the end
of this school year after forty-six
years in the field of education in Selins-
grove area schools.
Luther A. Fisher of Shillington. was
Lted a Director of the Loyal Pro-
tective Life Ins. Co. of Boston. Mr. Fish-
er's organization has led the company in
production for eight consecutive years.
Roger M. Blough received the hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Laws
from Trinity College. Hartford. Conn, at
the .hine Commencement Exerci.ses.
The Rev. Edward T. Bollinger was
installed as Assoc. Pastor and Min-
ister of Youth of the Parish of the Eternal
Hills on the 25th anniversary of his ordi-
nation. His daughter Ann is organist of
the Eraser Valley Community Presbyter-
ian Church, Colo.
'30
'36
The Tl
'37
The Rev. Jerome V. Guss of Al-
toona has been named a Director of
The Theological Seminary at Gettysburg.
Clyde R. Spiti-
ner is now Di-
rector of Radio Sales
and Programs for
WEIL, Phila. He as-
sumed his new posi-
tion Mar. 31. He has
also been elected
President of the Poor
Richard Club, oldest
and largest advertis-
ing organization in the world.
Stephen Owen was elected to the
Hermosa Beach, Calif. School Board.
He has been a teacher for twelve years at
Gardena High School.
> i 1 Leon E. Krouse is now Assistant
'Jl Professor on the faculty of the Col-
lege of Business Administration at Lehigh
University.
>i(" The Rev. Celo Leitzel was installed
'f J this spring as Pastor of the Wolfe's
Cross Roads Lutheran parish. He had been
Pastor of the Muddy Creek parish, Lan-
caster Co.
Clyde R. Spltzner
'39
19.5s Football Schedule
Oct. 4 Ursinus H
Oct. 11 Swarthmore A
Oct. 18 Dickinson H
Oct. 25 Grove City A
Nov. 8 Wagner A
Nov. 15 Haverford H
'50
Albert P. Molinaro's appointment
as Account Exec, with Lewis & Gil-
man, Inc., Phila. ad-
\ertising and public
relations firm, was
announced May 1 by
the agency president.
Marjorle L. Spogen
received a first prize
award in a state-wide
Editorial and Feature
Story contest on Em-
ployment of the Phy-
She is on the staff
Albert P. Molinaro
sically Handicapped
of the Sunburv Dailv Item.
'51
'54
The Rev. William J. Foster, Jr. is
now minister of the Reynoldsville
First Presbyterian Church. He and his
wife the former Frances A. Savage '49. and
their two children moved from Elysburg
to the new parish in February.
>CO Jackey McKeever has been given
3^ the Outer Circle Critic's Award for
the season's "best featured performance by
a female." She is currently playing in
Jose Ferrar's production of "Oh Captain."
George B. Backer received his M.D.
degree at Hahnemann Medical Col-
lege. Phila., in June. He will serve his in-
ternship at Wilkes-Barre General Hospi-
tal. Rodger Edwin Rohrbaugh was ordain-
ed into the ministry of the United Lutheran
Church this June. Kenneth H. Bothwell re-
ceived his Ed.M from Rutgers University
on June 4. Orville H. Lauver is now with
Bendix .Aviation, in York, as a Contract
Administrator in the Engineering Sales
Dept.
Charles W. Coates has accepted a
call as Ass't. Pastor of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church in York. Frederick L.
Shilling who also graduated from Gettys-
burg this spring has accepted a call as
Ass't. Pastor at St. Matthew's Church of
York. He will assume his duties in the
fall. John Edward Barrett III was ordain-
ed to the Presbyterian Ministry June 22
and was installed as Pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Glassboro, Pa.
^CC. ^^''y Jane Solomon is taking ad-
jQ vanced work at the Opera Workshop
at the University ol New Mexico. She re-
cently had a leading role in the production
of "Orpheus and ICurydice." Marjorie Kos-
tenbauder Finley is working toward her
MA. at the State University of New York
Teacher's College at Fredonia.
'CQ Walter P. Benham, Jr. accepted a
Jo position with Esso Standard Oil Co.
and began work in May. William R. Hand
graduated from Recruit Training in May.
While in training he was appointed Chief
Petty Officer of his company.
'55
Record Crowd at
Dedication of
Heilman Hall
S.U. Women's Auxiliary See
Results Of Eleven Year EflFort
Susquehanna has had many special days
covering many events in this her Centen-
nial Year. Of these the most gratifying
perhaps was May 10. On this day Presi-
dent G. Morris Smith turned over the keys
of the finest music building in the East
to Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh. Director of
Susquehanna's School of Music. This sim-
ple act was the culmination of years of
work on the part of many people. It there-
fore brought heart-warming satisfaction to
a great many people who had shared in its
planning.
With close to 1,500 attending various
parts of the program during the day. Presi-
dent Smith, before turning over the keys,
said, "May this house be blessed in the ser-
vice of God."
Prior to the outdoor service of dedica-
tion, a Symposium for Educators in Music
was held in Susquehanna's Little Theatre.
The topic under discussion was "Is Our
Music Serving Society." Panelists for the
Symposium were: Dr. Earl Beach, Univer-
sity of Georgia; Dr. Frances Andrews,
Penn State University: Margaret Keiser,
Philadelphia: Robert Surplus. Shippens-
burg State Teachers College. Mr. William
O. Roberts, graduate of Susquehanna and
now President of the Eastern Division of
the Music Educators National Conference,
was Moderator for the panel.
During the afternoon the Women's .Aux-
iliary of Susquehanna presented a check
for $47,782.00 as a special gift to the new-
music building, terminating an eleven year
effort on their part. The money-raising
was accomplished through Remembrance
Book entries, with thousands of loving
remembrances bound up in the Golden,
the Blue and the Red books, to become a
permanent display in Heilman Hall.
Now that the Women's Auxiliary has
completed its eleven year effort toward
Heilman Hall, the members voted at their
annual meeting on May 10, a new project
to be centered in Student Living Quarters.
They authorized the appointment of a com-
mittee to work with the college in deter-
mining and executing this project.
On June 19, the Executive Committee
of the .Auxiliary, after hearing the recom-
mendations of this committee, voted to
begin the new project with the redecorat-
ing and refurnishing of the living room of
llassinger Hall.
1
June. 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
FIVE
Scenes p'oni ^J^ellnian
^J^all rjjcdlcation
(II Fifteen hundred people were present
on May 10 when Susquehanna dedi-
cated its beautiful new music building.
Heilman Hall.
'21 President G. Morris Smith presents the
keys of Heilman Hall to Dr. Percy M.
Linebaugh. Director of Susquehanna's
Music Program.
(31 Symposium Panel. L. to R.: Mr. Wil-
liam 0. Roberts. '29 i moderator i: Dr.
Earl Beach, University of Georgia;
Margaret Keiser. '26; Dr. Percy M.
Linebaugh; Dr. Frances Andrews, Perm
State University; and Robert Surplus,
'45.
'41 Mrs. Charles A. Nicely. President of
the Women's Auxiliary of S.U., pre-
sents a check to President Smith com-
pleting the .Auxiliary's eleven year
effort toward the erection of Heilman
Hall.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1958
L^enteiinial ..y^lum,
(1) Emeritus Group; (2) Emeritus Group; <3i Class of 1908; i4i Class of 1913; (5) Class of 1918; <6i Clas
June, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
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Class of 1928; i8i Class of 1933; i9i Class of 1938; ilO> Class of 1943; HI) Class of 1948; 112 1 Class of 1953.
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June. 1958
Club News
ALTOONA
The Altoona Club held its annual Spring
dinner meeting, Apr. 22. Speaker for the
evening was Alumni Pres. Raymond P.
Garman. Sr. The officers elected for the
following term were Dr. Luke Rhodes,
Pres., Dr. Millard Fisher, V. Pres., Mrs.
Melvin C. Garber. Sect., The Rev. Henry
Hopkins, Treas. There were twenty-four
present.
CENTRE-UNION
Dr. Albert A. Zimmer of the Susquehan-
na faculty was guest speaker at the Centre-
Union dinner meeting held Apr. 23. Alum-
ni Pres. Garman also spoke to the group.
Election of officers was held and the same
slate was re-elected for the coming year.
They are: Ralph Beahm, Pres.. Paul
Reamer. V. Pres.. Shirley Boyer. Sec't-
Treas. Thirty-five were in attendance.
HARRISBURG
The Harrisburg Club held its spring meet-
ing Apr. 24 with Pres. Marsh Bogar pre-
siding. Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh was guest
and carried greetings from the campus.
Several Susquehanna students provided en-
tertainment. Officers elected were: Marsh
Bogar, Pres., Lester Heilman, V. Pres.,
Mrs. Clayton Whitman. Sec't-Treas.
JOHNSTOWN
.At the spring meeting of the Johnstown
Club on Apr. 26. Percy Davis was elected
Pres. Other officers are: Mrs. Max Gove-
kar, V. Pres.. Mrs. George R. Walter,
Sec't., Robert Gabrenya, Treas. The
speaker for the evening was N. DeWitt
Ray, Exec, of the Indiana Gazette whose
wife, Jessie McCool Ray is an alumna of
S. U. Fift y-.se ven were present.
LEHIGH VALLEY
Members of the Lehigh Club met June 3
for their annual dinner meeting. At the
meeting the club voted a gift of $100.00 to
be sent to Su.squehanna for the music li-
brary of the new music building. The club
is also sponsoring a bus trip to N.Y.C. to
see Jackey McKeever in "Oh Captain" on
Sat. Aug. 9. Officers elected were: Clar-
ence Schaeffer, Pres., Wilfred Sheetz. V.
Pres. in charge of Program, Mrs. Harold
Kramer, V. Pres. in charge of Member-
ship, Mrs. Quentin ZcU, Sec't., Gerald WU-
son, Treas.
NORTH JERSEY
The North Jersey Club held its spring
meeting Mar. 29 with Pres. Herbert Hains
presiding. Thirty-two members were pres-
ent. It was voted to send $100.00 to the
Roger M. Blough Receives S. U/s
Outstanding Achievement Award
i
The highlight of the Centennial .Alumni Day program was the presentation ol the
Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award to Roger M. Blough '25. Admiring the citation
are Alumni President Raymond P. Garman. Sr.. .Att'y Alvin W. Carpenter, and President
G. Morris Smith.
Susquehanna Centennial Appeal. Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Hochstuhl. Mr. and Mrs. Albert
P. Molinaro and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Howling were appointed to act as a nomi-
nating committee to present a slate of new
officers at the 19.59 meeting to be held at
the same place. Peacock House. Apr. 18.
YORK-HANOVER
Dr. Arthur H. Wilson of Susquehanna was
guest speaker for the spring dinner meet-
ing held in Lanca.ster on Apr. 17. Approxi-
mately fifty members attended. New of-
ficers elected were: The Rev. Lester J.
Karschner. Pres.. Mr. Walter Hertz, V.
Pres.. Mrs. Richard Reiff. Sec't., Miss
Patricia Heathcote, Treas,
PHILADELPHIA
The alumnae of Alpha Delta Pi in the
Phila. area, recently held an election of
officers. They are as follows: Irene Oldt,
Pres.. Shirley Young. V. Pres., Mrs. Betty
Bean Wohlsen, Sec't.. Mrs. Margaret Gor-
don Bonawitz. Treas.
SUSQUEHANNA-VALLEY
The Susquehann,! Valley Club held its
annual dinner meeting on the campus Apr.
26. Officers elected were: The Rev. W. R.
Fitzgerald, Pres., Douglas A. Portzline.
Sec't-Treas. Approximately forty members
enjoyed the dinner and then sojourned to
the Little Theatre where they previewed
the Susquehanna Players Shakesperean
production. "Richard III." This club also
earned a big vote of thanks for the fine
way they took o\er the registering and
greeting of alumni on our big Centennial
-Alumni Day.
Picture Identification ^
1 1 1 Atty. Alvin W. Carpenter '24 pre-
sents Alumni Outstanding Achievement
Award to Roger M. Blough '25.
<2i Blough. Pres. of U.S. Steel, makes Pre-
sentation speech. Seated left to right:
Pres. Smith. .Atty. Carpenter, the Rev.
W. R. Fitzgerald, and .Alumni Pres.
Raymond P. Garman. Sr.
131 Dr. John I. Woodruff reads Centennial
Ode to Su.squehanna from his recently
published book 'Poems and .Address-
es."
141 Susquehanna Valley Club Members ex-
tend welcome to visiting Alumni.
151 Small groups were in evidence every-
where on campus.
151 By end of day .someone's feet are tired.
171 Dr. S. Luther Reed '08 of Stillwater.
Okla.. chats with Dr. John Houtz. He
traveled greatest distance.
(81 More friends get together.
June, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
June, 1958
^. Ul. is /-"^roticl of- . . ,
ROBERT L. MOSHER
Bob Mosher '37, is one Su.squehanna
Alumnus who has carved for himself an
outstanding career in his chosen field.
With national stories appearing about Bob
and his work in radio, television and the
movies, alumni frequently have asked the
Alumni Office for further information on
Bob's work and whereabouts.
.\fter an urgent request from the Alumni
OfKce, Bob in his busy life, wrote a most
interesting letter which was thoroughly en-
joyed by his friends on campus and which
gives some fascinating glimpses into his ex-
citing and absorbing profession.
Evidently while at S. U. Bob had what he
calls "vague yearnings" toward writing
and advertising, "in addition to more spec-
ific yearnings toward Miss Rose Runk,
class of '36.
"Putting things in the order of their im-
portance," said Bob, "I first married Miss
Runk and then accepted a position with
the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency
in N.Y.C., where they promptly put me to
work writing radio commercials and con-
tinuity."
In time, J. Walter Thompson sent Bob to
Hollywood to write "jokes" for the Charlie
McCarthy program and after a four year
stint at this, he did shows headed by such
personalities as Frank Morgan, Dinah
Shore, Ray Milland, Johnny Mercer and
Phil Harris.
In 1947 Bob and his partner, Joe Con-
nelly, began writing the Amos 'n' Andy
show and have remained with the Kingfish
and his pals ever since. A favorite of
many alumni, the .\mos "n' Andy Music
Hall is currently on radio five nights a week
around the country over CBS, while their
filmed TV shows still make the rounds.
As a former English major at S. U. Bob
is afraid some of the grammar and dialect
he has put into the mouths of Amos n'
Andy and the Kingfish would cause Dr. Wil-
son to throw up his hands in righteous in-
dignation. And he is certain that the his-
torical discussions in which these charac-
ters have indulged, i 'De Greeks, led by de
philosopher, .Acidopiiolous. done crossed de
Rubicorn on a elephant an' conquered de
.Anglo-Saxophones" ». might very well tempt
Dr. Russ to retire.
And, of course, the Kingfish's description
the structure of the atom, ("Dey is all
made up of protons, morons, and Fig New-
tons"', could easily make the Steele Sci-
ence Building seem like a waste of money.
However, be that as it may, the dialect
and grammar that Bob uses for his char-
acters have kept people laughing for many
years and we hope it continues in the same
vein.
In 19,55 Bob and his partner made their
first inroads on the motion picture business
by writing the original script for "The
Private War of Major Benson," which
starred Charlton Heston, and which earned
for them an Academy Award nomination.
At present they are producing and writ-
ing the television series "Leave it to
Beaver" for CBS. This project, closest to
the hearts of the writers, portrays the ev-
ery-day life of two young boys, ages twelve
and seven, as the authors believe kids
really are— not as they are most frequent-
ly portrayed on radio and television.
"Leave it to Beaver" was nominated for
two "Emmy" Awards, this past season.
This cannot begin to cover all the many
and varied things Bob has done since
leaving S. U. He. his wife Rose, and their
two children, Patricia. 15, and Bobby, 13,
are thoroughly enjoying life in Calif.
"But," continues Bob in his letter to the
Alumni Office, "I must say I have many
fond memories of Susquehanna. S. U. was
my home for four years, and every so
often I turn from the activities of the
members of the Mystic Knights of the Sea
Lodge Hall back to 1937 and the activities
of my studious brothers at what was then
known as the Bond and Key Club."
Bob's "fond memories" can in no way
exceed our very best wishes for the con-
tinued good health and fortune of the en-
tire Mosher famliv.
HOMECOMING
Make Plans Now
To Be On Campus
SAT., OCT. 18
Just Married . . .
Eugene P. Brouse .53 to Barbara A. Hall-
dren, Mar. 31 in Sunbury. "Gene" is em-
ployed by the .Atlantic Refining Co. and
they will reside in Carlisle.
Carolyn Franti x'57 to William Brunsch-
wyler. May 31 in Waynesboro, Pa. They
will reside in Phila. where Mr. Brunsch-
wyler is employer by General Electric.
Wallace E. Gordon '54 to Doris Franco-
vitch, Apr. 18 at Clarks Green, Pa.
John E. Kariss ',56 to Mary Loui.se Dough-
erty, May 24 in the Chapel at Fort Ben-
niny.
Eugene Kolva x'56 to Nancy Patton, Apr.
5 at Halifax, Pa.
Clair Mitch '52 to Carolyn Ann Collins, Dec.
29 at Monroe City, Mo. Clair is employ-
ed by the Union Carbide Chemicals Co.
of Chicago and they are residing at Park
Forest. 111.
Hope Spicer Mummey '46 to James Dunlap.
Apr. 3 at Camp Hill, Pa. Mrs. Dunlap is
on the faculty of Loyalsock Twp. Jr. High
School and Mr. Dunlap is a bank exam-
iner for the commonwealth.
Richard Owens '55 to Marjorle Lamon x'56.
May 31 in Espy, Pa. Dick is in training
with Allied Stores, Pomeroy's, Wilkes-
Barre and Margie is a secretary for the
Magee Carpet Co.. Bloomsburg, Pa.
Louis F. Santangelo '50 to Agnes Eleanor
Lavieri, June 14 in Winsted, Conn.
Rosaline May Bailey x'49 to T/Sgt. John H.
Hartman in Spokane, Wash., May 29.
T/Sgt. Hartman is stationed with the Air
Force at Deep Creek A.F.B.. Wash, and
Mrs. Hartman is employed with the
Washington Power Co.
Junior Co-eds
Albert, a daughter. Deborah Lynn, to Wal-
ter '55 and Claire Rosengarten x'56 Al-
bert on Mar. 16.
Cook, a son, Michael Lease, to Henry '56
and Madaline Lease '53 Cook on Mar. 25.
Hartley, a daughter, Kristin Anne, to Allan
and Barbara Watkins '50 Hartley, Apr.
23.
Kimmel, a daughter. Ruth Dorothy, to
George J. '38 and Dorothy Shutt '40 Kim-
mel on Sept. 20. Two older brothers,
John, 8, and Bill, 9, preceded Baby Girl
Kimmel.
Rowe, a .son. Chester Graybill, to Chester
'52 and Mrs. Rowe on March 19.
Schultz, a daughter. Chriss Alinda, to Wil-
liam and Lois Dauberman '48 Schultz on
.lune 1.
Stacks, a daughter, Kimberly, to Dr. Jacob
and Nancy Kreig x'.54 Stacks on Sept, 5.
Baby Kimberly joined a sister Pamela in
the family circle.
Whitman, a son, Keith Allen, to Clayton and
Catherine Byrod '44 Whitman on Apr. 3.
June, 1958
Dan Smith, Jr. Dies.
S. U. Trustee 41 Years
Mr. Dan Smith, Jr.. a member of the
Board of Directors for forty-one years,
passed away in Williamsport, Pa., on May
26. 1958. He was a graduate of Lebanon
Business College and attended Susquehan-
na.
Mr. Smith spent his early youth in Reeds-
ville. Pa., but as a young man. moved his
business to Williamsport where he estab-
lished the Smith Printing Co., of which he
was president and treasurer.
Mr. Smith's two sons. Dr. J. Stanley '2!)
and Preston H. '38 are both graduates of
Susquehanna and a granddaughter is en-
rolled for the fall term.
A most helpful director during his long
term of service. Mr. Smith's counsel, cheer-
fully given, was based upon facts patiently
studied. In recognition of his loyal and
valued services, Susquehanna in 19.53 con-
ferred upon him (he honorary degree of
Doctor of Business Administration.
"Susquehanna University," said Dr. G.
Morris Smith, president, "has lost one of its
stalwarts from the Board of Directors. A
Christian layman, freely giving of his time,
thought, and means. Dan Smith was espe-
cially concerned that in striving for educa-
tional excellence, Susquehanna remain firm
and loyal to its moral and spiritual moor-
ings as a Christian college."
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ELEVEN
Flashes from the Campus
Nine members of Lambda Chi Alpha
were guests at a luncheon given by the
Snyder Co. Republican Committee for Wil-
liam S. Livengood, candidate for the Penna.
nomination for governor.
Dr. G. Morris Smith was guest of honor
at a joint meeting of the Sunbury-Selins-
grove Rotary Clubs. May 8. where a special
program had been prepared to pay tribute
to Susquehanna. Dr. Smith was presented
with a citation for his many years of ser-
vice to the University.
Centennial Year Event
tmSdisMm mcKtSJitr
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The Snyder County Historical Society in cooperation with Susquehanna University, on
Memorial Day, dedicated a bronze plaque in memory of the eighty-lour Missionary Insti-
tute Veterans of the Civil War. The plaque was placed on the .south end of Selinsgrove
Hall and unveiled by Mrs. Minnie Ulrich Flickinger, daughter of one of the honored
veterans. Seen with Mrs. Flickinger is Mr. WiUiam M. Schnure, x'99, who conceived the
idea and who did months of research work on the project.
A "first" for Susquehanna! The Senior
class decided to really splurge on their
Centennial Commencement Dance and as a
result the students and faculty thoroughly
enjoyed an evening of dancing to the music
of Ray Eberle and his famed "Serenade in
Blue" orchestra.
Dr. Robert L. Amy, Mr. R. F. W. Meader
and Mrs. Anna Humphrey terminated their
services to Susquehanna as of the end of
this current Academic year.
Dr. Amy, Assoc. Prof, of Biology at Sus-
quehanna since 1949 has accepted a similar
position with Southwestern College of Mem-
phis, Tenn.
Mr. Meader, Ass't. Prof, of English at
Susquehanna for twelve years has accepted
a teaching position with The Hun School of
Princeton.
Mrs. Anna Humphrey, head dietitician at
Susquehanna for thirty years, has retired
and plans to live in the Altoona area.
year's program, which was a birthday par-
ty for the college, tlirough the eyes of two
children, Stella and Stewart.
"Let's Go," a widely published magazine
for church schools, featured the story of
the Women's Auxiliary's Annual Children's
Day program. It told the story of this
Miss Carolann Zust has the distinct honor
of being Susquehanna's Centennial May
Queen. She and her court were presented
to the public at the Dedication of Heilman
Hall and later presided at the Centennial
Ball in the evening. Her court consisted of
the following co-eds: Betty Ann Ormond,
Lady in Waiting; Terrie Feliciano, Ann
Ambromovage, Nancy Ridinger, Mary Lou
Ernst, Lee Erholm, and Gail Woolbert.
TV/ELVE
THE SUSQUEHANNA AL01VH«US
June, 1958
Centennial Fund
Coming to Close
The Centennial Fund, to which many
alumni have subscrit)ed, is coming to a
close.
The goal of $700,000 has been oversub-
scribed in pledges, and there remains only
the last reminder to those who have not yet
responded, and to tliose who have not com-
pleted their pledges.
The addition to the Library is moving
ahead at a rapid pace and during the sum-
mer there will be the big job of adding a
unit to the Central Heating plant.
Additions To
Century Club
Listed below are alumni who have
become members of the Century
Club since the Sept. 1957 issue of the
Quarterly. Century Club members
are those who have pledged $100.00
or more to the Centennial Fund.
W. Donald Fisher '53
William C. Dersham x'98
Luther A. Fisher '22
John \V. Matthews '41
Evelyn Willismason Matthews '43
Bruce A. Metzger '90
Mary Steele '14
Charles W. Miller '51
and Janet Miller Taylor x'54
Calvin J. Erdlev '20
Many Respond to
Woodruff Scholarship
Friends of Dr. John I. Woodruff are
happy to learn that a scholarship is being
established in his name.
Dr. Woodruff has given to the University
five hundred volumes of his "Poems and
Addresses", the total proceeds from the
sale of which will get the fund started.
More than two hundred and fifty volumes
have been sold to date and the money, de-
posited in the Snyder County Trust Co.
of Selinsgrove, will be invested so that the
interest may be used for the scholarship.
Although the price or the book is two
dollars, many have requested copies and
have sent to the Alumni Office sums
ranging up to one hundred dollars.
Copies of "Poems and Addresses" by Dr.
Woodruff will be mailed from the Alumni
Office. Make out your check to the .John
I. Woodruff Scholarship Fund.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTEIt — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove. Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
BASEBALL TROPHY AWARDED
<
Gordon Ihump-son. luuiliall .md b;.srhjll m,, i - I for his four years, received this
vear's Men's Student Council Sportsmanship Award lor the player displaying the greatest
degree of skill, sportsmanship and leadership in the "diamond" sport. Gordie received
his degree in Bus. Adm. in June. Presenting the award is President of the Student
Council. Stanley DeCamp
HOMECOMING-SAT., OCT. 18
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1958
HOMECOMING
Friday and Saturday, October 17-18, 1958
Friday Eveninj-. October 17
5:30 P. M. — Judging of House Decorations.
7:00 P. M. — Coronation of Homecoming Queen in Seibert Hall.
8:00 P. M.— Torch-light Parade, Pep-rally and Bon Fire.
9:30 P. M.— Party for Alumni and Students in Student Lounge.
Saturday, October 18
9:00 A. M. — Frosh-Soph Competition.
10:30 A. M. — Alumni Council Meeting — Little Theatre.
12:00 Noon —Fraternity Alumni will be notified of Fraternity Luncheons. Snack
Bar will be open to those wishing to lunch there.
12:45 P. M. — Pre-Game Activities — Judging of Floats.
1:30 P. M.— Kick-off. Crusaders vs. Dickinson.
After-Game Coffee Hour in Seibert Social Rooms.
9:00 P. M. — Homecoming Dance in Alumni Gym.
DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER IN G.A. LOUNGE!
Members of the Susquehanna Valley Alumni Club
will be Hosts for the day.
NOTE . . .
Selinsgrove is operating on Eastern Standard Time
ONE OF TWO LOUNGES IN NEW HEILMAN HALL
Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh informally chats with new music students during
Orientation Week
MESSAGE FROM
ALUMNI PRESIDENT
Dear Alumni:
We are fortunate to have an earlier date
for Homecoming thi.s year. Saturday, Oc-
tober 18. The fun and festivities will start
Friday night. Bring the family and come
early.
The ofTicers and committees have been
very busy this summer and have much to
report. You will want to hear these re-
ports and have a voice in the program
planned for the Alumni Association.
The Council meeting will be held in the
Little Theater at 10:30 a. m.
Sincerelv.
President
General Alumni Association
WHITHER THE CLASS
OF 1958
Sam Adams: Teaching. Selinsgrove Area
Joint High School.
Bob Artz: Teaching, Ridley Park. Pa.
Senior High School.
Bill Aspray: Married Carolann Zust in
Aug. Teaching Music, Brick Twp. High
School, Laurelton, N. J.
Bob Bartels: Management Trainee with
Sun Oil Co., Phila., Pa.
Ron Bartholomew: Employed at Geisinger
Memorial Hospital. Dan\ille, Pa.
Chalmers Bartlow: Sales Analyst with
Curtiss-Wright Research Division at Quc-
hanna. Pa.
Evaleen Benfer: Commercial teacher,
Berlin, Pa. Brothersvalley Public School.
Dave Bolti: Music teacher, Wooster, Ohio
schools.
Alan Bortle: Internal Auditor, Hughes Air-
craft Corp.. FuUerton. Calif.
Dave Boyer: Prudential Insurance Co.,
.Management Trainee program.
Nancy Bumbarger: Teacliing in the Som-
serset. Pa. .Joint High School.
Baird Collins: Instrumental Music Super-
visor, Green Park Union School, Elliots-
burg, Pa.
Jeanette Cooley: Married June 21 to Earl
1). Ilenrie. Employed with the C.P.A.
firm of A. L. Piaker & Co., in New York.
Gary Crum: Vocal and instrumental in- j
structor, Bermudian Springs .Joint High i
School. York Springs, Pa. ;
Stan DeCamp: Graduate work at Lehigh |
V.
Lee Erholm: Married in .June to Robert,
B. Smith.
Mary Lou Ernst: Temple University i
School of Medicine. I
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., m months of September, December, March and June.
September, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
Pete Faust: Seaboard and Western Air-
lines.
Terry Feliciano: Teaching Deptford Twp.,
N. J. High School.
Ron Feltman: Vitrei Laboratory, E. Or-
ange, N. J.
Ron Fleming: Teaching, Saegertown, Pa.
High School.
Carolyn Gillaspie: Interning in music
therapy. Overbrook Hospital, Cedar
Grove, N. J.
Janet Gordon: Married Wayne Rutz July
12. \'ocal teacher, So. Middleton, Pa.
Twp. School District.
Al Hazen: Gettysburg Seminary.
Louis Heinze: Graduate work at Penn
State U.
Gerry Herbster: Military Service.
Vern Hoover: Bell Telephone Co., two-
year Management Trainee program.
Fern Keefer: Laboratory Technician at
the Harrisburg, Pa. Hospital.
Doris Keener: Fidelity Mutual Life Ins.
Co.. Phila., Pa.
Jim Keiser: Navy, OCS.
Bob KerchofF: Gettysburg Seminary.
Dick KIsslak: Married to Nancy Strayer,
July 26. Teaching, Pattonville, Mo.
Gladys Lauver: Teaching in the Spring
Grove, Pa. Joint High School.
Bob Lewis: Working for Bogar Construc-
tion Co. in Selinsgrove.
Mark Lytle: 2nd Lt. U.S. Marine Corps.
Mary Moore: Vocal music teacher in Up-
per Adams Jointure. Biglerville, Pa.
Fred Mursch: Music Supervisor in Lykens,
Pa. Boro School District.
Mary Louise Neal: Married Donald Cole-
man, July 26. Is teaching in the South-
ern Area Joint School District. Numidia,
Pa.
Betty Ann Ormond: Married Joseph J.
Scully '57, July .5. Is teaching in the
Deptford Twp. High School. N. J.
Dick Overgaard: Dental School, Univer-
sity of Buffalo.
Alice Ann Patterson: Music teacher and
choral director in the Mahwah, N. J.
schools. Hopes to begin work on M.A.
in Feb. at Columbia.
Dick Purnell: Montreal Alouettes Profes-
sional Football Club.
Joan Richie: Caseworker with the Phila.
Dept. of Public Assistance.
Nancy Rtdinger: Laboratory Technician
at the Harrisburg, Pa. Hospital.
Bill Rohrbach: Industrial Accountant at
the Beaver Springs Industries, Inc.
Thelma Rosetti: Graduate work at the
W. Va. University in Morgantown. W. Va.
Wayne Rutz: Auditor in the Harrisburg
National Bank and the Harrisburg Trust
Co. Married Janet Gordon, July 12.
Jim Seasholtz: With Dept. of Army Sup-
plies— Specialist at Punxsutawney. Pa.
Married Aug. 16.
Spurgeon Shue: Working in accounting
and taking special work at Gettysburg.
CORNER OF LISTENING ROOM IN HEILMAN HALL
Frederic C. Billman '36, Assoc. Professor of Music, instructs the members of
Freshman Class in use of Listening Room.
Dick Smith: Married and working for Jo-
seph Bankroft & Sons, Textile Mill, Del.
Dave Solomon: Graduate work in physics
at Bucknell U.
Mary Souden: Bryn Mawr School of So-
cial Work.
Don Trimmer: Teaching at Littlestown,
Pa. High School.
Harry Wagner: Instrumental music su-
pervisor, Quincy, Pa. Merged School
District and Quincy E.U.B. Orphanage
and Home.
Gail Weikel: Music interne, Overbrook
Hospital, Cedar Grove, N. J.
Jim White: Graduate work at the U. of
Pitt., School of Education. Married Gail
Woolbert, Aug. 23.
Bob Willauer: Gettysburg Seminary, Mu-
sic director at Yellowstone Nat'l Park
this past summer.
Gail Woolbert: Teaching, Dormont High
School, Pittsburgh, Pa. Married Jim
White, Aug. 23.
Jim Wright: Temple University School of
Medicine.
Ken Zimmerman: Gettysburg Seminary.
Carolann Zust: Married Bill Aspray, Aug.
IB.
NECROLOGY
Mrs. Rose May Wagner Allison, wife of
the late Dr. Herbert A. Allison, former
Dean of Susquehanna, died July 31 in
Geisinger Hospital, Danville. Pa. She is
survived by three children, all graduates
of Susquehanna. Dorothy Allison Stone
'19, Evelyn Allison Boeder '16, and Cdr.
Samuel F. Allison, USN, '25. A brother.
Dr. I. Hess Wagner, also graduated from
S.U. with the class of 1898.
Lester E. Gross, Beavertown, Pa. passed
away Dec. 1.
Mrs. Florence Wagenseller Marks '02,
Ambler, Pa. died May 24 and was bur-
ied in Selinsgrove. She is survived by
her daughter, Mrs. Frances Marks Bas-
enberg '35.
Harry King Mengel x, died at his home
in Selinsgrove, Aug. 27. He is survived
by his wife, two sisters, his mother and
two grandchildren.
The Rev. Paul L. Yount, D.D. died early
last Nov. He was the recipient of an
honorary degree from Susquehanna in
1925. Dr. Yount is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anne Yount Kochenderfer x'42.
500 ALUMNI CONTRIBUTE TO CENTENNIAL FUN
1886
George R. Ulrich
1888
John I. Woodruff
1891
Meade B. Wagenseller
1896
Chalmers E. Frontz
1898
William C. Dersham
Frank A. Eyer
Alice Gortner Fischer
Bruce A. Metzgar
Brian Teats
I. Hess Wagner
1899
Jerry D. Bogar. Jr.
Charles A. Goss
Luther C. Hasslnger
William M. Schnure
1900
Edwin M. Brungart
W. Ralph Wagenseller
1901
Robert Z. Burns
1902
Charles I. Boyer
Florence Wagenseller
Marks ^ ..„^„^ ..^....„.
David B. and Mrs. Moist HarrvV "k'norr
Rine G. Winey
R. L. Lubold
Maria Geiselman
Gabrielson
John B. and Mary
Graybill Kniseley
Helen G. Fisher
1914
Dorothy Schoch Rearick
Mary G. Steele
Ammon W. Smith
Harry W. Miller
1915
Sarah Dreese Dreisch
J. Frank Faust
Guy C. Lau\er
Emma M. Masteller
Mary Phillips
Ralph Witmer
Nathaniel A. Danowsky
John F. Harkins
1916
Cloyd E. Bottiger
David S. Kammerer
Bess Fetterolf Keller
A. Bahner Portzline
Martin Dolbcer. Sr.
J. Paul Harman
Katherine Wagner
Harkins
1917
Phoebe Herman
Philip H. Pearson
1904
Ira Z. Fenstermacher
Chalender H. Lesher
Calvin P. Swank
1906
Bertha Hough Federlin
John C. Harpster
1907
Marv Jacobs Russell
Charles M. Teufel
1908
M. Kathryn Moser
Milton A. Spotts
George F
John J. Houtz
1909
Marian Mover Potteiger
Herbert S. Rausch
Samuel M. Stouffer
H. Clay Bergstresser
1918
Fred Crossland
Helen Holshue Frazier
Eva Herman
Miriam Grossman
Lundahl
Katherine Persing
S. Irvin Roush
Frank A. Staib
Evelyn J. Strohecker
1919
Dunkleberger Willard D. Allbeck
Oscar H. Byerly
Harry J. Frymire
Harvey D. Hoover
^^u^^^^/m^"'^" ^lary Woodruff Martin
John S. and Mrs. Hoover u^i/^ c^io,^ w„oo„^t
Mervyn J. Ross
Helen Salem Wescoat
Merle A. Beam
Charles E. Held
1923
Dorothy Margerum App
Marlyn R. Fetterolf
Beatrice Rettinger
Thomas Atkinson
John I. and Stella Risser
Cole
Russell P. Knoebel
1924
William H. and Margaret
Widlund Blough
Alvin W. Carpenter
J. Campbell Coons
W. John Derr
Mabel Kinzey Fetterolf
Glenn E. Fisher
Edith Littley Kronmeyer
Alma v. McColkiugh
Joseph C. and Mabel
Mumma McLain
Harner R. Middleswarth
Emilv Van Dvke
Rachel Brubakcr Whited
I. Wil.son and Lottie
Brosius Kepner
Harold S. Duppstadt
Miriam Huyett
Alexander
Mary K. Potteiger
1925
Norman R. Benner
Dorothy Clarke Creager
Ralph C. Gramley
A. Ellsworth Grove, Jr.
Frank R. Kerlin
Anna Louise Latsha
Verda P. Long
Preston E. Parmer
Clarence E. Phillips
Lester M. Shaffer
Adeline K. Strouse
Neil W. Wormley
Christie E. Zimmerman
Marlin M. Enders
Harlan D. Fague
Naomi Ulrich Linebaugh
Sara Brungart Stevens
Roger M. Blough
1926
Lee E. Boyer
Margaret Schmiermund
Bruce
Barbara E. DeRemer
Ira S. Sassaman
James B. Swope
1910
George M. and Mrs.
Bogar
Arthur G. Harris
Ethel Smyser Kemble
George B. Manhart
Aberdeen Phillips
Frances Bastian
Shireman
1911
Isaac D. App
Roy A. DeLong
Idella Kretchman
Claude G. Aikens
Latimer S. Landes
1912
Thomas J. Herman
Harry G. and Ethel
Harter Hubler
Harry R. Shipe
Lillian E. Fisher
1913
Margaret Benner Burns
C. Earl Fee.se
Sarah B. Manhart
Christine Schoch Cassler Mabel Dagle Gramley
1920
Arch A. Aucker
Dallas C. Baer
Esther Cressman
Calvin V. Erdly
Paul G. Winey
Ralph W. Woodruff
Harold Y. Fisher
Russell Auman
Joseph L. Hackenberg
1921
Orris H. Aurand
Mabel Steffen Broscious
Virginia Parsons Busier
Maurice R. Gortner
Stewart M. Peters
Robert B. Rearick
Ruth LaRuc Thompson
Mildred E. Winston
Ernest F. Walker
1922
Luther A. Fisher
Mary Beck Grant
Bessie C. Long
Alma L. Long
C. Howard Rothfuss
George W. Townsend
Gertrude McKee Kaup
Margaret E. Keiser
Catherine Beachley
Middleswarth
William B. Ocker
Au.stin C. Roche
Lucy Herr Smith
Parke R. Wagner
Sara Hassinger Fague
Ethel V. Taylor
Orren W. Wagner
Elugene T. Adams
1927
Jane E. Botsford
Mary E. Bower.sox
Ruth J. Brubaker
Emily E. Craig
Delsey Morris Gross
Dewey S. Herrold
D. Fern Ogline
Martha Ertel
Schumacher
Lee E. Triebels
Clinton Wei.scnfluh
Elsie Nace Enders
M. Thelma Taylor
Spurgcon T. Sliiue. Sr.
Jacob L. Brake
1928
John M. Auten
Newton L. Bartges
Margaret H. Buyers
Edwin 0. Constable
Vesta S. Cook
Harold E. Ditzlcr
Elizabeth Stong
Eichelberger
Marshall H. Fausold
Georgeine Fiekes Frost
Eva Leiby Grace
Mary Farrling Hallway
liebi-r H. Hummel
Jerome B. Kauffman
Grace Williams Keller
Elizabeth Hauser Kin.sel
Dorothv W. Pritchard
Ray G. Sheeler
Laentena McCahan
Shellev
Carl G. Smith
Helen Ott Soper
Mary Wentzel
Updegrove
Essex Botsford Wagner
Russell E. Yoas
Andrew E. Rushin
Charles M. Shaffer
Laura L. Gemberling
Paul B. Lucas
1929
Anna L. AUewelt
Paul H. Aumiller
Adam P. Bingaman
Carol O. Bird
Helen B. Brown
Henry R. Carichner
Gertrude Fisher Jones
Blanche Stauffer Keeny
Ruth Dively Kauffman
Harry J. Lupfer
Mildred Potteiger
Ethel Weikert Reuning
William 0. Roberts
George A. and Gertrude
Arbogast Spaid
Virginia Ulsh Troutman
Clarence F. Updegrove
Charles E. Fisher
Katherine P. Reed
Russell T. Shilling
Nancy Lecrone Fay
Charles A. B. and Mary
Shaffer Heinze
1930
Paul M. Bishop
Edward T. Bollinger
Dorothy Strine Bowers
Edna Tressler Conrad
John E. and Frances
Thomas Davis
Dorothy Heiser Fisher
Miller R. Gerhardt
Sherman E. Good
Mary E. Greninger
Lewis C. Herrold
Mary Eastep Hill
Oren S. Kaltreider
Florence Lauver
Ruth Goff Nicodemus
Luke H. Rhoads
George S. Spangler
Mildred Arbegast Speer
Clair J. Switzer
Raymond P. Garman. Sr.
J. Richard Mattern
Myer R. Musser
Simon B. Rhoads
Kathryn Morning
Zeigler
James M. Scharf
1931
II. Vernon Blough
Frank C. Gill
John F. and Dorothy
Williamson Adams
Claude G. Aikens
Miriam Huyett
Alexander
Thomas Atkinson
Arch A. and Katherine
Heldt Aucker
Russell F. Auman
Orris H. Aurand
Robert M. Bastress
Merle A. Beam
Jean B. Beamenderfer
Harold H. and Katherine
Dietterle Benion
Norman R. Benner
H. Clay Bergstresser
Frederic C. Billman
Paul M. Bishop
Robert L. Block
Roger M. Blough
William H. and Margaret
Widlund Blough
Guy M. Bogar
Jerry D. Bogar, Jr.
Card Rcidler Bottiger
Charles I. Boyer
Jacob L. Brake
Mabel StefTen Broscious
Samuel B. Brosious
Frederick 0. Brubaker
Henry A. Carichner
Alvin W. Carpenter
Elizabeth Burnham
Chase
Robert R. Clark
Edwin 0. Constable
J. Campbell Coons
Thelma E. Crebs
Esther Cressman
Nathaniel A. Danowsky
Mary Heim Davey
John E. and Mrs. Davis
Barbara E. DeRemer
William C. Dersham
James B. Diffenderfer
Harold E. Ditzler
Mary Ann Dixon
Martin L. Dolbeer, Sr.
Marlin and Elsie Nace
Enders
Calvin V. Erdly
David R. Evans
Frank A. Eyer
Harlan D. and Sara
Hassinger Fague
J. Frank Faust
Mabel Kinzey Fetterolf
Marlyn R. Fetterolf
CENTURY CI
Alice Gortner Fischer
Dorothy Heiser Fishei
Glenn E. Fisher
Harold Y. Fisher
Helen G. Fisher
Lawrence C. Fisher
Lillian E. Fisher
Luther A. Fisher
W. Donald Fisher
Donald L. Ford
Paul W. Freed
Chalmers E. Fronti
Maria Geiselman
Gabrielson
V. Carl Gacono
Raymond P. Garman.i
Grace A. Geiselman
Laird S. Gemberling
Laura L. Gemberlinc
John G. and Mrs. Gerse
Maurice R. Gortner
Reed and Grace Dn*
Greninger
A. Ellsworth Grove, Ji
Mary Scott Gumpher
Joseph L. Hackenberc
George and Janet
Earhart Harkins
John F. Harkins
Katherine Wagner
Harkins
J. Paul Harman
Charles E. Held
Lewis C. Herrold
Warren C. Herrold
Albert and Martha
Bolig Hess
Raymond G. and Oorott
Dellecker Hochsluhl
John W. Hoffman
Herbert G. and Mrs.
Hohman
Mary Farrling Holhnii
Mary Krumbholi How
Merle V. Hoover
Helen Culp Hort
John J. Houtz
Roger C. and Bemin
Jochem Howling
D. Edgar and Aberdw
Phillips Hutchinson
Lawrence and Lo«i»
Kresge Isaacs
Lester J. Karschinr
Ruth Newell Kehler
Walter H. Kehler
Henry J. Keil, Jr.
I. Wilson Kepner
Lottie Brosius Ktpur
Paul M. Haines
William S. and Mrs.
Hermann
Edward B. Herr
Ronald E. Kehler
Mary E. Lau\'er
Bryce E. Nicodemus
Helen E. O'Connell
Ruth Maurey Quinter
Sara Haines Zimmerman
Lois Brungart Dendigo
Lawrence C. Fisher
Paul W. Freed
Helen Culp Hort
Ira C. Sassaman
1932
Mildred II. Bolich
Samuel B. Brosious
Smith. I. Coldren
Thelma E. Crebs
Herman U.
Fenstermacher
Lewis R. Fox
Cornelius S. and M«-
Jarrett
Martha A. Jones
Marie Miller MoslaUK
Michael L. Rachuiiis
Reed Speer
Elizabeth Wardrop
Wcller
Herbert G. and Mls-
Hohman
.lohn K. Kindsvalt'
Andrew \'. and Mr-
Kozak ,,-aI
Arline KanyuckUW
1933
Selon F. Dockey
.1. Paul and .'Xnna JW"
Edwards
I - 224 BECOME MEMBERS OF CENTURY CLUB
B MEMBERS
John F. Kindsvatter
Elizabeth Hauser Kinsel
Ray W. Kline
Mary Beth Richard
Knight
Karl E. and Margaret
Ounkle Kniseley
John B. and Mary
Graybill Kniseley
Russell P. Knoebel
Harry V. Knorr
Eugene F. Kolva
Louise Mehring Koonti
Charles L. and Eleanor
Steele Lady
Latimer S. Landes
Elizabeth Miller Leach
John R. Leach
Chalender H. Lesher
Ellen Brand Lewis
Maomi Ulrich Linebaugh
Jessie and Alma Long
Mma V. McCollough
5eorge B. Manhart
iarah B. Manhart
Evelyn Williamson
Matthews
John W. Matthews
(enneth M. Merz
iruce A. Metzgar
Harner R. and Catherine
Beachley Middleswarth
iarry W. and Mrs.
Miller
)avid B. and Mrs. Moist
Iharles A. Morris
V Kathryn Moser
'auline Crow Mount
ilenn L. Musser
Ayer R. Musser
alvin J. Naugle
iryce E. and Ruth GofF
Nicodemus
rene K. Oldt
'aimer Otto
'reston E. Parmer
'hilip H. Pearson
tewart M. Peters
i. Bahner Portzline
atherine P. Reed
uke H. and Virginia
Andrews Rhoads
'illiam 0. Roberts
anet Rohrbach
'obinson
dward S. and Blanche
=orney Rogers, Jr.
laria S. Ronngren
harles H. Rohmann
C. Howard Rothfuss
S. Irvin Roush
Mary Jacobs Russell
H. Blanche Savidge
Diane H. Schiike
William M. Schnure
Raymond P. and Jean
Wheat Schramm
Rebecca J. Shade
Charles M. Shaffer
Lester M. Shaffer
Nevin C. T. and Mrs.
Shaffer
Raymond E. Shaheen
Jack P. Shipe
Erie I. Shobert, II
Spurgeon T. Shue
Lucy Herr Smith
Howard H. Solomon
Helen Ott Soper
George S. Spangler
Jacob M. Spangler
Reed and Mildred
Arbegast Speer
Clyde R. Spitzner
Helen Wentzel Spitzner
Alfarata A. Stamets
J. Donald Steele
Mary G. Steele
Sara Brungart Stevens
Eleanor Benner Stuck
Margaret Dolores
Sultzbaugh
Calvin P. Swank
James Bannerman
Swope
Charles W. and Janet
Miller Taylor
Philip R. Templin
Ruth LaRue Thompson
Martin S. Tozer
David G. Volk
W. Ralph Wagenseller
Orren W. Wagner
Parke and Essex
Botsford Wagner
Ernest F. Walker
Helen Salem Wescoat
Rine G. Winey
Eleanor Saveri Wise
Ralph Witmer
Robert F. and Elise
Thompson Wohlsen
John I. Woodruff and
Mary Woodruff Martin
Ralph Woodruff
William P. Yancho
Kathryn Morning Zeigler
sird S. Gemberling
Donald Steele
Tielia Krapf Williams
■uce and Marian
^alborn Worthington
ora Ellmore Shilling
1934
■atrice Shively
aimiller
arlin C. and Mrs.
'ottiger
Jwin M. Clapper
i'th Frankenfield
ramer
Esther Ditchfield
!'son J. King
abella Horn Klick
luluie Crow Mount
'"'in J. Naugle
rgmia Andrews
floads
H. Blanche Savidge
James C. Suter
Sara Ulrich Tollinger
D. Edgar and Aberdeen
Phillips Hutchinson
Eleanor Brown Miller
1935
Frances Marks
Basenberg
Robert R. Clark
Jessie Pleasant Cox
Ruth Newell Kehler
Louise Mehring Koontz
Hilda Mickey
Erie I. Shobert. H
Alfarata A. Stamets
1936
David R. Evans. Jr.
Charles L. Fasold
Katherine Weber
Finkbiner
Grace Drew Grenineer
Albert Hess
Ralph I. Shockey
Marcella Chaya
Turnbach
Dorothy Turner
Walter Wasilewski
H. Vernon Ferster
James A. Grossman
George and Janet
Earhart Harkins
Mary Landon Russell
Francis C. Miller
LaRue C. Shemp
Frederic C. Billman
1937
Donald A. Gaver
Mary Scott Gumpher
Walter H. Kehler
Mary Beth Knight
Elsie Myers
Frances Smith Novinger
B. Henry Shafer
Clyde R. and Helen
Wentzel Spitzner
Lester J. Karschner
Raymond E. Shaheen
1938
Eleanor B. Brown
Ethel Ramer Coulter
Reed A. Greninger
Martha Bolig Hess
Caroline Grubb
Reisinger
Elizabeth Fry Vogel
Mary Heim Davey
James B Diffenderfer
Ray W. Kline
Karl E. Kniseley
1939
Robert M. Bastress
Marjorie Curtis Hanson
W. Frank Laudenslayer
Eleanor Croft Leam
Paul D. Ochenrider
Mathilda Neudoerfler
Powell
R. Harold Saunders
Jane Schnure
Louise E. West
Harold H. Benion
Eleanor Saveri Wise
Lulu M. Lawson
Jean B. Beamenderfer
Henry J. Keil
Donald L. Ford
Warren C. Herrold
Merle V. Hoover
Elaine Miller Hunt
John W. Matthews
Douglas A. Portzline
Hilda M. Ritter
Willard H. Schadel
Kenneth E. Wilt
1942
John F. Adams
Mildred E. Bittncr
Sanlord P. Blounh
Frederick 0. Brubaker
Janet Shockey p:instein
Philip L. Hilbish
June Hendricks Hoke
Mary Krumbholz Hoover
Paul A. Lantz
Ellen Brand Lewis
Delphine Hoover Rcitz
B. Mary Shipe
John D. Ickes
Edward S. and Blanche
Fornev Rogers
Ralph E. Wolfgang
Philip R. Templin
Melvin E. Hoas
1943
Dorothy Williamson
Adams
Dorothy Dellecker
Hochstuhl
Evelyn Williamson
Matthews
Ruth Eleanor McCorkill
Mary Co.x Moore
Lawrence M. Isaacs
1944
Katherine Heldt Aucker
Janet Hoke Reiff
Jean H. Renter
Helen Hocker Schueler
Raymond R. Schramm
Carolyn Graybill
Heimberger
Carl L. Herman
Gloria Reichley Krug
Richard W. Lindemann
Aria Bilger Marks
Allan B. Packman
Charles L. and Eleanor
Steele Lady
Robert F. Wohlsen
William P. Vancho
Frank A. Zoidler
Harold R, Kramer
1949
Jean Blccher Bowdoin
Grace E. Billow
Theron W. Conrad
Jaunita Keller Hartle
Grace Lau Hawk
Mary Getsinger Homan
Mary .lane Jessen
Helen Smith Sanders
Nevin C. T. and Mrs.
Shaffer
Lawrence M. Smith
Ralph H. Tietbohl. Jr.
Richard L. Wilson
Muriel Phillips Conway
Lee and Edith Wegner
Hcbel
Harry R. Johnston
Kenneth M. Merz
Charles A. Morris
Palmer W. Otto
Allan B. Packman
Columbus H. and Ella
Fetherolf Raup
Evan P. Zlock
James B. Reilly
Gertrude Roberts
Lindemann
Charles H. Rohmann
19S0
1945
William A. Hays
John J. Koscis
Corinne Kahn Kramer
Jean Geiger Nyman
Louise Kresge Isaacs
1940
Elizabeth J. Barnhart
Andrew A. Clark, Jr.
David Coren
J. Leon Haines
John W. Hoffman
Clair A. Kaltreider
Florence Rothermel
Latsha
John A. Leam
Joseph Mehalow
William E. Nye
Paul M. Orso
Hilda Friederick Schadel
John G. and Mrs. Gensel
Jack P. Shipe
Virginia Mann Wolren
1941
Katherine Dietterle
Benion
Margaret Dunkle
Kniseley
H. Faith McNitt
Glenn L. Musser
Paul C, Shatto. Jr.
Dorothy E. Ariz
Florence Reitz
Brenneman
1946
James R. and Mrs.
Clark
Jean Strausser Green
C. Glenn Schueler
Dorothy Sternat Thomas
Jean Wheat Schramm
Janet Rohrbach
Robinson
1947
Virginia Hallock
Damiencki
Naomi Day Wood
Edith Kemp Fisher
Raymond G. Hochstuhl
Jean L. Huver
Roswell J. and Gayle
Clark Johns
Hilda Markey Kocsis
Jacqueline Braveman
Mayper
Richard D. Moglia
Alan Parcells
George E. Riegel
Ruth Williams Zeidler
Elise Thompson Wohlsen
Howard H. Solomon
Robert E. Winter
Elizabeth Miller Leach
John R. Leach
1948
Alvin Glanzberg
Robert L. Block
Shirley Nicklin
Bogdanfly
Donald R. Davis
Barbara Watkins
Hartley
Patricia M. Houtz
Rosemary Kallir Levi
Jo Ann Hort Moyer
Janet Wolf Statler
Barbara Wheat
John J. Witowski
Paul R. and Mrs.Haffly
Roger C. Howling
Donald E. Wissinger
Anna May Oyster
1951
Nelda Shafer Davis
Jean Hill Delsite
Marianne Fague
Majorie Alexander
Harbst
Robert A. Pittello
Marilyn Beers Reilly
Jane Bollinger
Schroedter
Merrill W. Shafer
Charles W. and Mrs.
Taylor. Jr.
Susan Foltz Tietbohl
Flora Barnhart
Wi.ssinger
William R. Smeltz
1952
C. Dale Gateman
James Hazlett
Cynddylan M. Jones
Faye Ruth Lewis
Lynne L. Lightfoot
Ethel M. McGrath
Clair S. Mitch
John H. Momrow. Jr.
Lois Benfcr
Ruth Smith Robinson
David G. Volk
G. Allan Vollmers
Patricia A. Heathcote
Bcrnice Jochem
Howling
Jacob Miller Spangler
1953
Helen Spaeth Church
Madline Lease Cook
W. Donald Fisher
Charles and Caroline
Rutherford Mason
Robert A. Mesler
Kenneth E. Orris
Elizabeth Burnham
Chase
Mary Ann Dixon
V. Carl Gacono
Joseph H. HeiTner
Beatrice Morrow
Myers
Arthur W. Rou.sh
Edward P. Kopf
Carol Keidler Bottiger
1954
Henry R. Albright, Jr.
Ned M. Arbogast
Carolvn Lucas Beyer
William C. Church
Joyce Gilbert
Wallace E. Gordon
Janet Louise Laue
Gravdon I. Lose
Irene K. Oldt
Ruth E. Osborn
Frank D. Richards
Betty Weisenfluh
Wallower
Kenneth H. Bothwell,
Jr.
Faye E. Kostenbauder
Orville and Jean
Rowe Lau\er
Jayne Daily Pettit
Rebecca J. Shade
Ronald F. Goodman
Marilyn J. Huyett
Joanne Heinly
1955
Arlan Gilbert
Anne E. Olinger
Eleanor Benner Stuck
Martin S. Tozer
1956
Janet E. Brandes
Henry S. Cook
Eugene F. Kolva
Nancy J. McCullough
Anna Jane Moyer
Maria S. Ronngren
Betsy Louise Shirk
Glen Edwin Smith
Margaret D.
Sultzbaugh
Diane H. Schiike
John C. Bunke
Ned H. Peck
1957
Scott Anderson
Gloria D. Masteller
Mary Lou Rosendale
Lillian 0. Troutman
Dorothy J. Wardle
1958
Carol B. Dauberman
Flo. A. Troutman
Sara V. Troutman
1959
Claudette Bedeaux
Marian Bowman
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1958
— Susquehannans on Parade — S.U h p,o,ul of . . .
'23
The Rev. John I. Cole accepted a
call to Bellwood Lutheran Parish
in June. His address is 1114 Cambria St.,
Bellwood. Pa.
Or. Kozak
'38
>«jp Dr. Andrew
JJ V. Kozak has
recently moved from
Concord College, W.
Va. to Penn State
U. where he will be
Professor of Mathe-
matics in the School
of Education.
X>«j/» The Rev. Robert S. Sassaman,
JQ former Navy Chaplain, has as-
sumed the duties of Associate Pastor of
the First Lutheran Church. Carlisle, Pa.
He and his family are residing at 521 C St.
Jrtpy Vivian Carolus Reitz has left the
J I Northumberland schools, after nine
years, to teach English in the Middleburg.
Pa. High School.
Eleanor B.
Brov/n has re-
ceived her Doctor of
Education degree
with a major in Bus-
iness Education from
Penn State U. She
is teaching at Sac-
ramento High School,
Calif. George J.
Kimmel was recent-
ly elected Supervising Principal by the
Butler, Pa. Twp. School Board. He suc-
ceeds Dr. Ronald E. Kehler "31. Mrs.
Kimmel is the former Dorothy Shutt '40.
> JA Eugene F. Williams has moved
*Wj from Cape May Court House High
School. N. J. and is now principal of the
Northern Joint High School. He and his
family are residing in Dillsburg, Pa.
Florence Rothermel Latsha has taken the
position of English teacher in the Middle-
burg High School after a nine year stint
in the Northumberland, Pa. .schools.
Eleanor B. Brown
) J 1 Leo
41 Krous
Leon E .
jse re-
ceived his Ph.D. de-
gree from New York
University in June
and was promoted to
Assistant Professor
of Finance at Lehigh
U. where he has been
on the faculty since
1951. Leon E. Krouse
f Af% Rufh E- McCorkill this summer vis-
4^ 'ted London, Brussels, West Ger-
many, Switzerland. Italy and France.
>iQ Robert Stahl was awarded a grant
40 '" attend the Institute of Science at
Colby College, Maine, this past summer.
He is a teacher in the Naugatuck High
School. Conn.
> i i John W. Matthews, M.D. will begin
'J4 '^ .\''-''"" of postgraduate study in
Jan. '59 in the field of anesthesiology at
M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, Tex.
>rA Frances Roush has left the Carlisle
py Junior High School to accept a po-
sition as music instructor at the U.S. Na-
val Base at Subic Bay in the Philippine
Islands. She will teach navy personnel
children, grades one through twelve.
'51
Patricia Houtz
Patricia Houtz has been appointed
Assistant Professor of Business Ed
ucation at Blooms-
burg State Teachers
College. She had for-
merly been a mem-
ber of the faculty at
the Hanover Park
Regional High School,
Hanover, N. J. J.
David Sterrett, his
wife, and two chil-
dren are living at
1125 Alderman St. N.E., Aiken, S.C. where
he is employed with the DuPont Corp.
Alice Yonghaus Davenport has moved to
510 Howard R'd., Greenwood, Ind. from
Cedar Grove, N. J.
yr't\ John J. Takach received the M.Litt.
0^ degree in Social Sciences from the
University of Pittsburgh in June.
>r^*J Robert MacNamara is now varsity
3 J football coach at the Ligonier High
School near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Marilyn Huyett has received her
M.S. degree in statistics from the
University of Stanford and is working
again at the Bell Telephone Laboratories.
The Rev. Roger E. Rohrbaugh has taken
over the pastorate duties of three churches,
St. John and St. Mark in Heidlersburg and
St. Paul in New Chester, Pa. Philip J.
Crawford, Jr. has become an instructor in
the Westminster Choir College, Princeton,
N. J. The Rev. Stuart H. Lengel, Jr. has
accepted a call to ser\e St. Michael's Luth-
eran Church. Quiggleville. and the Faith
Lutheran Church, Woodland Park, Lycom-
ing County. Pa.
fr"^ The Rev. Edgar William Oestreich
03 h''^ assumed tlie duties of Assistant
Pastor in St. Stephen's Church, Allentown,
Pa. Ivars Avots, after a period in military
service has returned to Boeing Airplane
Co. where he is an Industrial Engineer in
'54
MILTON A. SPOTTS
"There is a weird sound along the trail.
It is the Penitente procession, headed by
the older members of this religious order
of the Navajo Indians, dressed in black and
playing shrill flutes. Following are the
novices whose bare backs are being lashed
with flagelettes until the blood makes rib-
bons of red across their tan skins and
crimson droplets in the desert sand. This
is the traditional manner of doing penance
for their sins."
So writes S.U. Alumnus Milton A. Spotts
of the class of 1908 in describing the ritual
followed by this tribe of Indians in termi-
nating their Easter Holy Week solemni-
ties.
The Rev. Mr. Spotts has been a Mission-
ary to the Navajo Indians in both New
Mexico and Arizona for some years and
has gathered together much material on
the Penitentes, a religious order which
has been very strong in the Northern part
of New Mexico. It originated in Spain and
was brought to America by the Spaniards.
(Continued on next page)
Program Planning. He resides at 2704
72nd Ave, S.E., Mercer Island. Wash.
'56
Evelyn Herbstrith is studying for a
year at the University of Zurich in
Switzerland, Gladys Moore Thumhart has
moved from Carlisle. Pa. to 20 David Ave.,
Troy. N. Y. Gary Smith with the U.S.
Army for the past two years was dis-
charged Oct, 8.
^^n Thiry Reamer has been appointed
J I Field Director of the Columbia. Pa.
County Council of Girl Scouts.
X'CO '^^"'^y '-^® Forrest and Dorothy
30 Wardle spent the summer tour-
ing Europe.
September, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
MILTON SPOTTS (Continued)
This order holds its ceremonials during
all of the Lenten Season and has various
colorful rituals. Mr. Spotts relates how-
other novices follow in the procession car-
rying a huge cross, so large that often they
fall under the weight of it. As they return
to their Morado i Chapel) the giant cross
is placed in the ground and the closing
ceremonies are held. This same cross is
used on Good Friday in a ceremony where
all events leading up to the Crucifixion are
re-enacted. The ceremony is in Spanish.
Missionary Spotts says in his story, "A
larger than life-like image of Christ is
placed on the cross and the Penitentes
kneel around it during the hour-long ob-
servance. Afterward the celebrants start
another procession playing flutes and
chanting weird songs. The image of Christ
is placed in an old fashioned coffin which
is carried on the shoulders of the members
and taken to the last cross erected along
the way. The Penitentes then return to
the Morado and stand guard until Easter
morning, dragging heavy chains across
the floor to frighten away the Evil Spirits.
Easter Morn brings another ceremony,
very impressive, very solemn."
Since leaving S.U. Milton Spotts has
travelled many miles, seen a great many
things and rendered .service to a great
many people, not the least of whom are
these Navajo Indians of New Mexico and
Arizona. He has been gathering material
for many years on the the Indian religion
and expects "if the Lord wills, to get it in-
to shape for publication." Work has been
done on translating parts of the book of
St. John into the Navajo language.
In another of the Rev. Mr. Spotts' ex-
periences he tells of the death and burial
of an Indian some thirty years ago. He
says, "the Indians hold an unnatural fear
of death, because they believe the act of
dying is caused by an evil spirit. Their
practice is to hurl the body over a cliff as
soon as possible after death." In this par-
ticular instance Mr. Spotts asked if he
might bury the deceased, and with the
silent Indians huddled a considerable dis-
tance from the spot, he made a rough
coffin, dug a grave, read the commital
service and buried the Indian. It was the
first Christian burial on the Navajo res-
ervation.
Other features in Mr. Spotts' background
include twelve years in the armed services
as chaplain, lecturer in military camps,
graduate work at Princeton Seminary and,
while in New Mexico, the study of archae-
ology in which he did considerable work
on the ruins of the ancient Pueblos.
A rich and full life has been that of
Milton A. Spotts. With a prayer for his
continued good health and good work, Sus-
quehanna University is proud to reach
across a .span of miles and say "He is one
of our Alumni."
Just Married . . .
Carletta Fae Chubb '.57 to Richard L. Hood
at Millerstown in Aug. Mrs. Hood is
teaching in the Greenwood Joint High
School, Millerstown, Pa, and Mr. Hood
is employed by the McKinney Construc-
tion Co., Sunbury.
Henry W. Geiss '56 to June Glazier of
Watertown, N. Y. on July 12. Mr. and
Mrs. Geiss are residing at 173 Woodbine
Ave., Syracuse 6, N. Y. where he is em-
ployed as Field Operations Engineer at
G.E. in the Missile Guidance Section of
Heavy Military Electronic Equipment
Dept.
Emanell Whitenight Gross '42 to Dr. Wil-
liam F. Weir on June 28. Mrs. Weir is
beginning her sixth year as music su-
pervisor for the Central Columbia Joint
Schools and Dr. Weir is practicing op-
tometry in Bloomsburg, Pa.
Eloise Imrie '.56 to Harry S. Ransom, July
27, 1957. They are residing at 1125 W.
Front St., Plainfield, N. J.
Doris Moon '56 to Russell P. Metcalf, July
12, in Terryville, Conn. They will take
up residence in Madison, Wis. where Mr.
Metcalf is employed as field engineer for
the Gisholt Machine Co.
Janet L. Rohrbach '46 to Lavan Robinson
in Sunbury on Mar. 29. Mrs. Robinson is
well-known to many alumni through her
work as Pres. Smith's secretary and
also as secretary of the General Alumni
Asso. Mr. Robinson has been with the
music faculty at S.U. for the past six
years.
Corinne Rochelle Seebold x'58 to Amos
Vastine Persing, III on July 26 in Wat-
sontown, Pa. They reside at 3221 N,
17th St,, Phila., Pa, where Mr. Persing
is enrolled in the Temple School of Den-
tistry.
Jean C. VanVoorhis '51 to Robert G. Mc-
Andrew, Jr. on Jan. 11. Their address
is 7080 Glenmeadow Lane, Cincinnati 37,
Ohio.
Junior Co-eds
Fredricl<son, a son, James Harold, to
James and Lois Fisher '53 Fredrickson
on June 10.
Green, a daughter. Kathy Lynn, to Harold
and Jean Strausser '46 Green on May 25.
Little Kathy joins 5 year old brother
David in the Green family.
Roof, a son. Kevin Scott, to Erdman and
Suzanne Snyder x'56 Roof on June 14.
Three year old Jeffrey and Kevin make
a family of four.
Settle, a son, Tracy Lew, to William and
Ann Guise '52 Settle on May 19.
Shade, a son, Robert Stephen, to the Rev.
Robert T. '54 and Maxine Yocum '53
Shade on August 3.
^.
eminiScmQ wt
tk
Harrison KaufFman
A boy, a father and
horse and buggy were
the principals in the
scene that took place
some fifty-eight years
ago.
This was the big
day— starting at three
o'clock in the morn-
ing—an eighteen mile
ride behind ol' Nell,
across the river, and matriculation at Sus-
quehanna. What would it be— how would
he be received— what would be expected of
him? All these thoughts flashed through
the mind of sixteen year old Harrison
Kauffman as he and his father travelled
the tedious journey to Selinsgrove.
What else ran through this boy's mind as
he sat and waited "ever so long a time"
for his father to enroll him, and what he
thought when his father came back and
told him he was to go to the classroom im-
mediately, can only be left to one's imagi-
nation.
Harrison's father had told him he would
be back within the week with his clothes,
bed clothes, wash bowl, pitcher, and other
necessities. Instead, the week stretched
into four and then five before father got
back with the supplies needed for the
young man's comfort and cleanliness.
Fortunately, a student in the room next to
Harrison, by the name of Haas, "was a
gracious soul and offered the use of any-
thing I needed."
The trips back home were adventures in
themselves. A long walk across the rail-
road bridge at Selinsgrove and then a
freight train ride. This was all part of
Harrison's education at Susquehanna.
Mr. Kauffman writes in a most interest-
ing letter to the Alumni Office, "I recall an
incident that I often think about. In wait-
ing to get a boarding house I was in the
dining room where the girls ate, I believe
it was a Dr. Warner who sat at one end of
the table, and on either side were the girls.
I was at the other end.
"Being a farmer boy I was rather shy
and somewhat embarrassed and for about
three days I ate very little. Fortunately
some girl sitting near me noticed that I
was not eating much and she helped me
out a great deal. After that I boarded
with a Mrs. Ulrich and there I surely ate
my fill."
After leaving Susquehanna Mr. Kauff-
man followed professional baseball for ten
years and then went to Raleigh, N, C,
where he has made his home for the past
fifty years.
Mr. Kauffman's letter to the Alumni Of-
fice was to say how much he had enjoyed
Dr. Woodruff's Book of Poems, and when
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EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
September, 1958
Campus Improvements
Nothing boosts the morale of a student
body more than new buildings and new
furnishings. Heilman Hall and the addi-
tion to the Library brought from the stu-
dents an enthusiastic response that bright-
ened an otherwise dismal and rainy open-
ing Orientation Day.
In addition to the two new buildings,
the most expensive improvement to the
campus has been the installation of a new
automatic heating plant and a new roof
on the boiler room that cost almost $69,000.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Univer-
sity, after so successfully completing their
part in the construction of Heilman Hall,
took on a new project in the redecorating
of Hassinger Hall.
During the summer Seibert Hall and
Finelawn received an exterior coat of
paint and the furniture in the Seibert Hall
lounges was replaced and refinished.
Because each year brings added parking
problems, an additional parking lot was
added west of Heilman Hall.
Two new faculty members join the stafi
replacing Dr. Amy and Mr. Meader. Mr.
Bruce W. Hansen is a graduate of Mon-
mouth College, 111. and has his masters
degree from Wisconsin. He has completed
his residence work for the doctorate. He
will replace Dr. Amy in Biology.
Assuming Mr. Meader's responsibilities
in the English Dept. Mr. David E. McKen-
ty has come to Susquehanna from the
University of Pennsylvania where he has
been an assistant instructor and graduate
student. His undergraduate work was done
at Temple.
Mrs. J. Roy Lauver replaces Mrs. Anna
M. Humphrey as dietitian and Mrs. Mar-
guerite Stocking is the new house-mother
in Hassinger Hall replacing Mrs. Rachel
Thomson.
REMINISCING WITH . . .
I Continued from Page 7)
informed that Dr. Woodruff remembered
him. he was very much surprised and
pleased.
Mr. Kauffman has been active in
the field of Masonry. He was a Master
Mason for forty years, a Past Master of
his Lodge, a thirty-third degree Scottish
Rite of the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction
and a past officer in the Chapter, Council,
and Commandery. He was a past Grand
Master of the Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters in North Carolina, a mem-
ber of the Sudan Temple Shrine and many
others.
In closing his letter he wishes well for
Susquehanna in the next one hundred
years. May we also offer Mr. Kauffman
our sincere best wishes for his continued
good health and happiness and add our
thanks for some very interesting informa-
tion about "our Past."
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
Convocation Keynote
Mr. H. Richard Reidenbaugh, Executive
Secretary of the Pennsylvania Association
of Colleges and Universities, speaking to
the students and faculty at this year's
Convocation service did the unusual in re-
minding the students that they have a
responsibility to their Alma Mater as well
as their responsibility in becoming liber-
ally educated people.
"Susquehanna became your Alma Mater
on the day you enrolled," said Mr. Reiden-
baugh. "and you will want to assure the
continuance of this kind of education for
future generations."
The speaker impressed upon his audi-
ence the fact that the general public de-
serves to know what is going on, and why,
at Susquehanna, and graduates must be
prepared to tell the story. Said he, "the
public should know that this tremendous
service is being done at great cost on the
part of the university, and at great sac-
rifice on the part of the college personnel.
When you walk out of here with all bills
supposedly paid, perhaps you will not re-
alize that 30 to 50 per cent of the cost of
educating you was borne by someone else."
Concluding a most challenging address
the Pennsylvania educator said, "once you
have told the public of the needs of higher
education, I would hope that you will sup-
port your convictions, both spiritually and
materially."
Dr. Woodruff Honored
Dr. John I. Woodruff was the honored
guest at a dinner held in Selinsgrove, Aug-
ust 23, when Jerry D. Bogar, Jr. called to-
gether a number of their mutual friends to
celebrate the meeting of the two distin-
guished Alumni more than sixty years ago.
Present at the dinner were: Dr. Basil
Martin x'28, Ralph W. Woodruf! '20. Dr.
Latimer S. Landes 'U, Dr. G. Morris
Smith, Frank A. Eyer x'98. Brian Teats
'98, Dr. William Rearick '97, Dr. Chalmers
Frontz '96, Edwin M. Brungart '00, William
Schnure x'99, Charles I. Boyer x'02 and
three friends: Samuel App, Thomas Cleck-
ner and Col. Franklin Kemble.
FOOTBALL
Coaches "Whitey" Keil '39 and Bob Pit-
tello '51 are back again directing Susque-
hanna's football destinies. With ten letter-
men returning, five players with some col-
lege experience and fifteen freshmen, the
coaches have their hands full in rounding
out a team with the hopes of winning at
least 50 percent of the games.
The schedule follows:
October :
4 — Ursinus (Parents Day) H
11 — Swarthmore A
18 — Dickinson < Homecoming) H
25— Grove City A
November:
8— Wagner A
15 — Haverford H
BASKETBALL
Dec. 6— Wilkes A
Dec. 13— Ursinus H
Dec. 15 — Lebanon Valley H
Jan. 5 — Gettysburg A
Jan. 7— Mansfield S. T. C H
Jan. 10 — Dickinson A
Jan. 14— Phila. Textile H
Jan. 17— Western Maryland A
Jan. 31— Wagner A
Feb. 4 — Lycoming H
Feb. 7— Washington H
Feb. 9— Rider H
Feb. 11— Scranton A
Feb. 13— Hartwick H
Feb. 17— F. & M A
Feb. 21— Drexel H
Feb. 23— Lycoming A
Feb. 25— Juniata H
Feb. 27— Upsala A
Feb. 28— Rutgers 'So. Jersey) A
STAR COURSE 1
Dr. Percy M. Linebaugh, Chairman of
Susquehanna's Public Events Committee
has announced the forthcoming program
for the 1958-'9 Star Course series. .
The program is as follows: I
Oct. 10— Lecture Project Vanguard '
Jan. i)— Piani.st Lillian Kallir
Mar. 12— Lecture Douglas Cater
April 23 Gala Performance
TWO
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1958
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Officers of l-he Associafion
DR. JOHN I. WOODRUFF, '88, 303 W. Walnut St., Sclinsgrove, P:i.
R.'VYMO.XD P. CARMAN, SR., '30, 802 Carl St., York, Pa.
LAWRENCE M. IS.\ACS, '43, 242 Flagstone D"r., Bethlehem. Pa.
MRS. MARY FARLLING HOLLWAY, '28, E. Coiintiy Club R'd. R. D.
Red Lion, Pa.
MRS. L.WAN R. ROBINSON, '46, 301 S. Market St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
W. D.WID GROSS, '47, 410 N. 9th St.. Selinsgrove. Pa.
EDWI.N M. BRUNGART. '00, 400 W. Walnut St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
DR. GLENN L. MUSSER, '41, 1143 S. Pugh St., State College, Pa.
PAUL M. HAINES. '31. 4401 Van Bunn St.. Univ. P'k..
Hyattsville, Md.
Alumni Represenl-at-ive on University Board of Trustees
CLYDE R. SI'lTZNEH, '37. 201 Morhn Ave.. Bryn Mawr, Pa.
DISTRICT CLUB ORGANIZATIONS
ALTOONA
DR. LUKE H. RHOADS, '30. 901 Spruce St.. HuUidaysburg. Pa.
DR. MILLARD G. FISHER. '50, Slate Hospital. HoUidaysburg. Pa.
Honorary Prc^dent
President
First Vice-President
#2,
Second Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Statistician
Member-at-Large
Mcmber-at-Large
MRS. MELVIN C. GARBER. '32. 600 Oakmont Place. Roaring Spring, Pa.
THE REV. HE.NRY F. HOPKI.VS. '44, 100 Halleck Place, Altoona, Pa.
President
Vice-President
DR. ROBERT N. TROUTMAN,
CALIFORNIA
26. 434 W. 12th St.,
CENTER-UNION
BEAHM, '30, Aaronshnrg. Pa.
Claremont, Calif,
Secretary
Treasurer
President
RALPH E
PAUL D. REAMER, '31, Laurelton, Pa
MRS. SPENCER BOYER, '50, 520 Market St., Mifflinburg, Pa.
HARRISBURG
MARSH BOGAR, '51, 4200 Ridgeview R'd.. Harrisburg. Pa.
LESTER C. HEILMAN, JR., '52, 350 Haucks R'd., Col. P'k.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
MRS. CLAY'TON WHITMAN, '44, 335 Pine St., Steelton, Pa.
HAZLETON
KARL H. YOUNG, '41, 218 W. 5th St.. Hazleton. Pa.
JOHN P. SENKO, '31, Sugarloaf, Pa.
JOHNSTOWN
PERCY B. DAVIS, '26, 248 Main St., Rear, JohnstowTi, Pa.
MRS. MAX GOVEKAR, '47. 40 Main St., Conemaugh, Pa.
MRS. GEORGE R. WALTER, '40, 216 DuPont St., Johnstown, Pa.
ROBERT A. GABRENY'A, '40, 84 Asbome St., Johnstown, Pa.
LEHIGH VALLEY
THE REV. CLARENCE R. SCHAFFER, '37, 100 Chestnut St
WILFRED J. SHEETZ, '48. 48 S. Broad St., Nazareth, Pa.
MRS. HAROLD R. KRAMER. '45, 1154 E. Cedar St., .\llentown
MRS. OUENTIN E. ZELL, '42, 2223 Center St., Bethlehem, Pa.
GERALD E. WILSON, '56, 318 S. 16th St.. AUentown, Pa.
LEWISTOWN
ATTY. HARRY B. THATCHER, '41, 26 N. Main St., Lewistown, Pa.
THEODORE R. CAMERO.N. '28. R. D. 2, Millerstown, Pa.
MRS. ALOYSIUS DERR. '49, Maple Grove R'd., Belleville, Pa.
MRS. CARVER McNITT, '41, Rcedsville, Pa.
MT. CARMEL-SHAMOKIN
S. JOHN PRICE, '42. 1435 Market St., Ashland, Pa.
HOWARD J. WERTZ, '30, 602 Cameron St., Shamokin, Pa.
NORTH NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK
HERBERT, R., '51, and FLO GUYER, '50, HAINES, 236 Cedar St.
Livingston, N. J.
JACOB M. SPANGLER, '52, 4 Dempster Rd., Chatham, N. J.
ROBERT O., '52, and SHIRLEY NICKLIN, '50, BOGDANFFY,
26 Chestnut D'r., Packanack Lake. .\'. J.
PHILADELPHIA
KENNETH A. LENKER. '52. 327 d.. S. Morris Ave.. Cmm Lynne,
WILLIAM H. PRICHARD, '52, Dutton Mill R'd.. Malvern. Pa.
FRANKLIN E. FERTIG, '44, 217 Madison Ave., Prospect P'k., Pa.
PITTSBURGH
DR. REED SPEER, '32, 29 Grandview Ave., Grafton, Pa.
FRANK C. KNORR, '21, R. D. #2. Corapolis, Pa.
ROBERT F. HOSTETTER, '30. 208 Grove Ave , Pittsburgh, 29,
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
THE REV. W. R. FITZGERALD, '11, Kreamer, Pa.
DOUGLAS A. PORTZLINE, '41, 8th & Bridge Sts.,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE
GEORGE F. DAVIS, '32. 3423 Oliver St., Washingtcm 15, D. C.
HOWARD L. LUKEHART, '31, 1135 Wakefield D'r.,
Alexandria, Va.
WILKES-BARRE - SCRANTON
JOHN E. NOONAN, '28, 7 Terrace St., Wilkcs-Barre, Pa.
MRS. GEORGE B. BACKER, '.54. 160 Price St., Kingston, Pa.
WILLIAMSPORT
PRESTON H. SMITH, '38, 917 Market St.. Williamsport. Pa.
MRS. GLEN RUSSELL, '36, 812 Lincoln Ave.. Williamsport, Pa.
YORK-HANOVER
THE REV. LESTER J. KARSCHNER. 37, Alibottstown. Pa.
WALTER M. HERTZ, '36, 67 Spencer Ave., Lancaster, Pa.
MRS. RICHARD REIFF, '44, 319 York St., Manchester, Pa.
P.\TRICIA HEATHCOTE. '52. 220 E. Cottage Place York, Pa.
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice-President
Secretary -Treasurer
President
Vice-President
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Pa.
Hellertown, Pa. President
Vice-President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Secretary
Presidents
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Pa. President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice-President
Pa. Secretary-Treasurer
President
Secretary -Treasurer
President
Vice-President
President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Trctisiircr
MESSAGE TO ALUMNI
Dear Friends:
A special chapel program will be held
for Dr. G. Morris Smith at 8:50 a. m. on
January 16, in Seibert Hall, and I hope
many of you will be able to be present. We
will join in expressing our gratitude and
cell'; . mtnt for a job well done.
We sincerely hope that Prexy and Mrs.
Smith will en;oy a pleasant and interest-
ing retirement. It was well earned.
May I also take this opportunity to say
to the new President that we are looking
forward to welcoming him. and we pledge
him our whole-hearted support.
Many of you have read about the death
of Dr. Latimer S. Landes who has been an
ardent supporter of Susquehanna for many
years. The University, the Alumni Associa-
tion, and particularly the York District
Club will miss his guiding hand for many
years to come.
A very Happy New Year to all of you.
Pres. Gen. Alumni Assoc.
Concept Of The Alumnus
Years ago Dr. Hu Shih, the scholar who
was then Chinese ambassador to the United
States, said America's greatest contribu-
tion to education was its revolutionary con-
cept of the alumnus: its concept of the for-
mer student as an understanding, respon-
sible partner and champion.
Today, this partner and champion of
American higher education has an oppor-
tunity for service unparalleled in our his-
tory. He recognizes, better than anyone,
the essential truth in the statement to
which millions finally now subscribe: that
upon higher education depends, in large
part, our society's physical and intellectual
survival. He recognizes, better than any-
one else, the truth in the statement that
the race can attain even loftier goals
ahead; by strengthening our system of
higher education in all its parts. As an
alumnus— first by understanding, and then
by exercising his leadership — he holds
within his own grasp the means of doing so.
Rarely has one group in our society—
indeed, every member of the group— had
the opportunity and the ability for such
high service.
—American Higher Education
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Office at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
December. 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THREE
The Alumnus Takes Pride In Dedicating This Issue To G. Morris Smith.
In 31 Yrs. Has Made Tremendous Contribution To S. U. Will Retire Feb. 1.
The Susquehanna Alumnus, in this issue, sa-
lutes G. Morris Smith, president of Susquehanna
University since 1928.
President Smith, after thirty-one years of mer-
itorious service, will retire February 1, 1959.
The Story of Susquehanna UniiH'rsity by Clark
and Wilson covers, in part two, the period of Dr.
Smith's Administration. With the authors' per-
mission we give herewith some of the high lights
of this administration.
In 1927, G. Morris Smith was pastor of the Lutheran Church
of the Redeemer in Buffalo, N. Y. His brother Dr. Charles
Smith, for a number of years, had been president of Roanoke
College, Va. and in a meeting with Senator Charles Steele of
Northumberland who was a prominent member of the Board of
Susquehanna, though feeling that his younger brother should
remain in the ministry, agreed that he would be an
e.xcellent choice for the presidency of Susquehanna.
The elder Smith was on his way to Buffalo to preach
a Reformation sermon and upon his arrival, greeted
his brother at the railroad station with, "Morris, how
would you like to be a college president?"
In relating this story, Dr. Wilson, in The Story of
Siisqaehanna University, said, "Now more than a
quarter century later we wonder whether the elder
brother has ever said, 'Morris, how have you liked be-
ing a college president?' "
recently as May, 1954 was complimented in the report of the
visitation committee of the Middle States Association of Col-
leges upon the quality of the liberal arts program at Susque-
hanna.
In a later presidential report. Dr. Smith appealed to the
Board to aid S. U. in every way. "Give her of your highest
vision," said he. "Give her your prayers. Give her of your
means. She cannot do her work without adequate support.
Let our slogan be QUALITY BEFORE QUANTITY. And if
we so operate Susquehanna, I am confident the day will come
soon when she will take her rightful place among the highest
and the best, and the men and women of tomorrow will rise
up and bless you."
S. U. ACCREDITED
Good news reached Susquehanna students at Christmas,
1930, when President Smith passed word along that Susque-
hanna had now achieved stature as an accredited college. Dur-
A NEW YEAR LETTER TO OUR ALUMNI
YOUNGEST COLLEGE PRESIDENT IN U. S.
Coming to Susquehanna on June 1, 1928, at the age
of thirty-seven, G. Morris Smith was the youngest
college president in office in the United States. During
his thirty-one years he has fashioned the pattern of
Susquehanna for about one-third of its existence and
has made Susquehanna one of the strongest Lutheran
institutions in the nation.
The task, from the beginning, was a difficult one,
but the new president early developed a philosophy of
administration that was contained in his first Presi-
dent's Report to the Board of Directors on February
1, 1929. In this Report he said, "In a word, we have
stood for prompt payment of bills; a wholesomely bal-
anced social program ; the necessity of cultivating the
habit of study if one is to be happy at college and make
the most of his golden opportunities; the need of
showing courtesy, kindliness and the co-operative
spirit; and above all the necessity of striving for a
clean, pure life of religious faith and trust in God as the Auth-
or of all good, and without whom all education is folly."
When he was called. President Smith was told by the direct-
ors that the impelling need of the college was to meet the stand-
ards for getting the college accredited by the regional rating
association. Accordingly the new administration embarked on
a program of academic concentration. In time the theological
seminary and the extension school were discontinued, and
Susquehanna set itself a goal for size and quality, affii'ming
that it desired to be principally and essentially a good liberal
arts college with a maximum enrollment of five hundred
students. Throughout his administration. President Smith
has remained faithful to the expression of this goal and as
As you will be reading this early in January, my thoughts are
naturally toward the future. You all have my good wishes for a
bright, useful and encouraging New Year. May God's blessing attend
you and yours a I I through your days.
As I have often said, the alumni are the best index of the
stature of a college. "By their fruits ye shall know them," is not
only the test of a Christian disciple, but also defines the value of
a college. The people who make up the college — trustees, faculty,
students, and alumni — are the college.
The spirit of helpfulness is what is needed from all sectors of
our constituency. For my successor, may I bespeak your cordial
support so that by your manifested good will the college may go on
from strength to strength.
For all your kindness Mrs. Smith joins me in abiding gratitude.
Faithful ly yours.
<^. AcvU4/4vJ^
December 16, 1958
ing this same year, Susquehanna also became a member of the
Association of American Colleges.
And now across the nation, institutions as well as people are
affected by the economic depression.
Along with ether efforts to finance the college, Dr. Smith, on
■June 4, 1931, reported to the Board of Directors that at a meet-
ing of the Alumni soon to be held he would recommend the in-
augurating of a permanent Alumni Fund. This was of fore-
most importance because of the depression.
There had to follow, of necessity, a retrenchment program
requiring, among other things reductions in faculty salaries.
(Cont. next page)
FOUR
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1958
Db. Smith — Cont.
With income lessened and a decrease in student enrollment,
the university experienced another set-back on Jan. :i, 1934,
when the old Alumni Gymnasium burned down in the middle
of the night.
NEW GYMNASIUM
Exactly one year and six months from the date of the fire, a
new gymnasium was dedicated. In his report to the Board
President Smith said, "It is ... a great pleasure to report that
our eflFort for funds for a new gymnasium has met with suc-
cess. The Alumni have exhibited very great enthusiasm under
the stirring and sacrificial leadership of their president, Mr.
William T. Decker of Montgomery, Pa."
Morning chapel has been regarded by Dr. Smith as one of
the strong supports of the religious life of the college. He
himself has prepared the roster of chapel leaders. A consid-
erable number of the faculty have shown a praiseworthy spirit
in following the example of the president in faithful attend-
ance upon its services. The philosophy of the president was
that daily chapel answers a real need for daily spiritual re-
newal, that the time consumed need not be long, that its content
should be biblical, that its form might be varied provided it
contained the e-;sential elements of wor.ship. His idea was that
the service should be a daily matter, a lifting of the heart to
God early in the morning, so that both faculty and students
could feel about them an atmosphere of trust and confidence.
A Christian climate cannot be meditated by one man alone,
whether chaplain or president, but must be generated cooper-
atively by faculty and students.
The season 1935-36 was the year in which was instituted
the Siatqiichatina Unii'ersity Studies and the subsequent found-
ing of the Susquehanna University Press. When the idea of
the Sitsquehanna University Studies was presented to Dr.
Smith by Dr. Arthur H. Wilson and Dr. William A. Russ, Jr.,
President Smith assented easily and readily on the strength of
that definite clairvoyance and constructive vision which has
always been part of his nature. The Studies constituted a
good idea and, whenever G. M. S. was confronted with a good
idea, nobody had to ask him twice.
As soon as the economic depression subsided the picture at
Susquehanna immediately began to brighten. President Smith
made suie that there were immediate increases in faculty sal-
aries and he prepared a plan for the inauguration of a proper
retirement system for members of the faculty and administra-
tive staff.
In 1937, Susquehanna became a member of the American
Council on Education. Two years later the Pennsylvania State
Council of Education accredited Susquehanna for the training
of music supervisors. For twelve years, the university had
been accredited to prepare teachers of public school music.
WORLD WAR II
As the economic situation became more and more stable.
President Smith reiterated each year his plea for a new class-
room building. World War II, however, intervened and in 1942
th.e Federal Government contracted with the university for the
housing, feeding and educating of prospective air cadets.
President Smith said, in echoing the sentiments of all Sus-
quehannans, "We are glad that Susquehanna University can
be of real service to our beloved nation in its struggle to bring
in a better world. As a Christian college we are in a position
to implant in the minds of our soldiers ideals that will endure
after the smoke of the battle is over."
Dr. Wilson, in his Stoi-y of S. U., in commenting on the finan-
cial record for the early war years said, "Here is indeed major
evidence of superb housekeeping. Under President G. Morris
Smith, Susquehanna University had sailed side by side with
the Ship of State during the war years and, unlike the Ship of
State, had emerged not only victorious but with debt-free money
in the bank, actually a major gain of more than one hundred
thousand dollars."
In 1940 Dr. Smith was appointed by Gov. Arthur H. James,
a member of the Pennsylvania State Council of Education,
serving from 1940 until 19.54. He also served as a member of
the Executive Board of the United Lutheran Church in Amer-
ica from 1944 until 1950.
In the presidential report dated August 27, 1943, Dr. Smith
told of the establishment of the Lillian V. Johanson Smith
.-■cholarship fund in memory of his wife who died August 6.
BOGAR HALL
The happiest event of the 1950-51 year was the completion
of Bogar Hall. This was the culmination of many years of
planning on the part of Dr. Smith, and to the faculty and
students was a dream come true.
Dr. Smith, for ten years, had been setting aside money for
the construction of this new classroom building. Many vr:*l
remember the contribution of the church through CHEY, and
of course, the magnificent gifts of two sons of the university,
Jerry D. Bogar, Jr., and his son, Guy M. Bogar.
The completion of the academic year 1952-53 marked twenty-
five successful years for Dr. G. Morris Smith as president
of Susquehanna University. In April, 1953, the faculty, admin-
istrative staff, and Board of Directors combined to tender an
anniversary dinner to President and Mrs. Smith and to present
as a small token of esteem and appreciation a solid mahogany
knee-hole desk with leather top, excellent in its craftsmanship.
During this year Gustavus Adolphus Hall was completely
transformed into a student center, with more adequate dormi-
tory rooms for men. Filling a great need on the campus, G. A.
now looked beautiful with overstuffed furniture, surrounded by
such serviceable rooms as a book store, mail room, snack bar,
and several offices. It was during this year also, that for the
first time in the Smith Administration and presumably during
the entire history of the university, Susquehanna conferred
upon certain lay members of the Board of Directors, the doc-
tors' degree, honoris causa. Receiving this degree were such
well known alumni as Roger Miles Blough, Jerry D. Bogar, Jr.,
Frank A. Eyer, and Dan Smith, Jr.
It was during the Smith Administration also, that women
were elected for the first time to the Board of Directors. In-
cluded was one alumna. Dr. Mildred E. Winston, '21.
ACCREDITATION REAFFIRMED
On September 1, 1954. President Smith reported to the Board
of Directors, "The most significant occurrence during the year
was the visit by six educators of the Middle States Association
to determine how well Susquehanna University was fulfilling
its stated purpose as an institution of higher learning ....
the Commission's decision was to reaflSrm the accreditation
of the university."
(Continued on Page 6)
G. MORRIS SMITH IN PICTURES
1. Baseball star at Roanoke. 2. In his first year at S. U. 3. With
brother Charles, ft'en nrcsident of Roanoke. 4. Always an ardent
fisherman. 5. With Mrs. Smith, welcoming students at Pine
Lawn. 6. With new bride, Ruth Juram Smith. June I94fi. 7. At one
of many Pine Lawn receptions for alumni-with Dr. Foelsch and
Mrs. Martha Lar-son Martin, '26. 8. Laying Cornerstone for new
Library. 9. In familiar role as nrcac'Tr. 10. in rentenn'-d Home-
coming parade. 11. G. M. "Harry Truman" Smith. 12. Centennial
Founder's Day with Mrs. Smith. Dr. Franklin Clark P'ry and Dr.
Gilbert, is. In 1'"^' ncadrmic •Procession with honorary degree
recipient, Erie I. Shobcrt, II, '35.
SIX
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1958
I
Dr. Smith — Cont.
Dr. Wilson lists in his book, seventeen commendations in the
Commission's report as well as suggestions for the future. All
seventeen could be summarized in the last which stated, "It is
clear that Susquehanna University has much 'hat is real and
fine to idealize."
THE CENTENNIAL
Under the date of September 1, 1955, President Smith
opened his annual Report to the Board of Directors with the
reminder that "Susquehanna University will bfi one hundred
years old in 1958. During the past year, besides routine duties
. . . , our major work has been planning for the worthy cele-
bration of the Centennial."
Dr. Smith then went on to note that the Central Pennsylvania
Synod had approved, in principle, the purposed Susquehanna
University Centennial Appeal for $500,000.
The unfolding plan and hope for the Centennial Year en-
visaged a new music building to cost approximately $300,000 ;
an addition to the Library to cost $150,000; an increased en-
dowment and improvements to the physical plant — the total
goal to be $700,000.
When the Appeal opened. Dr. Smith was able to report that
$200,000 was en hand, having come to the university through
the generosity of Alumni, the Women's Auxiliary and special
friends.
The splendid part played by the Women's Auxiliary re-
flected the leadership, inspiration and dynamic quality of Ruth
Juram Smith who had become Mrs. G. Morris Smith in June
of 1946.
The president's report for the year 1956-57 states: "The big
achievement has been the success of the Centennial Appeal for
$700,000."
Anyone who was in chapel on that morning when Dr. Smith
announced the news about the success of the Appeal will never
foiget the occasion. It was genuinely a Thanksgiving service,
and Dr. Smith surpassed himself in spiritual greatness of lan-
guage, with humble thanks for the blessing which God had con-
ferred upon His beloved Susquehanna, through the hearts of
men moved by the Divine Will.
With the completion of the Centennial Appeal, the physical
growth of Susquehanna, through the years of the Smith Ad-
ministration, is shown by the following comparisons: value
cf buildings and grounds grew from $606,864 to $2,360,697; en-
dowment from $351,303 to more than S1,000,000 (when the Cen-
tennial Appeal is complete) ; total assets from $996,236 to $3,-
567, 258; and the accumulated indebtedness of $101,350 was en-
tirely wiped out.
The end of an era came with the announcement just released
by Dr. John F. Harkins, President of the Board of Susque-
hanna that on February 1, 1959, after thirty-one years. Dr.
Smith will retire from the presidency of the university.
In commenting on Dr. Smith's Administration, Dr. Harkins
said, "It is with deep regret that the Board of Directors accede
to Dr. Smith's wish to retire . . . He has ;;erved the university
well and thousands of graduates who have gone out into life
are grateful for his administi-ation."
The Board of Directors, in their meeting of November 17,
unanimously elected G. Morris Smith, President Emeritus.
His friends can now paraphrase his brother's early question
and say, "Morris, we hope you have liked being a college
president." I
Homecoming Queen and Attendants
Somehow or other, each year Alumni President Garman finds himself surrounded
by Susquehanna's fairest. A very successful 1958 Homecoming saw the crown-
ing of Miss Lois Andren of Point Pleasant, N. J. as Homecoming Queen.
With her are: L. to R.— Miss Ardith Renning, Collingswood, N. J., Miss
Ann Hewes, Philadelphia, and Miss Millie Barabas, North Bergen, N. J.
ALUMNI SUPPORT
OF ALMA MATER OF
PRIMARY IMPORTANCE
"There are no words eonnnensitrdte
with what the Alumni Fund, in all
respects, means to the college. It is
daily hi-ead and life, it is strength
and growth of encouragement ; it is,
above all else, testimony that the
purpose of a free college in the serv-
ice of our society is understood and
will be served by those who in their
individual daily lives were and will
be se)~ved by it."
When Dr. John S. Dickey. President of
Dartmouth College .said the above, he
\oiced the sentiment of all those in Col-
lege administration work. The Alumni
Fund is indeed testimony that the college
has served well its graduates.
Business and Industry today is respond-
ing to the need for financial assistance in
all types of educational institutions. Aside
from special grants, Susquehanna received
last year more than $7,000 from Pennsyl-
vania firms that contributed through the
"Foundation for Independent Colleges,"
an increase of 25 per cent over last year
But Business and Industry is asking
"What are your Alumni doing for you?"
And it is precisely at this point that col-
leges fail if they do not succeed in getting
I Continued on Page 10) I
December, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SEVEN
Dr. Gnstave W. Weber Unanimous Choice of Bd. Flashes from the Campus
Of Directors, Will Succeed Pres. G. M. Smith
Toledo Clergyman Has Impressive Background in Education
and Industry. To Assume Duties February 1.
Dr. Qustave W. Weber, prominent minister and former business executive, was the
unanimous selection of the Board of Directors as the twelfth president of Susquehanna
Unixersity to succeed Dr. G. Morris Smith.
Dr. John F. Harliins, President of the Board, in making the announcement on Decem-
ber 10th said. "The Board has had before it several candidates to succeed Dr. Smith but
all of us believe Dr. Weber will give an inspiring leadership to the University. We are
indeed happy that we have been able to secure such a man."
Dr. Weber is now pastor of the Glenwood Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio where he
has been since 1955. Glenwood is one of the largest churches in Toledo, carrying on its
I Oils more than 2,000 members.
Prior to his present church position, Dr.
Weber had been Vice-President of the
Doehler-Jarvis Division of National Lead
Company in Toledo. He had become Di-
rector of Human Relations with this or-
ganization in 1950. but was soon promoted
to the Vice-Presidency in charge of In-
dustrial and Personnel Relations.
Susquehanna's new President also has
had teaching and education administration
experience. He taught Greek and German
at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in
Philadelphia and was Director of Religious
Studies at the Hill School. Pottstown.
A native of Allentown. Dr. Weber is a
graduate of Wagner College, the Philadel-
phia Theological Seminary, the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, and the Philadel-
phia Episcopal Seminary, His earned de-
grees are A.B., B.D.. S.T.M., and Th. D.
Many Pennsylvanians know Dr. Weber
through his pastorate at St. James Church,
Pottstown, from 1S33 to 1946.
While in Pottstown. Dr. Weber took an
active part in civic affairs. He was Vice-
President of the Board of Education, Presi-
dent of the Pottstown Memorial Hospital
Board, President of the Recreation Com-
mission, Vice-President of the Community
Concerts Association, and a member of
the Board of the Y. M. C. A.
In Toledo, in the same tireless fashion,
he soon was elected to the Board at St.
Luke's Hospital, became a member of the
Mayor's Labor-Management Committee
and was elected to several church offices.
He has been Chairman of Red Cross Roll
Calls. Cancer Fund Appeals, Community
Chest campaigns, and War Bond Drives.
He is a member of the Rotary Club.
The fall edition of the Wagner College
Alumni News says of Dr. Weber: "His
classmates at Wagner recall that Presi-
dent Weber was President of the Debating
Society, Vice-President of the Student As-
sociation, an active dramatics club mem-
ber, and a nine-letter man in basketball,
baseball, and football." Dr. Weber was the
speaker at Wagner's 75th Anniversary
Convocation in January of last year.
DR. WEBER
He is at present a member of the Execu-
tive Board of the Synod of Ohio and a
member of the Board of the United Luth-
eran Church Foundation.
What Dr. Weber considers to be extra-
curricular activities include several sum-
mers in Europe leading college students
under the auspices of the Experiment in
International Living: a football, basket-
ball and baseball official for the Pennsyl-
vania Interscholastic Athletic Association
and a member of the Eastern Intercol-
legiate Official's Bureau. He has been
greatly in demand as a speaker to num-
erous civic groups. Foremen's Clubs, in-
dustrial conferences and school commence-
ments. He has been a popular speaker in
several colleges in the east.
Dr. Weber will move his family to Selins-
grove February 1st.
All Alumni pledge their support to Dr.
Weber and wish him many years of
happiness and success at Susquehanna.
People on the campus of Susquehanna
were scurrying busily on the eve of Oct.
21. It was Operation Book Transfer. This
was the task of moving .some 33.000 vol-
umes from storage into the new Library.
The transfer complete, the Library was
ready for general use that week . . .
The Music Department of S. U. has
been the recipient recently of several gen-
erous gifts . . . Frederick C. Stevens, a
member of the faculty and for many years
associated with the music department,
turned over his entire library of voice
literature for the use of that department
. . . Margaret E. Keiser, '26, presently a
private voice teacher in Phila., gave
several volumes for the music library . . .
William 0. Roberts, '29, who is super-
visor of music in the Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
schools, sent a monetary gift to be used
for "library purposes" , . . The mem-
bers of the Lehigh Valley District Alumni
Club also contributed money to be used
for books and/or records . . . Dexter N.
Weikel, '48, minister of music in the
Messiah Lutheran Church, So. Williams-
port. Pa., presented two outstanding re-
cords on behalf of his choir ... On Nov.
7, at the morning Chapel service, Mrs.
Janet Rohrbach Robinson, '46, presented
to Heilman Hall, a portrait of the late
Dr. E. Edwin Sheldon, in a sincere tri-
bute to Dr. Sheldon's lifetime of labor
for and toward a finer institution of learn-
ing for music students at S. U. The por-
trait, which was done by James E. Wert,
x'44. has been hung over the fireplace in
the library of Heilman Hall . . .
Selinsgrove will soon have a "Univer-
sity Avenue". Alumni led by William M.
Schnure, x'99, and Alumni President Gar-
man petitioned the borough to change
the name of W. Walnut St., in order to
better identify the town of Selinsgrove
with the college . . .
Susquehanna's Chapel Choir, under the
direction of Lavan R. Robinson, was fea-
tured in the 9th annual radio "Festival
of Music" on Christmas day. A network of
eastern radio stations carried a program
of appropriate holiday music , . .
Susquehanna recently was the recipient
of an unrestricted gift from the Esso
Education Foundation for the academic
year 1958-59.
In the letter received with the grant,
the Foundation emphasized its interest in
supporting the smaller and less affluent
institutions of higher learning.
Dr. Smith in writing his appreciation
said, "Those smaller colleges which you
are interested in supporting, lend variety
to the educational pattern and in general
emphasize the development of character
as an integral part of higher education.
For your interest in such institutions we
have profound gratitude."
EIGHT
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1958
Susquehannans on Parade —
'00 ^''' ■'°''" '• Woodruff, Susque-
00 hanna's oldest living alumnus, cel-
brated his 94th birthday at his home on
Nov. 24.
f(\Q Dr. I. Hess
5/ (J Wagner was
guest of honor at a k^
testimonial dinner on B^ «i55' T
Nov. 12 corrunemor- * 5/S^ *" ♦.
ating his fifieth anni-
versary as pastor of
Trinity Evangelical
Somerset. Pa. More
than 1.000 people of
all faiths turned out
to do him honor. A ^^ , „ Wagner
substantial cash gift
was presented to Dr. Wagner as well as
In 1940 S. U. conferred upon him the hon-
fe\i\ Dr. W. Ralph Wagenseller, former
\}\j Dean of Drexel's College of Busi-
ness Administration, has had a confer-
ence room at Drexel named in his honor.
In 1940 S. U. conferred upon him the hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Science.
ft\t% Dr. Thomas J. Smull was honored
yj as the "Man of the Year" at the
Town and Gown banquet staged at the
Ohio Northern University student center
this fall. Dr. Smull had formerly been
Dean of the College of Engineering at Ohio
N. U.
Jrti^ William A. Moyer retired this
^ I year as a teacher in the Bethle-
hem schools. He has moved to Cressona,
Pa. George N. Young, Protestant Chap-
lain at Danville, Pa. was the subject of an
interesting article in THE LUTHERAN,
Oct. 8. 1958. The article was written by
Katherine Dietterle Benion, '41.
Ity J Edith Frankenfleld Cramer has
Jt^ recently been appointed teacher of
Social Studies in the Harding Junior H. S.
in Phila. She has been teaching there
since the death of her husband in June
19,57.
'0*7 ^'y^^ ''• Spitiner, president of
J I Philadelphia's Poor Richard Club,
and a group of ten members and friends
pilgrimaged to Europe in Oct. and present-
ed a silver medal of achievement to
French Premier Charles De Gaulle. A
similar medal was given to Sir Harry
Brittain, founder of the Commonwealth
Press Union of Great Britain.
f*iQ Caroline Grubb Reisinger and her
JO hu.sband were tour directors for
a nine weeks tour of Europe this summer
sponsored by the Shippensburg State
Teacher's College. They plan a similar
lour next summer. Mrs. Reisinger is the
cataloguer for the Shippensburg public
library and Mr. Reisinger is chairman of
the English Dept. at Shippensburg S. T. C.
Preston H. Smith, well known to many
alumni and active in the general Alumni
Association, was elected by the University
Board of Directors to finish the unexpired
term of his late father, Dan Smith, Jr. who
had served on the Board for more than
forty years.
f A 't George J.
*J I Herman asso-
ciate professor of
Civil Engineering at
Montana State Col-
lege, has been ap-
pointed Assistant
Dean of Engineering
at that college. Mel-
vln W. Jones this
year moved from
Keyport, N. J., High
to Middleton, N. J.,
he is Director of Gui-
r.
^
George J. Herman
High School where
dance.
'42
The Rev. John C. Ickes is now pa.s-
tor of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
Shamokin. Pa. He had been Executive
Secretary of the Bronx Division of the
Protestant Church Council, N. Y. C, for
the past four years.
Lawrence M. Isaacs has been pro-
'43
Dr
X'45
with Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa.
as of July 1.
Dr. Joseph
Mig I larese
has been named
head of Colgate-Pal-
molive Co.'s new
laboratory for Bio-
logical Research lo-
cated at New Brun.s-
^^^^ wick. N. J. He has
^^^WP^^H been a member of
^m f^ ^ ^^M Colgate's Research
^^ ^^^ and Development
team for three years.
Dexter N. Weikel joined the facul-
ty of the School of Music here at
Susquehanna in Oct., on a part-time basis.
Twice a week he comes to Selinsgrove
from So. Williamsport to teach organ.
>y|A Lillian Kepner Larrimore, her son
^y and her husband have been living
in Bangkok, Thailand for more than a
year. Her husband is with the U. S.
Government's foreign aid and techanical
assistance program.
>f"A Donald Wissinger is now guidance
director lor the W. York. Pa. H. S.
Rowie Durden is working on his
doctorate at Teachers College,
Columbia U. and at the same time serves
the college as part-time instructor in
clarinet. Pat Heathcote, in July, won the
Women's Singles Tennis Championship in
\ork. Pa. Harold "Bus" Carr received
from Penn Stale U. in Aug. the degree of
Master of Education in Guidance. He is
now guidance counselor in the Troy, Pa.
H. S. J. Robert Dunlap is with the Augs-
burg State Opera in Germany. Jackey
MacKeever, much to the delight of her
Susquehanna friends, did an outstanding
job in a two hour TV program, Nov. 30
with Rosalind Rus.sell in "Wonderful
Town."
'53
gomer;
workin
Muncv
'55
nedd I
'56
Irom
June,
hout F
'57
'52
Ellle Smith Burley is teaching in
the Commercial Dept. of the Mont-
gomery, Pa. Area H. S. Husband Dick is
working at Sprout. Waldron & Co. in
Muncy. Pa.
Nancy Richards McLain is teach-
ing 6th grade in the Upper Gwy-
nedd Elementary School. West Point, Pa.
Anna Jane AAoyer received her
master's degree in Library Science
from Drexel Institute of Technology in
June. She is now Librarian at the Oster-
hout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
Carole A. Sadosuk is now teaching
at the West Snyder Area Joint
School and living in Beavertown. Pa.
>Crj Sheldon Johnson is teaching in the
30 Newport Junior H. S. in Wheaton,
M'd. George Dodge is living in Lewisburg,
Pa. and teaching in the Kelly Twp. grade
.•^chool.
X'Cft Marian Bowman was promoted
^y to Financial Sect't for the
Somerset, Pa. Joint Schools. She had for-
merly been sec't to the elementary princi-
pal. Elizabeth Lauver is a student in Busi-
ness Ed. at the U. of Miami, Fla. John
Krohn is serving with the U. S. Army and
.stationed at Fort Dix, N. J. Frances Wirt
is studying Chemical Engineering at the
U. of P. in Phila.
X»/»/\ Priscilla Lantz McNitt is em-
OU ployed at the Lewi.stown Hospi-
tal as Medical Sec't. Lynne Van Server is
with the Campbell Soup Co. in N. J. as a
sec't. Carole A. Duncan is a legal sec't with
Wallace, Yeomans, Douglas and Gerry in
N. J. Audrey Dry is working for the N. J.
Menhaden Products, Inc. Helene Schu-
macher is with Dr. Kenneth E. Appel &
A.ssoc.'s, Penn. Institute, Phila. as medical
sec't. Mrs. Loreen Close is living in the
Royal Village Trailer Court, Inkster,
Mich. Sandra Kimmel is in nur,ses' train-
ing at the Cohimbia U. Medical Center,
N. Y. C. Carol L. Mackel is working for a
specialist in .Johnstown as a medical
sec't. Sandra L. Risser lias secured a posi-
tion as stenographer in a government
agency in Wash., D. C, Nancy Bricker is
with the sales dept. of Metropolitan Edi
son Co. ^'ork. Pa. in a secretarial capa- j
city.
December, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
NINE
Just Married. . . stork stalking . . . NECROLOGY
Dr. A. William Ahl, 12 to Mrs. Beulali
Schonio, Sept. 15 in Williamsport, Pa.
They are now residing in Selinsgrove.
Dr. Ahl taught at S. U. for 27 years.
Judith Anderson, x'59 to George Zucker,
July 12. They are living in Indianapolis,
Ind.
Gloria Beaver, .\'60 to Ray H. Mincemoyer.
They reside in Mifflinburg, Pa.
Mary Ann Dixon, '53 to William E. Nyer,
'52, April 19 in York, Pa. Their present
address is 300 W. Maple St. Dallastown,
Pa.
Priscilla Lantz, x'60 to William J. McNitt,
III, Aug. 23. They have taken up resi-
dence in Milroy, Pa.
Edith Parr, x'60 to Werner W. Koenighaus.
They are making their home in Pom-
pano Beach, Fla.
Joanne H. Quick, x'55 to John S. Spangler,
Nov. 1 at New Cumberland, Pa. Mrs. W.
Reuben Henry, nee Lana Fegley, x'55
was one of her attendants.
Jane Sanders, x'60 to Donald Lehmer in
July. Don is in his third year as S. U.
and Jane is keeping the home-fires burn-
ing in Harrisburg, Pa.
Louis F. Santangelo, '50 to Agnes E. Lav-
ieri of Barkhamsted, Conn, on June 14.
They are living in Winsted, Pleasant Val-
ley, Conn.
Kathleen Schnerr, '52 to Richard T. Price,
M. D. on Aug. 9 in Nazareth. Pa. They
are presently living in Montgomery,
Ala. where Dr. Price is with the U. S.
Air Force.
Gary Schroeder, '57 to Sue Carmint, x'59.
They are making their home in Prospect
Park, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Patricia Ann Sipe, '56 to James L. Sea-
sholtz, '58 on Aug. 16 in Harrisburg, Pa.
They reside in Punxsutawney. Pa.
Richard C. Smith, Jr., '58 to Joyce E.
Smith on June 8 in Dover, Del. They are
residing in Wilmington, Del. Richard
Overgaard '.58 and Gordon Thompson,
'58 served as ushers for the bridegroom.
Julie F. Stauffer, x'59 to C. Allan Bender,
Aug. 2, at Terre Hill, Pa. where they now
reside.
Well Known Former
Dean of Women, Married
Miss Erma L. Sambrook, former Dean of
Women at S. U., was married Sept. 11
to Hiram Rockwell Bennett of Troy, Pa.
Mrs. Bennett, well known to many S. U.
Alumni, had been Dean of Women at
Ogontz Center, Phila. prior to her mar-
riage. Her husband is an architect and
although his work is in Elmira, N. Y.
they make their home in Troy, Pa.
Acciavatti, a daughter. Diane, born Oct.
17 to Mr. and Mrs, Richard E. Acciavat-
ti, x'50. Baby Diane joins two older
brothers, Bobby and Ricky.
*Boyer, twin sons, on Oct. 11 to Robert D.
and Carolyn Lucas, '54 Boyer. The proud
parents have named the boys Robert
Daniel, Jr. and Paul Llewellyn.
Diehl, a son, Steven Curtis on Dec. 15, to
John E., '52 and Maxine Chambers, '52
Diehl. The Diehls have a daughter Deb-
bie, age 2' 2.
Doney, a son. Keith Douglas - by adoption
to William, '56 and Pamela McKegg,
'53 Doney on Oct. 25.
Gormley, a daughter. Lise Louise, to
James J.. '55 and Elsie Gruber, '56
Gormley. May 24 in Phila., Pa.
Hall, a daughter. Nan Patricia born on
Oct. 26 to William and Patricia Rum-
baugh, '52 Hall. Baby Nan is a most wel-
come playmate for sister Brenda.
^Mickatavage, twin sons, Robert Grant
and George David, to Robert, '54 and
Jane Cline, '54 Mickatavage. The blessed
event took place on Oct. 18.
Newman, a daughter, Nancy Ellen to Wil-
liam and Grace McKeever, '51 Newman
on June 2. Nancy Ellen is the second
daughter in the Newman family.
Prichard, a daughter. Daryl Jean, born
on Sept. 26 to Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Prichard. '52.
'Wissinger, twin daughters, on Dec. 19, to
Donald E., '50 and Flora Barnhart, '51
Wissinger.
* The Alumni Office would like to add that
the Boyers. the Mickatavages and the
Wissingers should have honorable men-
tion for service above and beyond the
call of duty to S. U. To you, we doff our
hats!
Admissions . . .
As of Dec. 1, applications reaching the
Admissions Office had increased by about
20 per cent over last year. As is true each
year, the better qualified candidates apply
early and there is a high percentage of
acceptances.
Men students, year after year, seem to
wait till the last minute, although on
every side they hear of the importance of
early application.
Susquenanna is always heartened by the
large number of Alumni who refer good
students to their Alma Mater. Not a day
goes by, but some Alumnus writes about
a neighbor's son or daughter, or a rela-
tive who is ready for college. These pros-
pects will continue to receive immediate
and full consideration, but the Admissions
Office seeks the co-operation of the Alumni
in referring only well qualified students
and urging them to apply early as possible.
Lt. Col. John A. Auchmuty, '32, and his
wife Myrtle were killed instantly in an
auto accident, Dec. 15, in Phila. They are
survived by a son of West Palm Beach,
Fla., and a daughter, 12 at home.
The Rev. Louis F. Gunderman '04, pastor
emeritus of Holy Trinity Church, Flint,
Mich., and statistician of the Michigan
Synod, died November 23. A graduate of
Hamma Divinity School, he served pas-
torates in Nebraska, Illinois, and Michi-
gan, where he was Michigan Synod sta-
tistician for more than 30 years. While
serving a pastorate at Ann Arbor, he
organized student work at the Univer-
sity of Michigan and was student pastor
there for 5 years.
The Rev. William L. Price, '02, died Dec.
8 in the York, Pa., Hospital. He is sur-
vived by his wife and several nieces
and nephews.
Graif M. Staib, '13, died at his home in
Montgomery, Pa. on Nov. 11. He had
been vice-president of the First National
Bank of Montgomery at the time of his
death. Surviving are his wife, two sisters
and two brothers.
The Rev. Dr. Charles Milton Teufel, '07,
died unexpectedly on Oct. 14 in Milton,
Pa. where he had lived since 1952. Well
known for his interest in sports and
athletics. Dr. Teufel had coached all
major sports while attending Susque-
hanna's Seminary. He is survived by his
wife and three children.
Gleason Wayne Whipple, x'59, died Nov.
22 in the Sunbury, Pa. Community Hospi-
tal. He had been a patient there for one
month. Survived by his wife, a daugh-
ter and both parents, at the time of his
death he had been a senior in the Busi-
ness Administration Dept. at S. U.
J. Clyde Ziegler, '27, died Nov. 9 in the
Harrisburg, Pa. General Hospital. Until
his retirement m 1953, he had taught
at Harrisburg's William Penn Senior High
School. He is survived by his wife and
a brother.
ALUMNI DAY
Make Plans Now
To Be On Campus
SAT., MAY 2
TEN
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1958
Dr. Linebaugh Dies
November 19, 1958
At S. U. Since 1921
Dr. Percy Mathias Linebaugh. Director
of Susquehanna's School of Music, died
in the Sunbury Community Hospital.
November 19. He had been hospitalized
with a heart condition.
DR. LINEBAUGH
Dr. LLnebaugh, well known throughout
Penna. for his leadership in music educa-
tion, was born in York. Pa., in 1894. He
attended Lebanon Valley College, and re-
ceived his degree in 1911. He did gra-
duate work at the Peabody Conservatory.
Baltimore. M'd.. and studied organ pri-
vately with Charles Courboin.
Coming to Susquehanna in 1921, Dr.
Linebaugh was appointed acting head of
the Conservatory uoon the death of Dr.
E. Edwin Sheldon in 1948. In 1951 he as-
sumed all responsibilities for the depart-
ment's program. Also in 1951, Susque-
hanna conferred upon him the honorary
degree of doctor of music.
The Sunbury Item in an editorial said:
"DEDICATED PEOPLE are the motivat-
ing forces in any institution of higher
learning, and the death of Dr. P. M.
Linebaugh, Director of Susquehanna Uni-
versity's School of Music, emphasizes that
point.
"His 37-year affiliation with the univer-
sity covered a period of significant ad-
vances in which he played a sizable role.
And throughout the history of Susquehanna
men of his caliber, by singular devotion,
have made their contributions. They have
left a rich legacy as well as a ringing
Classes Plan for
S-y ear Reunions
With the splendid co-operation of class
representatives, the past few years have
seen very successful alumni day pro-
grams. This is the time when class re-
unions are held and, at five-year intervals,
class members return to the campus to
meet and frolic with those college friends
from whom they never can be separated.
The following classes are due to cele-
brate anniversaries on May 2.
Anniversary Year
50th 1909
45th 1914
40th 1919
35th 1924
30th 1929
25th 1934
20th 1939
15th 1944
10th 1949
.5th 1954
11 will be the duty of the president of
the above classes to plan for those re-
unions. Even though the president might
find it impossible to be present, he or
she should be willing to put the necessary
time into promoting the event.
The Alumni Office stands ready to co-
operate with class officers by supplying
lists of class members and doing the neces-
sary mimeographing and mailing.
ALUMNI SUPPORT Fr Pg 6<
across to the Alumni, the need for a re-
sponse on their part. Former President
Eliot of Harvard University has said:
"It is, of cuitrsc, largely by the
extent of the support accorded to a
college by its own graduates that
the world judges of the right of that
college to seek cooperation of others
in jilanning for the future. An in-
stitution that cannot rally to its
financial assistance the men who
have taken its degrees and whose
diploma is their passport into the
world is in a poor position to ask
assistance from others. It is not
merely what Alumni give; it is the
fact that they do give that is of su-
preme importance."
Your Alma Mater is depending on you
to support the 1959 Alumni Loyalty Fund.
challenge to educators and students alike,
and the public at large is deeply indebted
to them, one and all."
Dr. Linebaugh was married to the for-
mer Naomi L. Ulrich. '25. who preceded
him in death a year ago.
He is survived by a daughter and two
grandchildren, all of Selinsgrove.
Prominent S. U.
Bd. Member Dies
Dr. Latimer S. Landes of York, Pennsyl-
vania, who had been a member of the
Board of Directors of Susquehanna Uni-
versity for twenty years, died suddenly in
his home Sunday. December 21.
DR. LANDES
Dr. Landes was born and spent his early
boyhood in the environs of Selinsgrove but
mo\ed to York in his early years. He
graduated from Susquehanna University in
1911 and immediately entered .Jefferson
Medical College. Philadelphia.
Having been elected to Susquehanna's
Board of Directors in June. 1939, he
served for the past 10 years as a member
of the Executive Committee.
Dr. G. Morris Smith, president of Sus-
quehanna, in commenting on Dr. Landes'
death, said. "In the death of Dr. Latimer
S. Landes. Susquehanna University has
lost one of her real friends and most loyal
supporters. Since graduating from Susque-
hanna, he manifested an enthusiastic in-
terest in the progress of the University and
was never too busy to give time and
thought to the meetings of the Board. As
a man. he was a friendly, jovial person
and a good medical counselor to thousands
who will mourn his passing."
As an active member of the York-Han-
over District Alumni Club. Dr. Landes
rarely missed a meeting and was always
willing to coun.sel with the officers on any
problem. He contributed heavily with both
time and money to the York Scholarship
program.
There survives his wife and one son,
both living in York.
December, 1958
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ELEVEN
0nward, ye
Football Winds Up
With 3-4 Record
Ferraro Named All-American
Crusaders
FOOTBALL LEADERS
Ralph W. Ferraro
Ralph W. Ferraro,
co-captain of the Cru-
sader's football team
received national re-
cognition this year
when he was named
ALL-AMERICAN by
the Williamson Foot-
ball Rating System.
A. A. Stagg, Jr., Pro-
fessor of Physical
Education at the Uni-
versity made the an-
nouncement during half-time at the S. U.-
Ursinus basketball game on Dec. 13.
Ferraro. who aspires to a career in NFL
after his graduation from S. U. in 196(i
shifted from a tackle spot to center at
the start of the 1958 season and bulwarked
the Crusader's defenses all year. He gain-
ed first team honors on all-opponent teams
of practically every team S. U. met this
fall, and was selected Honorable Mention
on both All State and Middle Atlantic
States teams.
College athletic departments and coach-
es participate in the balloting for the Wil-
liamson Rating System honors.
Ferraro, 20 years old - 220 lbs., will play
his fourth season varsity ball for Susque-
hanna next year.
Sharing Honorable Mention with Ferraro
on both All State and Middle Atlantic
States teams was star half-back John
Yanuklis. Both boys hail from Coach
"Whitey" Keil's hometown area.
Coaches Keil and Pittello had a fine
team in action this past season, but got
very few breaks after the first three
games.
At a dinner held for the team at the
Dutch Pantry on Nov. 17th, Coach Keil
labeled the '58 squad "The best I have
had since accepting the coaching reins
here four years ago . . . They are the
most spirited co-operative unit in my
coaching regime."
The Orange and Maroon finished with a
3-4 record, but the won-lost tally doesn't
tell the real story of the season. The com-
paratively inexperienced 28-man squad,
one of the smallest, if not the smallest in
Middle Atlantic Conference circles, battl-
ed each opponent all the way and dropped
Pictured above are Coaches and Co-Captains of the 1958 football team during the
annual banquet held at the Dutch Pantry. L. to R. Ralph Ferraro, Jersey City,
N. J., Carl Shoemaker, Ashland; Coaches Keil and Pittello, and Ray Richie,
Shamokin.
Basketball Team Faced With Tough Schedule.
Coach Barr, In 2nd. Season, Real Leader.
With three basketball games and only promising freshmen to fill the gap next
one win to report, the basketball team, year. Those staring in early season games
in its second season under the tutelage of have been: Gene Witiak of Aldan, Pa.;
John E. Barr, has to fight heavy odds to Harry Powers, Selinsgrove; Bob Probert,
win .500 of its games. W. Hazleton, Pa.; Maurice Bobst, Hawley,
„. , ,^ •.. ™ , J 1 „ Pa. and George Moore of Ashland, Pa.
High-scoring Keith Tyler received a leg
injury in the first game and will be side- The schedule follows:
lined for an indefinite period. The team. Dee. e— wiikes A
however, intends to show one and all 'Dec. is— Ursinus H
, , .. , , 1 J 1 Dec. 15 — Lebanon Valley .' H
that It does not depend on one man alone. ^^^ s-Gettysburg A
Coach Barr feels that the team has more J*"- s— Mansfield H
depth this year and should be able to ^, ':::^!rZ.^rZZZ:ZZ:Zi: n
handle any situation that may arise on j^^^ n— Western Maryland a
the hardwoods. Jan. 31— Wagner A
., . ., Feb. 4 — Lycoming H
With three seniors on the roster, the p^^ ?— Washington H
coach is working hard to bring along four Feb. 9— Rider H
Feb. 11 — Scranton A
Feb. 13— Hartwick H
, ■ . . Feb. 17— F. & M. A
three of its games by an aggregate of just ,j,^^ 21— Drexei H
10 points. Feb. 23— Lycoming A
,, , , , Feb. 25 — Juniata H
At the banquet, the boys presented ^^^^ 27— Upsaia A
Coaches Keil and Pittello with handsome Feb. 28— Rutgers s. j. a
gifts. Former Coach Stagg, Jr., was also .Home afternoon game, starting time 2:30 P. M.
presented with a gift. Home evening games. Starting time 8:00 P. M.
TWELVE
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
December, 1958
Alumni Office In
Search of Lost Sheep
Ancther plea for HELP from Ihc Alunini Office!
Please — anyone knowinj; the whereabouts of the
following people — let us in on the secret. Many
of you were a bis help last time - but we still
hive far too many "poor little sheep who have
gone astray - and this Bo-Peep can't tell where
to find them."
Below are the ver>- latest "sheep" whose mail
was returned to us marked "imclaimed" or "un-
known," and there then follows the alphabetical
list which we began in the March issue.
Walter S. Vanpoyck, •37, ,5900 S. \V. ISOth St.,
Miami, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Urban, '28, '29, 7017 2Sth
Ave., St. Petersburg, Fla.
Myra C. Bnwersox, ■20. 124 .\'. Bailey. Apt. I.t.
Fort Worth, Texas.
Mrs. Naomi Day Wood, "47, 34 Gill R'd, Water-
town, N. Y.
John B. Doran. '.50. 1875 Dekalb St., Bridgeport
Pa.
The Rev. G. Robert Booth. '41. Pleasant Valley.
N. Y.
Mrs. Jeanne Hoflord Parsons. '37. 309 Delaware
Ave., Wilmington 3, Dela.
J. Robert Recder, .^'32, Northway R'd, Williams-
port, Pa.
Alice N. Musselman, 510. 860 S. 57th St., Om.-iha,
Neb.
Mrs. E. Eunice Arentz Knupp, '40, Fclton, N. Y.
Chester A. Severs, x'42. 1519 Jackson Dr., Sacra-
mento. Calif.
Mrs. Carohii Frantz Bnmschwvler. x'57. 3717
Chestnut St.. Philadelphia 4, Pa.
Robe.t S. Maddocks. '47, 1550 Glen Keith R'd.,
Towson, Md.
Mary C. G;>nnon, '30, 1900 N. Park St., Philadel-
phia 22, Pa.
Joseph Franklin Gaul, '16, Sunburv-, Pa.
Anna J. Gavin, '28, Inkennan, Pa.
William M. Gaylor, '09.
K. Irene Geiser, 39, Box 134, Palmyra, Pa.
Leafy Francis Giles, '16, Ocala. Fla.
Edward T. Gorman, '28. 44 Main St.. Inkennan,
Pa.
Joseph A. Grady. '31, 87 Merritt St.. Wilkes-Barre.
Pa.
Helen B. Grapski. '31. 457 State St.. Plymouth. Pa.
Mrs. Margaret Gray. '13. 620 State St.. Curwens-
ville. Pa.
William Griffiths, x. 890 Lancaster St.. Albany,
N. Y.
Walter Grim, x'44, 2523 Ridge St., Berkley 9, Calif.
Mrs. Lois Young Guistwhite, '49, 137 S. 2nd St.,
Steelton. Pa.
Charles Gundnim, x'43, .\ir Corp Training Detach-
ment, Tulsa. Okla.
Aaron Sailor Gunzberger, '17, 615 Diverscy Park-
way. Chicago, 111.
Mrs. Mary L. Hafer, x'08, WatsontovTO, Pa.
Hugh Handford, x'34, 515 N. Pittsburgh St., Con-
nellsville. Pa.
Mrs. Galdice Sigworth Harrington, '18. 1536 E.
82nd St.. Cleveland. Ohio.
Forrest J. Harter. '50. 1209 Green St.. Harrisburg,
Pa.
Paul L. Haukek, '26, 411 Arthur Ave., Endicott,
.\. Y.
Elmer C. Hawk, '34, White Hill Industrial School.
White Hill, Pa.
John D. Heikcs, '30, 30 Taylor Blvd., Harrisburg.
Pa.
The Rev. W. W. Heim. 05. Roulette. Pa.
Clifford B. Hennig. '29. 204 Maple St.. Savre. Pa.
Essie V. Henninger, '17. Shamokin. Pa.
Aitis G. Herbster. Cleveland. Ohio.
Stewart B. Hettig. '32, 7 S. Regent St.. Wilkes-
Barre. Pa.
Emily K. Hill. '32, 1517 Clay Ave.. Scranton, Pa.
Dr. Pern T. Hahn, x'16, 5613 Green St., Germ.ln-
town. Phila.. Pa.
Myrtle M. Hoke, 1222 N'. Third St., Harrisburg, Pa.
John Householder, '22, Port Trevorton, Pa.
Merle E. Hubbard, '32, 13 South St.. Greenfield,
Mass.
Winficld S. Hudkins, '."Jl, 11 \. Broom St., Madi-
son, Wise.
Clarence A. Hurst, '26, 620 K. Governors Ave.,
Dover, Dela.
John Imler, x'29. Phoenix, Ariz.
Walter H. Ilfert, '53, Hazleton, Pa.
The Rev, Edward H. lohns, '27. Hopewood, Pa.
Sylvanus Jtmes, '08, Edwardsvillc, Pa.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER — Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
J.iims \'. Joid.ui. '25. 1059 .\lliright Ave.. Scran-
t:;n. Pa.
Mrs. Ma\e Snyder Keith. '41. L'ni\-ersit\- of .\ri-
zona, Tucson, .\riz.
John W. K.ller, x'09, Etters, Pa.
Benjamin B. Kemp. '.32, 254 Robert St., Xanticoke.
Pa.
Frank L. Kerstetter, '09, Xanticoke. Pa.
.Mrs. John Ketner, .\. .\ltoona. Pa.
John W. Keyes, '29, 601 Moosic R'd.. Moosic. Pa.
Mrs. Helen Lahr Kimble, x'33. 2923 E. St., San
Bernardino, Calif.
Marvin W. Klick, '25, Lake Mohawk St., Sparta.
N. J.
Claries Kloss. x'94. Biglcrville, Pa.
George D. Knight. '27. 117 Sherman Ave.. New
Haven. Conn.
William B. Lahr. '96, 944 Carolton Ave., Lake
Wales, Fla.
.Margaret Lambert, x. New Brunswick. N. J.
'Mrs. Faye Satzler Leadmon, '.50. 1012 N. Third
St.. Harrisburg. Pa.
The Rev. Milo .■\. Lecrone. '21. Colorado Springs,
Colo.
Lee R. Walter. '09. 500 Coleridge Ave.. Altoona.
Pa.
Jack Levy. x'45.
Gerald S. Leib. .\'42. 1334 \'emon St.. Harrisburg,
Pa.
John Lisinski. '3.5. Plains. Pa.
Ra> K. Long, '28, .\dora .\pts., Cannine St., New
York City.
Paul S. Lubold, '37, Danville. Pa.
Kuth Lyter. '04, Sunhury, Pa.
.Mrs. Jennie Scharf McCarrell, '06, Lewistown, Pa.
Frank .McGroarty, '29, 26 E. Thomas St., North
End, Pa.
Mrs. Eliz.d>eth Watkins McMillen, '30, Pittsburgh,
21, Pa.
Mrs. Ruth Wray Maddox. '14, Upland, Ind.
Leila H. Magee, x. Centre Hall, Pa.
Mrs. Esfelle Pejrl Marcuse, '33, 4318 LaLuz St.,
El Paso, Texas
Mrs. Mar^■ Martens, x, 328 Hanover Ave., Oakland,
Calif.
Milton Martin x'34, R. D., York, Pa.
Jacob H. Meehin, '29, Miners Mills, Pa.
Edwin J. Menapace, '53, 8307 14th Ave., Hyatts-
ville, Md.
Mrs. Sarah Luch Mench, '21, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Albert C. Mever, '34, 1725 Penn Ave., Scr.inton,
Pa.
Mrs. Marv .^nn Fox Wagenseller, '37, 162 Bare-
ford St., Detroit, Mich,
Floyd Miller. '06. Lewisburg. Pa,
Jaeib D<!nald Miller, '19, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Dr. Ward C. Miller, x. 644 Revere R'd,, Penn
Valley, Morrisville, Pa.
Mrs. Shiriev Reich Milligan, x'29.
Frank Milton, x'28, 6200 Larchwood Ave., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
J, H. & Peiiri Kecler Morrison, '20. '21. 19 Roue-
wood Terrace. Rochester. N. Y.
George E. & Beatrice DeWire Moser, '31. '31.
Greensburg. Pa.
Grace Machette. '03. Mechanicsburg. Pa.
-(ilbert C. Mver. '34. 2475 Porter St.. Los Angeles.
Calif.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hall Xeideigh, '17. Mifflintown. Pa.
George S, Oberdorf. x'34. Xogales. Ariz.
Mrs. Mar>' Feehrer Odou. '18. 423 Reynolds St..
S. Williamsport. Pa.
Mrs. Maude Lucas Owens. '24. Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Dr. Donald M. Pace. '28. 2030 Sumner St.. Lin-
coln. Nebr.
.Mrs. .Xadia Zaremha Phillips. '44. 3500 Chamber-
lavne Ave., Richmond. Va.
George E, Phillips. '36, 1347 Brvant St.. X. E.,
Washington IS. D. C.
Michiel R. Pittle. X. Conms Christie. Texas.
.Mrs. Olive Williard Raker. '31. Shamokin, Pa.
Albert Reariek. "20, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Kenneth X. Heed, '26. Cobalt. Conn.
J. Marion Reiihenbaeh, '31. Hemdon, Pa.
The Rev. Walter K. Reifsnvder. '27, Lebanon, Pa.
Edward E. Richarils. '47. Mt, Pleasant Mills. Pa.
The Rev. Clyde S. Rid.now. '25,
Bamer Rine. '07. Beavertown. Pa.
l(a\inoiul H. Rinehimer. '36. 370 Chestnut St.,
Warrior Run, Pa.
.Mrs. J. H. Ross, Centre Hall, Pa.
James A. Ruddy, '27, 900 W. Main St.. Plymouth,
J, Br>ce Sardiga. '38. Carthage College. Carthage,
III,
Robe;t M, Sausaman. '10. 1746 Quoit Road. Cleve-
land, Ohio.
.Mrs, Kathnn Bittner Saylor, '32, Box 264. Bagdad,
Florida.
Lloyd E. Saylor. x'29. 919 Clinton, Phila.. Pa.
John Anthonv Schiavo, '33. 35 Diamond Street,
Hazleton. Pa.
Josepn A. Schmidt. '33. P. O. Box 33, Baltimore,
Md.
.Mrs. Mar>' Schnure Thompson, x'Ofi, 1250 X. La-
Brea St., Holhwood, Calif.
Fred G. Schoch, '08, New Berlin. Pa.
Charles Schreiner. '16. Frankfurt. Germany.
Helen G. Schultz, x'29, 360 Tulpehocken , St.
Phila.. Pa.
Benjamin X. Schwartz. Mty.. '28, 3407 Michigan
.^ve.. East Chicago, Ind.
Sanford S. Shambaugh, '07, 1180 Riverside Dr.,
.Akron. Ohio.
The Rev. Allen C. Shue, 510, 131 S. Beaver St.,
York, Pa.
Ira .Merrill Smith, '09, Elderton, Pa.
Mrs. Catherine McKeehan Smith, '28, Camanche,
Texas.
Dr. G. C. Snyder, x. 507 E. Main St., Lebanon,
Indiana.
Vaughn S. Spotts, '30, P. O. Box 363, Williamsport,
Pa,
Estella Stahl, '09, Sunburv, Pa.
Gladys M. Staub, '29.
Winifred Stevens, '03, Phila., Pa.
Clarence Stewart, x, East Mont. Dais\'town. Pa.
Charles W. Stroup. '32. Chambersburg. Pa.
Dr. Reginald Stroup. x'2H, 385 Morris St.. Albanv.
X. Y.
Charles A. Sullivan. '51. 309 E. Pittsburgh St.,
Greensburg. Pa.
Edward W. Taylor, '17, 667 S. Hoover St., Los
Angeles, Calif.
Richard H. Tice, x'35, 914 Howell St., Seattle 1,
Wash.
Madolin M. Tucker. '35. 1664 Washington Ave.,
Northampton. Pa.
Peter E. Turick. Attv.. '21. 2628 E. Willis Street,
Detroit, Mich.
Walter B, Wagner. '51. 369 W. Fifth St,. Lewis-
town. Pa,
Goldie Marie Walker. '20. Shamokin. Pa.
R. Lee Walter. '09. 500 Coleridge Axe.. Altoona,
Peuna.
Mrs. Eleanor O'Donnell Wargn\ , '2S, 7102 Clivc
R'd.. Upper Darby, Pa.
John E. Wasileskie.' '31, 1124 16th St., N. E.,
Washington. D. C.
Carl Wehner, 31 \ ictor St., Trenton, N. J.
Ch.-sl<r J. West, '22, 3015 Jonestown R'd., Har-
risburg. Pa.
Lillian M. Whittington, '53, Union Hospital, Ells-
ton. Md.
Warren W. Wightman, x'40, 317 S. Oak St., Mt.
Cannel. Pa.
Arline S. Williams, '28, 37 S. Regent St., Wilkes-
Barre. Pa.
Mrs. Jane Silve\ Willman, x'55, 3925 Clearview
Ave., Davton 9. Ohio.
Harr>- Z. Wilt, x'26, 1031 S. Queen St., York. Pa.
Walter Wolston. *51, 1 Homestead Park, Newark,
X. J.
Glenn R. Work, '10, Arthurdale, W. Va.
Jav W. Worthington, '33, 51 Sunnvside Dr., Yonk-
'ers, X. Y.
Mrs. Edith Ash Wright, x'3I, 204 Adams Ave.,
State College. Pa.
Mildred D, Wynn. '28. Pennington R'd.. Upper
Robert B. Yohev, '06, 145 Weststate R'd., Upper
Darin, Pa.
John G. Yost, '29, 703 N. W. 14th Ave., Gaines-
ville, Fla.
The Rev. Alvin Yungcl, '08, Breklum, Germany.
losipb Zayarich, x'42, 1527 Spring Garden St.,
Phila., Pa,
C^Z'^
W M M '"% "f "W "W #%'
OFFICERS of the ASSOCIATION
Hon. President
Dr. Jo)in I. Woodruff, '88
President
Raymond P. Garman, Sr., '30
1st Vice President
Lawrence M. Isaacs. '43
s?«rf I'iVf President
Mrs. Mary Farlling: Holhvay, '28
Secretary
Mrs. Lavan R. Robinson. '46
Treasurer
W. David Gross, '47
Stdtistieian
Edwin M. Brungart, '00
JHciti be r-a t -large
Dr. Glenn L. Musser, '41
Memher-at-hirye
Paul M. Haines. "31
Alumni Rep. on Univ. B'd. of Trustees
Clyde R. Spitzner, '37
ON THE COVER
The // ,
The /i Susquehanna
<1>^L0MNUS
Vol. XXVIII
March, 1959
Editor
Co-Editor
Dan MacCuish
Mary E. Wert
Contents
Dean Russell Gait, 19.^8-1959
Dr. Weber's Message
Fire Inspectors at S.U.
Dr. G. M. Smith Gift
Dr. Armstrong in South America
Lynne O. Ramer
District Club News
Susquehannans on Parade
Support of Our Alma Mater
Onward, ye Crusaders
No. 3
New Pj.siclcnt .md Mrs. Ciistavc \V. W'rli.r, al-
though finding a thousand things to do since com-
iiiK t(» Ihj Ciimpiis Ffh. 1. took time out to pose for
our photographer.
In the short time the> have )>een in residence,
the> ha\f "anned the hearts of all "ho have met '^*' Alumnus is published four times a >ear hy Stisrinehanna Vniversit>, in the month.s «>f September,
.. ' ... December, March and Juni-. Entered as second-class matter. September 26, 1931, at the Post Office in
^'"^" Selinsprove, Pa., under the act of August 24. 1912.
Russell Galt, Dean 1938 - 1959
TEACHER, SCHOLAR AND CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN
tITH HEAVY HEARTS, staff members of the University raised tlie campus flag at iialf mast iii tiie
pearly morning fiours of Monday, March 16, to announce the death of Dean Russell Gait. The Dean
had quietly passed away in his sleep during the night.
Friend and counselor to all students at Susquehanna since 1938, the Dean had also held the respect
and affection of hundreds of older alumni who had the privilege of knowing and working with him. As a
small token of this esteem the Alumni Council arranged for a floral tribute to be sent to the Funeral Home.
Some alumni sent contributions to the Snyder County Cancer Society in his memory.
When it had appeared that the Dean's health would not permit him to continue in his work, on Feb.
4 he announced his retirement, to take efTect in June. Taking this announcement with a deep sense
of loss, his faculty members prepared a citation in recognition of his long and devoted service and pre-
sented it to him on February 12. In the citation, brought to the Dean by Dr. John J. Houtz, '08, his
friends said:
". . . We honor you as a faithful leader and esteem you as a friend and counselor. You have given
tireless and unstinting service to Christian education. Clearly, you have elevated the standards of teach-
ing and scholarship in our school. With affection we salute you as teacher, scholar, and Christian gentle-
man. You are to us the symbol of all the good things for which Su.squehanna University stands."
.41umni President, Raymond P. Garman said, "A true friend has been lost to the Alumni and Sus-
quehanna University. Dean Gait was a wise man and very fair in his dealings with all of us. His Chris-
tian principles in living and teaching shall remain in the hearts of all forever."
Dean Gait was seventy at the time of his death. He had come to Susquehanna twenty-one years ago
from St. Lawrence University where he had served as a visiting professor. Prior to this he had been
Dean of the American University in Cairo, Egypt, for seventeen years.
Born in Philadelphia and educated in the Philadelphia public schools, the Dean was a graduate of
Muskingum College and did his graduate work at Columbia University, where he received both his M. A.
and Ph.D. degrees.
All Alumni express their heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Gait and to Miriam, their daughter.
Dr. Weber's Message To Alumni Woodruff Scholarship
Dear Friends:
Since this is my first official letter to
the aliimtii of Susquehanna University,
may I make it a personal wo^rd of warm
appreciation for all that you have done
for the college in the years past. I knoiv
that u-ithout any further solicitation on
my part this loyalty and support will
grow in the days ahead. iVe have many
ambitious plans for the strengthening of
our college in every respect — faculty,
curricula, physical plant, size of enroll-
ment, beautification of the campus and
all else that will make for a fine Liberal
Arts college.
It is my hope that I shall visit every
area alumni meeting this spring so that
I may greet you personally and I would
add my invitation to those of your presi-
dents to make a special effort to attend
these meetings. Here I shall attempt to
outline for you our dream for the future
in which I know you u^ill want to share.
At the some tim^ also may I urge your
attendance on the campus on Alumni
Day, May 2. As we 'remember lohat our
college has meant to us in the past, and
catch the vision, of what it is yet to be,
we can join hands in bringing about cur
dream of tomorrow.
Sincerely yours.
GusTAVE W. Weber
President
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
FINANCIAL REPORT
Mr. W. Da\ id Gross, treasurer of the Gen-
eral Alumni Assoc, has requested that the
following financial report be published in
the March issue of the 'Quarterly."
Balance on hand at Homecoming,
19.18 _. $ 16.24
Contributions for operation of Al-
umni Meetings:
W. T. Adams ._ 100.00
York-Hanover District Club... 100.00
Committee Members 45.97
Contributions from Fund Drive 4,536.26
Total $4,798.47
Expenses 4,261.39
Balance on hand. Mar. 14, 1959 $ ,537.08
Respectfully submitted,
W. David Gross, Treasurer
General .Mumni Assoc.
This report inspected and approved:
Raymond P. Garman, Sr.,
President
General Alumni Assoc.
FIRE INSPECTORS AT S. U.
The Penna. State Dept. of Labor and In-
dustr> has ordered Susquehanna University
to make extensive repairs, within 30 days,
to seven of its buildings, in order to com-
ply with fire safety regulations.
Bernard W. Krapf, Business Manager,
has announced that the University ha"^
hired an architectural firm to make a
study of existing conditions to more read-
ily comply with the state's demands.
Seibert Hall. Selinsgrove Hall. G. A.,
Hassinger Hall, Steele Science and the three
fraternity houses are the buildings involved
that will need extensive changes. Minor
changes have been ordered by the state in
several of the other buildings.
An appeal has been made to stay the ex-
ecution of the order inasmuch as it would
be impossible to make the necessary re-
pairs within the 30 day period.
There is a possibility, according to Mr.
Krapf, that if the state goes through with
its present plans it will involve an expendi-
ture of approximately $100,000.
In commenting on the recent drive to
eliminate fire hazards at educational insti-
tutions, the Sunbury Daily Item in an edi-
torial said, "It is apparent that, except in
the cases of colleges subsidized bv the com-
.\ full report of the W'oodrull Scholarship
Fund will be sent to the presidents of the
District Alumni Clubs for presentation at
the annual Spring Meetings. Those Alumni
unable to attend these meetings may secui'e
a copy of the report by «riting to the
Alumni Office.
Many of Dr. Woodrufis friends have con-
tributed to the fund and it is so planned that
contributions may be received at any time.
For income tax purposes, checks should
be made out to Susquehanna University,
Woodruff Scholarship Fund.
monwealth, acute financial problems will be
created.
"It is a well-known fact that public sup-
port of independent colleges and universit-
ies has been far short of what it should be,
and that except in \ery rare instances of
heavy endowments they face constant finan-
cial problems. Not the least of these is pay-
ment of adequate salaries to retain capable
instructors, and this point has been heavily
underscored by recent agitation for improv-
ing and expanding the nation's educational
system. That the commonwealth of Penn-
syhania might be considered a factor in
compounding the financial woes of colleges
and universities, in a campaign that has
many doubtful if not unreasonable aspects,
is inconceivable."
THE OLD MUST MAKE WAY FOR THE NEW
This is your last chance to see the old Conservatory of Music. In the background is the
beautiful new Library. Architects are now making pl^ns to landscape this section of the
campus and to erect an impssing entrance.
GIFT TO DR. AND MRS. G. MORRIS SMITH
Pictured above are Dr. and Mrs. Smith with beautiful Imperial Chrysler
presented by Alumni and friends. L. to R., The Rev. Lester J. Karschner,
'37, Chairman of Gift Committee; Mrs. Smith; Dr. Smith; Jerry D. Bogar,
Jr., x'99; Raymond P. Garman, Sr., '30 and Dr. John F. Harkins, '15.
In a note to the Alumni Office, Dr. Smith said, "Thank you everyone.
The Chapel service of Jan. 16. 1959 w/ill remain a happy and unforgettable
memory. The participants in that memorable occasion had our prompt
note of thanks. But what of that host of well wishers, unknown and name-
less to us, who had part in making possible the farewell gift of a matchless
Imperial. These all have our daily gratitude.
"Together you have made travel a joyous experience for Mrs. Smith
and me. We would like to 'hank you all individually. Since this cannot
be done, be assured of our deep appreciation, and of our good wishes
always."
S. U. Grads!
A release by WHO'S WHO on December
30. 1958 has re-affirmed our conviction that
on the whole the product of the church-relat-
ed college is superior to the product of non-
church institutions. The Bulletin of Educa-
tional Philanthropy has a release on "The
Contribution of the Church-Related Col-
leges" iVol. 11. Number 3i. The study
shows that educators, clergy, doctors of
medicine, and librarians, called the dedi-
cated professions, whose attainment quali-
fied them for WHO'S WHO, are educated in
the church-related institution rather than
the secular public and private institution.
Even among educators, listed in WHO'S
WHO. over 50 '"'r more were graduated from
church-related schools than received their
diplomas from secular public or private in-
stitutions. It appears quite evident that
the contribution of the church-related col-
lege and university is "out of all proportion
to the size and number of such institutions."
— U.L.C.A. News Bulletin
Visitors . . .
Visitors to the .AJumni Office since the
last issue of the "Quarterly " included: Paul
R. Nestler, Jr., '.53: Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Scharfe, Jr., '31, and daughter, Susan; Rob-
ert R. Patterson, '50; Ruth E. McCorkill,
'43; Ernest A. Canals, '50 and Daniel T.
McKelvey, '34.
Also Charles W. Gruver, x'58; W. Reuben
Henry. '54; Sally. '51 i Mitchell > and
"Scotty", '50, Small; Horace A. KaufTman,
'40 and Kenneth H. Bathwell, Jr., '54.
The Alumni Office is trying to
track down an old copy of the "Quar-
terly". The issue of June 1955, Vol.
XXIII-No. 4, is the only one missing
from the Alumni files.
The Alumni Office will be grateful
to any Alumnus who can furnish a
copy.
Flashes from the Campus
Gwendolyn Schlegel Kramer, '36, has
given a contribution to Dr. Russ to be used
for the History Dept. Dr. Russ turned it
over to the Library for the purchase of his-
tory books. . .
Dr. T. T. Smith. Professor of Physics at
S. U., presented a gift to the Library of
copies of the Physical Review, official pub-
lication of the American Physical Society,
dating back to 1920. The whole volume is
complete to Dec. 1959. He also gave to
the Library copies of Science Abstracts,
Section A, dating back to 1920. . . .
Robert F. W. Meader. who has spent a
year teaching at The Hun School, Princeton,
N. J., has accepted a position as Director
of the Shaker Museum at old Catham, N.
Y. The museum is the only one in the
world to devote itself to the life and cul-
ture of the Shakers. Mr. Meader will begin
his duties June 15. . .
Dr. Albert A. Zimmer. .Associate Profes-
sor of Education, was recently elected to
the Exec. Committee of the Penna. Associ-
ation of Liberal Arts Colleges for the Ad-
vancement of Teaching. . .
Mar. 4 through 14 saw the highly success-
ful run of "Julius Caesar" in S. U.'s tenth
annual Shakespearean Festival. The "Sus-
quehanna Players" played to a full house
every night even though harassed by a
terrific blizzard that could have daunted
the most avid Shakespearean fans.
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DR. THOMAS F. ARMSTRONG VISITS SOUTH AMERICA
We in North America know \ery little about our neighbors
who inhabit the great continent lying south of the Isthmus of
Panama. Since events taking place there usually have been
overshadowed by happenings in Europe. Asia, and Africa we
are guilty of taking South American nations more or less for
granted if we think of them at all. The unfortunate incidents
that occurred during the tour of Vice President Richard Nixon
served to awaken us rudely and suggested that while Sputniks
and Cold War threaten us from the front all is not without flaws
in our rear. Some comments and general observations about
South America may help to put this neighboring continent in its
proper perspective in our thinking.
Comparisons provide a framework for examining details and
later the drawing of conclusions. Physically the two continents
are strikingly similar in the arrangement of mountainous and
level areas and waterways that give access into the interior.
Principal geographic differences are the greater average height
and extent of the western mountain ranges and the climatic
differences due to zonal placement of the two continental masses
on the surface of the earth. The second difference is especially
important when considering economic activities in nearly similar
topographical regions.
It is in populations, cultures, and general economic activ-
ities rather than in physical comparisons where significant dif-
ferences are found. North America has over twice as many
inhabitants and its generally Nordic and Teutonic culture and
temperament contrasts with the Gallic and Iberian found in
South .'\merica. North America possesses huge manufacturing
facilities in addition to extensive agricultural and extractive
activities while South America is still largely agricultural and
a raw materials continent.
SOUTH AMERICAN HABITS
The visitor to South .America is confronted with an entirely
different culture and economic background than is found in
North America. In South America habits are different, econom-
ically the people are poorer, agricultural methods are more
primitive, manufacturing is much less developed or wide
spread, politically the governments are less stable, people are
more mercurial in their emotions and actions. But South Amer-
ica provides a challenge to the ambitious and indu.strious indi-
vidual. It is a land still far from its peak potential, a land for
youth and a land of the future.
Culture and general mores are still influenced by the Spanish
and Portuguese background of the majority of the white popula-
tion. This in spite of the sizable contributions of English,
French. German, Irish, Italian. Chinese and Japanese popula-
tions in such countries as Argentina, Brazil. Chile, Peru and
Uruguay. Ethnically the majority are Iberian and this has pro-
duced a noticeably slower tempo of living that at once confuses
and annoys those from the northern hemisphere. Time means
less than it does in North America. It is almost a faux pas to
arrive on time for an appointment or a meeting. And meetings
are conducted more leisurely. In Lima, for example, a Rotary
meeting scheduled for nine o'clock in the evening may begin an
hour later and still be in full progress at twelve-thirty the fol-
lowing morning. More time is taken for meals with the evening
meal often eaten after eight o'clock. Concerts in Santiago start
at seven o'clock while the opera in Buenos Aires begins at nine
o'clock. The siesta is not as noticeable to visitors as legend has
it but there is a significant slackening of activity between noon
and three o'clock in the afternoon. Many stores are closed dur-
ing these hours while others operate with reduced clerical staffs.
PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
Indians constitute a majority of the continental population.
Unlike their northern kinsmen who fought and died in resisting
the white man the South American natives apparently gave only
token resistance to succe.ssive invasions of Incas and Spaniards
and accepted conditions imposed by the conquerors and con-
tinued to live their lives much as they had done previously.
The result is that today primitive agricultural methods are
easily come upon and in dre.ss and mannerisms the Indians are
still largely what their ancestors made them. X'arious govern-
ments are doing creditable work in furnishing modern facilities
to these people tnit topography and meagre funds are still con-
stant enemies of any well developed educational, social, or
medical program.
The western portion of the continent is more isolated and
so more primiti\e than are the eastern coastal areas. This is
due primarily to its geographic position. The high, wide and
forbidding .Andes do not allow easy transportation from west to
east. The airplane helps connect the two sides of the continent
but roads are still woefully inadequate and it will take years to
construct even a minimum road system over the entire conti-
nent. The South Pacific Ocean also poses a barrier. Cargoes
from Valpariso and Callao iport of Lima> usually travel coast-
ally northward to the Isthmus and perhaps even to United
States ports before heading westward. There are no usable
island groups in the South Pacific off South America so that
shipping generally a\oids this wide stretch
of water for the salse of safety as well as
for lack of potential re\'enue.
ECONOMICS
Economically South America differs sig-
nificantly from its northern neighbor. The
economies of all South American nations
are based on raw materials exploitation
rather than upon manufacturing. Conti-
nental natural resources are abundant and
well distributed. Coffee, rubber, iron, coal,
precious stones in Brazil: nitrates, copper,
oil in Chile: cattle and oil in Argentina: oil,
iron. lead, copper, gold, silver, uranium
in Peru: oil, iron, emeralds in Venezuela
and Colombia, and so it goes. The suc-
cessful de\elopment of these resources
depends on world demand from the
manufacturing nations. The budgets
of all South American nations rest pre-
cariously on these foreign markets and
any significant change in demand down-
wards may shatter a national budget in
short order. Synthetic nitrates manufac-
tured elsewhere have cut deeply into Chil-
ean nitrate production and a recent sharp
decline in copper prices completely ruined
the national budget that year. Argentina
is sensitive to falling meat prices or de-
creased import quotas set by customer
countries, Brazil feels quickly a decline in
coffee prices, \'enezuela is ad\ersely affect-
ed when iron or oil prices slacken. Similar
crises constantly confront financial and
treasury officials in sister South American
nations.
The existence of these dependent econom-
ies undoubtedly accounts for much of the
anti-American feeling found in South .'Am-
erica and vented on Mr. Nixon. The poor
people, and the great majority are still des-
perately poor, know only that a price de-
cline means loss of their jobs and that their
families will suffer. Such conditions pro-
vide fertile ground for the seeds of social-
ism and communism.
-About seventy percent of the South Amer-
icans are still poorly fed. poorly clothed,
and poorly housed. Some twenty-five per-
cent are poor or middle class, while the
remaining five percent constitutes the rich
and ruling group. The military has always
been a means of controlling the masses
and as a result there has been a succession
of juntas and dictatorships. The most po-
litically stable of the nations have been
Ecuador and Uruguay. This is interesting
since Ecuador is over se\'enty-five percent
Indian while Uruguay is almost ninety-nine
percent white. Frequently coups and revo-
lutions ha\e taken place in the other na-
tions since they won their freedom from
Spain during the first half of the nineteenth
century. Permitting deposed strong men
to reside peaceably in the United States
has not endeared us to South Americans.
That our political philosophy may justify
this giving of asylum is not accepted w-ell
by those who may ha\e suffered great in-
justices at the hands of these rejected
leaders. Such situations may explain some
more of the antagonism evidenced during
the Nixon tour of South America.
NATIONALISM
The rising tide of nationalism has brought
about agitation demanding abolition of con-
trols exercised by any foreign group. Such
feelings cannot help but affect any pro-
gram designed to develop natural resourc-
es. Brazil insists that her nationals control
at least fifty-one percent of any company
operating within her borders while Argen-
tina and Chile are only now beginning to
permit development of their oil fields by
outside interests. Foreign companies are
fixtures in developing resources in Bolivia,
Peru, and Venezuela and for years copper
development in Chile has been controlled
by foreign capital. Peru and Uruguay are
two nations where private interests are
permitted to operate under reasonable reg-
ulation by the government. Unhealthy
isms' have attached themselves to the
healthy nationalistic spirit which seeks to
improve social and economic conditions.
South American communists were active
during the Nixon visit to Peru and Venezuela
and their presence may provide a third rea-
son for the unfriendly reception given the
Nixons.
A fourth reason for the Nixon trouble
might be placed at the door of our own na-
tive or naturalized socialist and commun-
ist elements who are ever ready to em-
barrass our efforts to establish and main-
tain harmonious relations with other gov-
ernments.
U. S. AID
Contrary to common belief the United
States has funneled large amounts of mon-
ey and technical assistance into South Am-
erica. In every nation one meets indi-
viduals who are in residence as technical
advisors under the Point Four Program.
Government built docks at Callao, the port
for Lima, illustrates this foreign aid. Un-
fortunately some of the proffered aid has
found its way into the pockets of sticky-
fingered politicians who have used the
money for their own personal benefit. The
control of import licenses is an especially
lucrative way of lining one's pockets. Graft
seems to have a definite place in the South
American Way of Life. In some areas as
much as twenty percent of profits alleged-
ly goes to satisfy the itching palms of local
officialdom.
Despite incompetence and thievery by
some officials South America has produced
its share of public spirited and great men
such as Ramon Castile, a former four times
president of Peru. These men must be
lauded for their trojan efforts to improve
living standards. Under such leaders the
several governments have battled against
uneven terrain, dryness of climate in many
regions and excessive rainfall in others, en-
ervating heat, greedy politicians, an apa-
thetic populace, inadequate funds, as well
as hastily formulated and totally unrealistic
programs. Concrete examples of govern-
mental actixity designed to alleviate the
poverty and living conditions of the people
are found in the growing number of rural
schools, low cost housing projects, medical
programs, and the like.
One must also recognize the sizable
amount of aid given to resource develop-
ment throughout South America by the past
and present activities of pri\ate interests
in the United States and other nations.
These latter sources, by giving employ-
ment and developing markets, have brought
business to the continent. Methods em-
ployed by these private groups have been
criticized frequently from without as well
as within South America but unquestionably
they have benefited the continent in many
ways,
PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS
Food and water problems still exist. Con-
ditions on the western side of the conti-
nent are generally more primitive in these
respects than those found on the eastern
side. The western nations being less well
known and less frequently visited do not
have the advantages of the tourist dollar
as do countries such as Argentina and Bra-
zil. In most countries it is advisable to
boil all water before drinking it and to ex-
ercise care in the preparation and cooking
of foods.
In summation, we can say that North and
South America must learn to work togeth-
er. They are neighbors and each has re-
sources not possessed by the other. A
sound public relations program is essential
in a world of suspicion and cold wars. The
peoples of the two continents must not al-
low themselves to be held apart because
of disruptive groups whose motto is "Di-
vide and Conquer," South American nations
are .still immature in many respects. Na-
tionalistic programs have a place in any
process of growing up. They are not evi-
dences of national delinquency. South Am-
ericans are a proud people who do not want
paternalism or charity but rather under-
standing and sincerely offered help that will
assist them in developing their potentials.
Patience must be exercised by both sides
as a program leading to mutual respect is
developed. North America must not and
can not take South America for granted.
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Club News
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Lynne 0. Ramer, '23
"THESE ARE RAMER'S"! This was the
sign tacked on a pair of good old fashioned
"longies" outstretched and impaled on a
tree between Selinsgrove Hall and Seibert
Hall. There the silly things hung, spitefully
and mockingly for the whole day. much to
the anguish of one young freshman and the
merriment of the rest of the college.
That evening, in October 1919, saw the
grand scale burning of sLx pairs of long
underwear behind the boiler plant on the
campus, even though it meant explanations
to a guardian at a later date. Subsequent
purchase of a more modern type of under-
garment was one further step towards a
liberal education.
Thus Lynne 0. Ramer remembers his
days in the "halls on the hillside" at S. U.
It seems, in later years, Mr. Ramer found
the culprit who had played such a dastard-
ly trick and evened the score by an equally
nasty trick which, unfortunately, is not re-
lated in his letter to the Mumni Office.
About Mr. Ramer himself there is much
of interest. He has been with the Chevrolet
Engineering Division of General Motors
Corporation continuously since 1943, except
for three and one half years when he took
time out to teach mathematics at the Uni-
versity of Buffalo. For the past four years
at General Motors he has been a Stress An-
alyst. He maintains his interest in mathe-
matics, however, by teaching part time at
Wayne State University and Lawrence In-
stitute of Technology, both in Detroit. He
also exercises his theological training, serv-
ing as a "perpetual deacon" in the Episco-
pal Diocese of Michigan.
The proud father of four children and even
prouder grandfather of six grandchildren,
Mr. Ramer and his wife Evelyn live in
Royal Oak, Michigan and lament the fact
that they are not able to return to the
campus as often as they would like.
"Scholastic records, of course, are import-
ant," reminisces Mr. Ramer. "but lasting
value also has iDeen found in those friend-
ships, gained at S. U., that have continued
throughout the past thirty-six years."
This year the District Alumni Club Spring
Meetings will hold special interest in that
Dr. Weber, S. U.'s new president, is plan-
ning to attend as many as possible. It is
hoped that Mrs. Weber will accompany him
as often as she can.
Below are listed those clubs that, as of
this date, have scheduled meetings:
Altoona: April 10. Allegheny Lutheran
Home, 916 Hickory St., Hollidaysburg,
6:30 p. m.
Center-Union: April 22. Evangelical I'nited
Bietliren Church, Aaronsburg.
Harrisburg: April 16. City Line Diner, 19th
& Paxton Sts., Harrisburg. 6:30 p. m.
Lehigh Valley: Although the annual dinner
meeting is held in the fall, members plan
a covered dish social at the home of Larry
Isaacs, 242 Flagstone Dr., Bethlehem on
April 17.
North New Jersey - New York: .April 18.
Peacock House iRt. 46-west of Rt. 23 in
Eastbound Lane'. 7:30 p. m.
Philadelphia: April 17. Poor Richard Club,
1319 Locust St . Philadelphia. 6:30 p. m.
Susquehanna Valley: April 23. On campus
in Horton Dining Hall. 6:00 p. m.
Wllllamsport: April 21. Notices of time and
place will be sent out later.
York-Hanover: .April 9. United Church of
Christ in the square of .Abbottstown, 6:30
p. m. The club is also sponsoring a night
at the AUenberry Playhouse on June 29
when "Make a Million" will be playing.
Just Married .. .
Marvel Cowling, '.53 to Franklin Eugene
Robinson, of Swarthmore, Pa., on Feb. 21
at Teaneck, N. J. Mrs. Robinson is a
lieutenant in the U. S. Navy assigned to
Staff Hdqrs. at Phila. Mr. Robinson is in
business with his father. They are resid-
ing in Drexel Hill, Pa.
Lucille Kepner, '54, to John Lee Westhafer
of New Cumberland, Pa., on Feb. 14 in
Steelton, Pa. Mrs. Westhafer is a food
analyst for the H. J. Heinz Co. in Cham-
bersbiu'g. Pa., where Mr. Westhafer is a
bacteriologist. They will reside in Cham-
bersburg. Russell E. Sheetz, '33, was or-
ganist for the wedding.
Milan J. Kratier, '57, to Sandra Kay Shoop
of Berrysburg. Pa., in Jan. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. John J.
Weikel, '22, in the Trinity Lutheran and
Reformed Church. Dalmatia, Pa.
MRS. REARK K
Mrs. Annie Klose Rearick, wife of Dr.
William M. Rearick. member of Susque-
hanna's Board of Directors, died March 7
at her home. She had been in failing health
for some time prior to her death.
Stork Stalking . . .
Bingaman, a daughter. Lisa Eileen, on Jan.
13 to Larry, '55, and Carlene Lamade,
'55, Bingaman.
Bowers, a daughter, Lois .Ann, on Nov. 9,
to Richard and Marilyn Fetterolf, '54,
Bowers.
Boyle, a son. to Donald. Feb. '59, and Mrs.
Boyle on Oct. 1!!. The Boyle's now live
in Massillon, Ohio, where Don is Director
of the local branch of the Boy's Club of
America.
Budd, a son. Richard Clayton. Jr.. on Dec.
13 to Richard and Marguerite HefTelfinger,
'53. Budd.
Cope, a son. Robert Alan, to Roy H. '52
and Mrs. Cope, Nov, 21, 1958.
DIehl, a son, Steven Curtis, to John '52, and
Maxine Chambers, '52 Diehl on Dec. 15.
Little Steve joins sister Debbie Ann in the
family circle.
Engle, a daughter. Ruth Esther, born Feb.
9 to Carl and Christine Harman, '53.
Engle. Baby Ruth follows in the foot-
steps of older brother Samuel.
Kler, a daughter, Mary Wright, on Dec. 25
to Pastor William and Hope Harbeson.
'48, Kier. Small Mary was a Christmas
gift for 5 year old brother Samuel.
Moglia, a daughter, Lori Ann, to Richard,
'47, and Mrs. Moglia on Jan. 7.
Myers, a son, Glenn Earl, to Earl and
Beatrice Morrow, '53, Myers on Dec. 19.
Tietbohl, a son, Jon Alan, on Jan. 2 to Dr.
Ralph, '49, and Susan Foltz, '51, Tietbohl.
Young Jon makes a third son for the Tiet-
bohls outnumbering their daughter three
to one.
Wagner, a son, Chris Alan, on Oct. 10. to
Harry, '.58 and Dorothy Sites. ',54. Wagner.
Wolfe, a daughter. Linda Renee. born last
Mar. 29 to Leroy. '57 and Nancy Marek.
'57. making her all of a year old.
NECROLOGY
Ira. Z. Fenstermacher, 04, of Bowers, Pa.
died Jan. 9. Prior to his death he had
been an investigator with Hooper-Holmes
Bureau, Inc.
J. Frank Keller, x, former .Associate Judge
of Snyder Co.. died at his home in Selins-
grove on Jan. 13. after an illness of eight
months. .Mr. Keller was well-known in
Selinsgrove. having taken an active part
in politics for many years.
The Rev. Clarence E. Naugle, '24. died Dec.
29. at his home in Calif. Prior to his death
he had been .Ass't. Pastor of Trinity
Chui'ch. Long Beach.
Sidney R. Warden, '31. died May 3. 19,58. at
his home in Trucksville. Pa. He had been
a teacher in the Jr.-Sr. High School at
Wilkes-Barre prior to his death.
— Susquehannans on Parade — '49
f(\'t Dr. B. Meade Wagenseller has re-
j I tired as Director of the Clinical
Laboratory at the Selinsgrove State School.
He has held this position for the past seven-
teen years. Prior to this he taught at
Dre.xel. the U. of Conn, and Temple.
'09
Dr. Ira S. Sassaman, now in retire-
ment, and Mrs. Sassaman have
moved from Selinsgrove to McLean. Va..
where they will reside with their daughter
and son-in-laW'.
X>-| -I Dr. Miles R. Derk, former state
I I senator, was named administra-
tive director of the Penna. Dept. of Agri-
culture and will have charge of professional
relations in veterinary ser\'ice as they per-
tain to public health.
'15
Dr. J. Frank Faust retired in June
as superintendent of schools after
thirty-six years in the Chambersburg. Pa.
school system. 18 of these years were
spent as Principal and 18 as Superintend-
ent.
'16
The Rev. David
S. Kammerer
was honored in "A
Night of Appreciation"
upon his retirement
in Oct. as pastor of
St. Paul. Littlestown.
Pa. He was presented
with a plaque and a
check in appreciation
of his 33 years of
service.
^g^
Rev. Kammerer
> 1 A The Rev. Harry F. Shoaf, First
1 »/ Presbyterian Church. Northumber-
land, has been called to another parish in
Osceola. Pa.
'00 ^'^' ^°"°^^ ^- Pace is Chairman
^0 of 'he Dept. of Physiology and Di-
rector of the Nebraska Institute of Cellular
Growth at Nebraska U. He has received
national recognition for his work in cancer
research.
'29
Henry R. Carlchner, Executive Sec-
retary of the Cranston. R. I..
V.M.C.A. since 1953. will see the first unit
of a million dollar building dedicated in
June. One of his pet projects has been a
Y.M.C..'\. Day Camp which is now rated
one of the best in New England.
'33 i
Donald Steele has been elected
president of the Northumberland
County Bar Assoc.
f*}A The Rev. Henry H. Cassler, in Feb.,
Jt^ assumed duties as Protestant Chap-
lain at the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary.
Sara Ulrlch Tolllnger received her master's
degree in Speech Correction from Temple
U. in Feb. 1958. She has applied for basic
certification in the American Speech and
Hearing Assoc.
'38
Dr. Eleanor B.
Brown has ac-
cepted an appoint-
ment as Ass't. Prof,
of Business, effective
Sept. 1. 1959. at the
San Jose State Col-
lege. Calif.
'39
Dr. Eleanor Brown
Jess M. Kem-
berling, in
Jan.. was the subject
of a feature article in
the Sunbury Daily Item giving the high-
lights of his success as a restauranteur.
His 10 Dutch Pantry restaurants are locat-
ed in Pa. and Fla.
'40
Horace Kauffman, on Jan. 1. was
made Superintendent of Production
for RCA at Lancaster. Pa.
%v -
Dr. G. L. Musser
Chri.st. Wilkinsburg
ft -1 Dr. Glenn L.
T; I Musser has
been appointed to the
newly established po-
sition of Vice-Pres.
for Systems and Op-
erations with Haller.
Raymond and Brown.
Inc.. State College.
Pa. The Rev. G. Rob-
ert Booth has accept-
ed a call to the Trin-
ity United Church of
Pa.
> J/» Blair Heaton resigned his position
t^Q as teacher-coach in the Selinsgrove
High School to teach mathematics at Rye
Neck High School, Mamaroneck. N. V.
J J py Stanley L. Nale received his doctor-
^1 ate from Penn State U. in Jan. W.
David Gross was recently elected to the Se-
linsgrove Borough Council. He is treasurer
of the Gen. .Mumni Assoc.
'48
Daniel Reiti has accepted the posi-
tion of Director of Religious Educa-
tion at St. John's Lutheran Church in Balti-
more where the Rev. I. Wilson Kepner, '24
is pastor.
James Rellly has been made Pacif-
ic Coast Division Manager for the
Mennen Co. He and his wife, the former
Marilyn Beers, '51, have moved to Calif.
>J^A Kenneth Small, accompanied by his
ij\J wife, the former Sally Mitchell,
'SI, was on campus Jan. 5. when "Scotty"
gave a lecture on guided missiles at Phi Mu
Delta. It was very well received.
'51
Martha Albert Putnam and her hus-
band are living in Saudi Arabia with
33 other American families, all part of the
Trans-.^rabian Pipe Line Co. Her address
is Box 1348. Beirut, Lebanon.
>r^O Felix Torromeo has been appointed
3^ administrative trainee under the
first internship program set up by the Board
ol Elducation of Lindenhurst. N. Y. This
lirogram is designed to train school admin-
istrators. Jackey McKeever appeared on
the Ed. Sullivan show from Portugal on
Mar. 22 with Maurice Chevalier and the
Ames Brothers. The Rev. Charles L. Bom-
boy has been pastor of the Presbyterian
Church in Ashley. Pa. for the past year.
Lester Heilman is now associated with the
home office of Westinghouse Lamp Division
in Allentown as a Manufacturer's Represen-
tative. He and his wife, the former Helen
Thomas, x'S7 make their home in Harris-
burg, Pa.
*C0 ''^"' **■ '^^*"^''' ■'''•' I'ecently dis-
J) J charged from the Navy, returns to
his family business, the Green Lane Hosiery
Co,
'Cyl J°a"" Mosholder Layman has been
3t selected as a participant in the Bi-
ology Program of the National Science
Foundation In-Service Institute of Arizona
State L'niv,, Tempe, Ariz. Mrs. Layman
received her master's degree from Ariz.
State U. in 1958 and is presently teaching
biology at Mesa High School. Ariz.
Xfpt Bruce Bobb recently appeared in
J)4 a picture with Philip Little. Na-
tional Easter Seal Poster Boy. Bruce is
therapist for the York Co. Pa. Cerebral
Palsy Society at the Betsy Ross Training
Center.
'CO ^^'' ^' ^^^''*^' has accepted a posi-
JO tion as a music therapist in the
Charity Hospital. New Orleans. La.
X'CO ^^♦'■'^'3 Eitzen is employed as a
JQ medical secretary at Lankenau
Hospital in Phila. Charles W. Gruver is
now residing at 3C2(i N. 2nd St.. Harrisburg,
Pa., uith his wife and year old daughter.
OUR SUPPORT OF
OUR ALMA MATER
In an interesting pamphlet prepared by Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.,
the statement is made: "Supporting our educational and charitable institutions is
evcryhodi/'n responsibility."
Our country has never been more prosperous, continues the pamphlet. Business is
booming, and salaries are at their all-time peak. The average American's standard of
living is higher than ever before.
But thei-e are two kinds of organizations
that have not felt the benefits of prosperity
—that have, in fact, been penalized by the
inflation that goes with this prosperity.
They are our educational and charitable in-
stitutions, the great bulwarks of our free-
dom. Now more than ever before, our
colleges and universities, churches, librar-
ies, community chests, and other benevolent
organizations need public support.
The cost of materials and services has
doubled in two decades. The buying power
of the dollar has decrea.sed to approximate-
ly half its purchasing power of twenty years
ago. Endowment fund income and dona-
tions will buy far less than they once did.
At present, it is estimated that half our
private colleges are operating at a deficit,
and many have been forced to dip into their
endowments in order to stay in existence.
Our charitable, religious, cultural, and sci-
entific organizations are also going through
a critical period financially. Their need
has never been greater.
Philanthrophy used to be the province of
the wealthy — the Rockefellers and Car-
negies. Today public-spirited people in ev-
ery income bracket are recognizing the
need for financial support of the institutions
that benefit society, and they are rising to
the occasion with whatever they feel they
can afford. They know that money is the
lifeblood of those institutions, the means by
which they realize their aims. And they
are giving to the causes they believe in.
Private philanthropy rather than govern-
ment subsidy has always been the chief
suppoi't of our humanitarian organizations.
And Congress, recognizing the wisdom of
this arrangement, set up our tax structure
to favor the private donor. Our federal in-
come tax laws now allow deductions on
personal contributions up to 30 per cent of
adjusted gross income, which, broadly
speaking, is gross income less business,
capital gain and capital loss deductions.
That means that any man or woman wish-
ing to help support an institution in which
he or she believes can make a gift of two-
tenths land in some cases three-tenths > of
his or her income in any given year and
take the deduction as a charitable contri-
bution. Thus the dollar amount of any
such contribution is considerably greater
than the out-of-pocket cost, especially for
donors in the higher income brackets.
A contribution to our Alma .Mater is an
investment in the future of our country and
will earn you not only the gratitude of all
those who labor for the University but also
the lasting satisfaction of knowing that you
have materially aided a cause you believe
in.
yours
to
give
SCENE FROM JULIUS CAESAR
Richard Handley, Harry Haney, Jr
Betty Flood
The Inauguration of Susque-
hanna University's thirteenth
president, Dr. Gustave W.
Weber, will take place on Fri-
day, May 22.
All Alumni are invited to the
Service of Inauguration which
will be held at 2:30 p. m. At
this service there will be rep-
resentatives from all Pennsyl-
vania Colleges, all United Luth-
eran Church Colleges, and the
Women's Auxiliary.
A reception will be held at 4
p. m. in Heilman Hall for all
those attending the Service of
Inauguration.
Onward, ye Crusaders
Baseball
Coach Dick Hummel. x'40, will again con-
trol the destinies of the Crusader's baseball
team.
With twenty candidates turning out for
the first practice period, the coach will
have to rely on seven letter-men led by
pitcher-catcher. Joe Barlow of Ashland,
Pa. The schedule follows:
April 9— Bucknel! ...A
April 13— Gettysburg H
April 17— Lycoming A
April 23— Elizabethtown H
April 25— Wilkes A
April 29— Albright H
May 2— Wilkes .H
May 4 — Dickinson H
May 6 — Scranton __ A
May 12 — Lebanon Valley A
May 16— Juniata A
May 18 — Lycoming H
Mav 23— Drexel H
Coaches At MASCAC
Coaches Stagg. Keil, Pittello and Barr
recently attended the sessions of the Middle
Atlantic States College Athletic Conference
at the University of Delaware. At the ses-
sions, Coach Stagg was elected a member
of the E.xecutive Committee of the Confer-
ence.
Roy Bilger, Coach Witiak Outstanding
Roy Bilger, '49 continues his success as
Basketball Coach with the West Reading
High School, as his team played before
7500 fans to win a smashing 77-42 victory
over Hummelstown High School while on
their way to a possible Class "C" Pennsyl-
vania State Championship.
Coach Bilger has a 6' 7", 230 pound Sopho-
more by the name of Ron Krick who prom-
ises to be one of the top players in the East
by the time he becomes a senior. He
dumped in 36 points against Hummelstown
although double-teamed most of the game.
'Wonder what it would take for S. U. to get
such a boy?
Tennis
For the first time in a number of years
the Crusaders will have an intercollegiate
tennis team.
Coached by Professor Amos Alonzo Stagg.
Jr., the team will participate in seven
games with the following schedule:
April 17— Lycoming at Williamsport
April 25 — Wilkes at Wilkes-Barre
April 28— Albright at S. U.
May 2— Wilkes at S. U.
May 4— Dickinson at S. U.
May 14 — Lebanon Valley at Annville.
May 18— Lycoming at S. U.
Blackboard Session With Coach Barr
"Gene " Witiak has played his last season
with the Crusaders' Basketball team, and
Coach Barr is hard-pressed to find a suit-
able replacement.
IK^EP
"GENE" WITIAK
The 6' 2", 185 pound Alden, Pennsylvania
(suburb of Philadelphia) boy, was poison
under the basket to all opponents.
Always playing a clean, hard game,
"Geno", made a good impression for Sus-
quehanna whenever and wherever he don-
ned his uniform.
Joe Osinchak of Morea, Pennsylvania and
Ron Aller ol Harrisburg also called it cur-
tains this year on their college basketball
careers.
Both boys responded well to Coach Barr's
coaching, and according to the Coach, were
two of the finest team-players he has ever
had.
Witiak. Osinchak. and Aller are good
students, popular on the campus and the
kind of athletes who do credit to their Alma
Mater.
The season's record <5-15> does little to
indicate the hard-working performance of
this year's team. Several games were lost
in heaitbreaking overtime and several more
by less than six points. Some good-looking
prospects have enrolled for Sept. which
tends to brighten the outlook.
The team was feted at the Susquehanna
Valley Country Club, Wednesday. April 1.
when Basketball Coach John Egli of Penn
State U. was principal speaker.
Reunion Classes
and
Class Representatives
EMERITUS
Kiiwin M. Brungart
400 Walnut St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
1909
Dr. Ira Sassaman
CO Alumni Olflce, Susquehanna Univ.
1914
Lewis Lenhart
124 E. Curtain St., Bellefonte, Pa.
1919
The Rev. Harry F. Shoaf
Osceola, Pa.
1924
Atty. Alvin W. Carpenter
Market St.. Sunbury, Pa.
1929
Mrs. Helen Carter Gehret
504 Woodlyn .Ave., Norristown, Pa.
1934
Daniel T. McKelvey
572 Vine St., Hazleton, Pa.
1939
Frank Laudenslayer
632 Washington St., Reading. Pa.
1944
The Rev. Henry Hopkins
914 S. 21st St.. Harrisbui-g, Pa.
1949
James Peters
R. D. No. 3, Lewisburg, Pa.
1954
Reuben Henry
702 Madison Ave., York, Pa.
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
POSTMASTER— Please notify if undelivered
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office as Second Class Matter
ALUMNI DAY
Saturday, May 2
9:30 Registration and Coffee Hour in G. A.
10 :30 Alumni Council Meeting in Little Theatre.
(Each class and district club should be represented.)
12:00 Luncheon.
Reunion groups will be assigned private rooms in Seibert Hall.
(Non-reunion alumni may lunch in Horton Dining Hall)
2:00 Genei-al Assembly in Seibert Hall.
Alumni President Garman, presiding.
Dr. Weber will be introduced and speak to the group.
3 :30 Baseball and Outdoor Band Concert.
S. U. vs. Wilkes College.
6 :00 Annual Banquet in Horton Dining Hall.
RESERVATION SLIP
Plea.se Re.serve place (s) for me in the non-Reunion Group
for Luncheon. [^ $1.00 per person.
Please Reserve place (s) for me at the Annual Alumni
Banquet in the evening. Q] $1.-50 per person.
All re.servations must be made by April 25, 1959.
Signed:
Memherfi of Reunion Classes make their luncheon reservations
through class representative.
1 m m'"m'w-
At Commencement Exercises May 30, 1959 honorary degrees were presented to three distinguished alumni. In the
picture they are congratulated by President Weber. — L. to r.: The Rev. Harold Lee Rowe '34, D.D., Pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church, Johnstown: Dr. Ralph C. Geigle '35, Pd.D., Superintendent of Schools, Reading; Dr. Charles E.
Chaffee '27, Pd.D., Superintendent of Schools, Bethlehem; Dr. Weber.
The Susquehanna
ALUMNUS
VOL. xxvin
JUNE 1959
NO. 4
OFFICERS
OF THE ASSOCIATION
Kkctcd Alumni Day 1959
llimiirury President
Dr. John 1. Wootlniff, "88
President
l.awTfnci- M. Isaacs, "43
1st Vice President
Paul M. Haines, '31
2nd Viee President
Mrs. Mary Farlling HoUway, "28
Reccrdinfi Secretary
Mrs. La\an R. Kohinson, '46
Treasurer
W. Da\-icl Gross, '47
Statistician
Edwin M. Brunjiart, '00
Mend)ers-at-Larpc
Ra\inon<l P. Gamian, Sr., '30
P.tir .Sluit>, '38
Representatiie on Univ. Board oj Trustees
Clyde R. Spitzner, '37
Representatives to Athletic Committee
PiTcc Apple%ard, '22
Jolin M. Aut't-n, '28
Jot It Down ....
HOMECOMING
1959
OCTOBER
31
IN THIS ISSUE
Tile Sustpiehanna Alumnus is happy to
present in tliis issue, "Tlie College Teacher:
1959."
The American Aiunini Council, of wliich
Susc|uehanna is a meniher, has prepared
this thought-provoking survey, and hopes
alunmi everywhere will get from it a better
understanding of the role of tlie college
teacher.
In the next few years Susquehanna ex-
pects to increa.sc the size of her student
body. Teachers will be available but the
(|iiali(y of the teaching to a large degree,
will depend upon the support given the Un-
iversity by her Alumni.
We devote our entire issue fo this im-
portant and timely subject. Local news
from Sus(|uehanna may be found on the in-
side and o)ifsidc of the back cover.
Froin
Larry Isaacs
To THE Alumni:
Dr. Custave W. Weber, the new president of the L'ni\eisit\. has iitiiny
changes and inipro\'enients imder acti\e consideration for an improved and ex-
panded Sus(niehaniia Uni\ersity, Many of you have heard of these plans either
directly from President Weber or indirectly from other alumni. 1 am c<rfain
that the Aiunuii Association «ants to support the new administration fully i
the.se activities. Many independent foundations or funds base tlie aiiKunit of hi
they will give to the University, either in wlioh' or in part, upon the percent m
alunmi contributing to the University.
In the near future, it is expected that tlie Executive Comuil of the .\himni
A.ssociatioii will iirepan- a proposed plan for almnni participatiiiii in the fiiturr
growth of Susquchamia University. As soon as this plan is fully developed, it
will be submitted to the full Alumni Council as well as to the C.eneral .\lumnl
Association. In these critical da>s, the need has never been greater for strengtli-
ening liberal arts schools such as Susquehanna Universitv-.
>AaM>^
L. M. ls.\.\{:s.
President of the Alumni Association
. . . and from President Weber
Dear Fhiends and Alumni:
The story featured in this issue could be told of any faculty member of Sus-
(juehanna University. Since all of you are now out in the world of business you
can appreciate more and mor<- the contribution the faculty made in preparing ynu
to meet your responsibilities. Vou also know about the growing shortage of qual-
ified teachers in our colleges across the land. Please read the following pat;'
carefully, since in measure beyond your realization, the future of our oillege, ii
faculty, its program, its growtli; will rest scjuarely on your decision to support il.
and to the degree in which this support comes innuediately.
Faculty salaries are notoriou.sly low in all collc-ges. Susquehanna University
is no exception, although steps have been taken to rectify this to .some degree for
next year. Many of our alumni have, through the years, assumed no responsibil-
ity for the financial support of their Alma Mater, or else the gift was but a token.
The time has come for real .soul-searching about your personal support of thf
growing needs of your college, and prompt action in your response to that ntfd
We can make of the college what you would like it to be, but frankK. it cost>
money. Can we coimt on your sujiport?
If you want to know the problems your president faces, read the secbon
"What Price Dcdieation?" If I had w ritten it myself the picture could not bi'
truer here at Susquehanna University. This is just one pressing need. 1 will TO'
repeat the obvious needs to you, for it is my resiionsibilitv to solve them, i
pledge to do this to the best of my talent. But you too, nmst help. If yoii haw
not ccmtributed to your Loyalty Fund, it can still be done. Read and ponder, aM
if you sense an urgency to act, do it now.
Sincerely yours,
CU SI A\ i: W. Weder,
President oj the Vnieersitij
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post OfTice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912.
Published four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in months of September, December, March and June.
THE COLLEGE
TEACHER: 1959
''If I were sitting here
and the whole outside world
were indifferent to what I
was doing, I would still want
to be doing just what lam/'
<m% --f
I'VE ALWAYS FOUND IT SOMEWHAT HARD TO
SAY JUST WHY I CHOSE TO BE A PROFESSOR.
There are many reasons, not all of them tangible
things which can be pulled out and explained. I still
hear people say, "Those who can, do; those who
can't, teach." But there are many teachers who can.
They are teachers because they have more than the
usual desire to communicate. They are excited enough
about something to want to tell others, have others
love it as they love it, tell people the how of some-
thing, and the why.
I like to see students who will carry the intellectual
spark into the world beyond my time. And I like to
think that maybe 1 have something to do with this.
THERE IS A CERTAIN FREEDOM
IN THIS JOB, TOO.
A professor doesn't punch a time clock. He is allowed
the responsibility of planning his own time and activi-
ties. This freedom of movement provides something
very valuable — time to think and consider.
I've always had the freedom to teach what I believe
to be true. I have never been interfered with in what
I wanted to say — either in the small college or in the
large university. I know there have been and are in-
fringements on academic freedom. But they've never
happened to me.
THE COLLEGE
TEACHER: 1959
I LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE.
I REGARD MYSELF AS YOUNG.
I'm still eager about many of the things I was eager
about as a young man. It is gratifying to see bright
young men and women excited and enthusiastic about
scholarship. There are times when I feel that I'm only
an old worn boulder in the never-ending stream of
students. There are times when I want to flee, when I
look ahead to a quieter life of contemplation, of
reading things I've always wanted to read. Then a
brilliant and likeable human being comes along,
whom I feel I can help — and this makes it all the
more worthwhile. When I see a young teacher get a
start, I get a vicarious feeling of beginning again.
THE COLLEGE
TEACHER: 1959
PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THE
"DRAWBACKS" IN TEACHING.
I find it difficult to be glib about this. There are major
problems to be faced. There is this business of salaries,
of status and dignity, of anti-intellectualism, of too
much to do in too little time. But these are problems,
not drawbacks. A teacher doesn't become a teacher
in spite of them, but with an awareness that they
exist and need to be solved.
AND THERE IS THIS
MATTER OF "STATUS."
Terms like "egghead" tend to suggest that the in-
tellectual is something like a toadstool — almost phys-
ically different from everyone else. America is ob-
sessed with stereotypes. There is a whole spectrum of
personalities in education, all individuals. The notion
that the intellectual is somebody totally removed from
what human beings are supposed to be is absurd.
TODAY MAN HAS LESS TIME
ALONE THAN ANY MAN BEFORE HIM.
But we are here for only a limited time, and I would
rather spend such time as I have thinking about the
meaning of the universe and the purpose of man, than
doing something else. I've spent hours in libraries
and on park benches, escaping long enough to do a
little thinking. I can be found occasionally sitting
out there with sparrows perching on me, almost.
"fVe may always be running jusi to keep
from falling behind. But the person who
is a teacher because he wants to teach,
because he is deeply interested in people
and scholarship, will pursue it as long as
he can." — Loren C. Eiseley
T
Xhi
HE CIRCUMSTANCE is a Strange one. In recent
years Americans have spent more money on the trappings of
higher education than ever before in history. More
parents than ever have set their sights on a college education
for their children. More buildings than ever
have been put up to accommodate the crowds. But in the
midst of this national preoccupation with higher
education, the indispensable element in education — the
teacher — somehow has been overlooked.
The results are unfortunate — not only for college teachers, but
for college teaching as well, and for all whose lives it touches.
If allowed to persist, present conditions could lead
to so serious a decline in the excellence of higher education
that we would require generations to recover from it.
Among educators, the problem is the subject
of current concern and debate and experiment. What is missing,
and urgently needed, is full public awareness of the
problem — and full public support of measures to deal with it.
H,
-ERE IS A TASK for the college alumnus and alumna. No one
knows the value of higher education better than
the educated. No one is better able to take action, and to
persuade others to take action, to preserve and increase its value.
Will they do it? The outlines of the problem, and some
guideposts to action, appear in the pages that follow.
WILL WE RUN OUT OF
COLLEGE TEACHERS?
No; there will always be someone to fill classroom vacancies. But
quality is almost certain to drop unless something is done quickly
'\ '\ T^^^^ "^rOJL THE TEACHERS COME FROM?
^W The number of students enrolled in America's
^ * colleges and universities this year exceeds last
year's figure by more than a quarter miUion. In ten years
it should pass six milHon — nearly double today's en-
rollment.
The number of teachers also may have to double. Some
educators say that within a decade 495,000 may be needed
— more than twice the present number.
Can we hope to meet the demand? If so, what is Ukely
to happen to the quality of teaching in the process?
"Great numbers of youngsters will flood into our col-
leges and universities whether we are prepared or not," a
report of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching has pointed out. "These youngsters will be
taught — taught well or taught badly. And the demand for
teachers will somehow be at least partly met — if not with
well-prepared teachers then with ill-prepared, if not with
superior teachers then with inferior ones."
MOST IMMEDIATE is the problem of finding enough
qualified teachers to meet classes next fall. Col-
lege administrators must scramble to do so.
"The staffing problems are the worst in my 30years'
experience at hiring teaching staff"," said one college presi-
dent, replying to a survey by the U.S. Office of Educa-
tion's Division of Higher Education.
"The securing and retaining of well-trained, eff"ective
teachers is the outstanding problem confronting all col-
leges today," said another.
One logical place to start reckoning with the teacher
shortage is on the present faculties of American colleges
and universities. The shortage is hardly alleviated by the
fact that substantial numbers of men and women find it
necessary to leave college teaching each year, for largely
financial reasons. So serious is this problem — and so
relevant is it to the college alumnus and alumna — that a
separate article in this report is devoted to it.
The scarcity of funds has led most colleges and uni-
versities to seek at least short-range solutions to the
teacher shortage by other means.
Difficulty in finding young new teachers to fill faculty
vacancies is turning the attention of more and more ad-
ministrators to the other end of the academic fine, where
tried and able teachers are about to retire. A few institu-
tions have modified the upper age limits for faculty. Others
are keeping selected faculty members on the payroll past
the usual retirement age. A number of institutions are
filling their own vacancies with the cream of the men and
women retired elsewhere, and two organizations, the Asso-
ciation of American Colleges and the American Associa-
tion of University Professors, with the aid of a grant from
the Ford Foundation, have set up a "Retired Professors
Registry" to facihtate the process.
Old restraints and handicaps for the woman teacher are
disappearing in the colleges. Indeed, there are special
opportunities for her, as she earns her standing alongside
the man who teaches. But there is no room for com-
placency here. We can no longer take it for granted that
the woman teacher will be any more available than the
man, for she exercises the privilege of her sex to change
her mind about teaching as about other matters. Says
Dean Nancy Duke Lewis of Pembroke College: "The day
has passed when we could assume that every woman who
earned her Ph.D. would go into college teaching. She
needs something positive today to attract her to the col-
leges because of the welcome that awaits her talents in
business, industry, government, or the foundations. Her
freedom to choose comes at a time when undergraduate
women particularly need distinguished women scholars to
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inspire them to do their best in the classroom and labo-
ratory— and certainly to encourage them to elect college
teaching as a career."
SOME HARD-PRESSED ADMINISTRATORS find themselves
forced to accelerate promotions and salary increases
in order to attract and hold faculty members. Many
are being forced to settle for less qualified teachers.
In an effort to attract and keep teachers, most colleges
are providing such necessities as improved research facili-
ties and secretarial help to reheve faculty members of
paperwork and administrative burdens, thus giving faculty
members more time to concentrate on teaching and
research.
In the process of revising their curricula many colleges
are eliminating courses that overlap one another or are
considered frivolous. Some are increasing the size of
lecture classes and eliminating classes they deem too small.
Finally, somewhat in desperation (but also with the
firm conviction that the technological age must, after all,
have something of value to offer even to the most basic
and fundamental exercises of education), experiments are
being conducted with teaching by films and television.
At Penn State, where televised instruction is in its ninth
semester, TV has met with mixed reactions. Students
consider it a good technique for teaching courses with
large enrollments — and their performance in courses em-
ploying television has been as good as that of students
having personal contact with their teachers. The reaction
of faculty members has been less favorable. But accept-
ance appears to be growing: the number of courses offered
on television has grown steadily, and the number of faculty
members teaching via TV has grown, also.
Elsewhere, teachers are far from unanimity on the sub-
ject of TV. "Must the TV technicians take over the col-
leges?" asked Professor Ernest Earnest of Temple Uni-
versity in an article title last fall. "Like the conventional
lecture system, TV lends itself to the sausage-stuffing con-
cept of education," Professor Earnest said. The classroom,
he argued, "is the place for testing ideas and skills, for the
interchange of ideas"^ — objectives difficult to attain when
one's teacher is merely a shadow on a fluorescent screen.
The TV pioneers, however, believe the medium, used
properly, holds great promise for the future.
FOR THE LONG RUN, the traditional sources of supply
for college teaching fall far short of meeting the de-
mand. The Ph.D., for example, long regarded by
many colleges and universities as the ideal "driver's
license" for teachers, is awarded to fewer than 9,000
persons per year. Even if, as is probable, the number of
students enrolled in Ph.D. programs rises over the next
few years, it will be a long time before they have traveled
the full route to the degree.
Meanwhile, the demand for Ph.D.'s grows, as industry,
consulting firms, and government compete for many of the
men and women who do obtain the degree. Thus, at the
very time that a great increase is occurring in the number
of undergraduates who must be taught, the supply of new
college teachers with the rank of Ph.D. is even shorter
than usual.
"During each of the past four years," reported the
National Education Association in 1958, "the average
level of preparation of newly employed teachers has
fallen. Four years ago no less than 31.4 per cent of the
new teachers held the earned doctor's degree. Last year
only 23.5 per cent were at this high level of preparation."
HERE ARE SOME of the causcs of concern about the
Ph.D., to which educators are directing their
attention:
► The Ph.D. program, as it now exists in most graduate
schools, does not sufficiently emphasize the development
of teaching skills. As a result, many Ph.D.'s go into
teaching with little or no idea how to teach, and make
a mess of it when they try. Many who don't go into
teaching might have done so, had a greater emphasis been
laid upon it when they were graduate students.
► The Ph.D. program is indefinite in its time require-
ments: they vary from school to school, from department
to department, from student to student, far more than
seems warranted. "Generally the Ph.D. takes at least
four years to get," says a committee of the Association
of Graduate Schools. "More often it takes six or seven,
and not infrequently ten to fifteen. ... If we put our heads
to the matter, certainly we ought to be able to say to a
good student: 'With a leeway of not more than one year,
it will take you so and so long to take the Ph.D.' "
► "Uncertainty about the time required," says the
Association's Committee on Policies in Graduate Educa-
tion, "leads in turn to another kind of uncertainty —
financial uncertainty. Doubt and confusion on this score
have a host of disastrous effects. Many superior men,
facing unknowns here, abandon thoughts about working
for a Ph.D. and reaUstically go oflTto law or the like. . . ."
A LTHOUGH ROUGHLY HALF of the tcachcrs in Amer-
/\ ica's colleges and universities hold the Ph.D., more
■*- -*- than three quarters of the newcomers to college
and university teaching, these days, don't have one. In
the years ahead, it appears inevitable that the proportion
of Ph.D.'s to non-Ph.D.'s on America's faculties will
diminish.
Next in line, after the doctorate, is the master's degree.
For centuries the master's was "the" degree, until, with
the growth of the Ph.D. in America, it began to be moved
into a back seat. In Great Britain its prestige is still high.
But in America the M. A. has, in some graduate schools,
deteriorated. Where the M.A.'s standards have been kept
high, on the other hand, able students have been able to
prepare themselves, not only adequately but well, for
college teaching.
Today the M.A. is one source of hope in the teacher
shortage. "If the M.A. were of universal dignity and
good standing," says the report of the Committee on
Policies in Graduate Education, ". . . this ancient degree
could bring us succor in the decade ahead. . . .
"The nub of the problem ... is to get rid of 'good' and
'bad' M.A.'s and to set up generally a 'rehabilitated' de-
gree which will have such worth in its own right that
a man entering graduate school will consider the possi-
bility of working toward the M.A. as the first step to the
Ph.D "
One problem would remain. "If you have a master's
degree you are still a mister and if you have a Ph.D., no
matter where it is from, you are a doctor," Dean G. Bruce
Dearing, of the University of Delaware, has said. "The
town looks at you differently. Business looks at you dif-
ferently. The dean may; it depends on how discriminating
he is."
The problem won't be solved, W. R. Dennes, former
dean of the graduate school of the University of California
at Berkeley, has said, "until universities have the courage
... to select men very largely on the quality of work they
have done and soft-pedal this matter of degrees."
A point for parents and prospective students to remem-
ber— and one of which alumni and alumnae might re-
mind them — is that counting the number of Ph.D. 's in a
college catalogue is not the only, or even necessarily the
best, way to judge the worth of an educational institution
or its faculty's abilities. To base one's judgment solely on
such a count is quite a temptation, as William James noted
56 years ago in "The Ph.D. Octopus": "The dazzled read-
er of the list, the parent or student, says to himself, 'This
must be a terribly distinguished crowd — their titles shine
like the stars in the firmament; Ph.D.'s, Sc.D.'s, and
Litt.D.'s bespangle the page as if they were sprinkled over
it from a pepper caster.' "
The Ph.D. will remain higher education's most honored
earned degree. It stands for a depth of scholarship and
productive research to which the master has not yet
addressed himself so intensively. But many educational
leaders expect the doctoral programs to give more em-
phasis to teaching. At the same time the master's degree
will be strengthened and given more prestige.
In the process the graduate schools will have taken a
long step toward solving the shortage of qualified college
teachers. ;
SOME OF THE CHANGES being made by colleges and
universities to meet the teacher shortage constitute
reasonable and overdue reforms. Other changes are
admittedly desperate — and possibly dangerous — attempts
to meet today's needs.
The central problem is to get more young people
interested in college teaching. Here, college alumni and
alumnae have an opportunity to provide a badly needed
service to higher education and to superior young people
themselves. The problem of teacher supply is not one
with which the college administrator is able to cope alone.
President J. Seelye Bixler, of Colby College, recently
said: "Let us cultivate a teacher-centered point of view.
There is tragedy as well as truth in the old saying that in
Europe when you meet a teacher you tip your hat, whereas
over here you tap your head. Our debt to our teachers is
very great, and fortunately we are beginning to realize
that we must make some attempt to balance the account.
Money and prestige are among the first requirements.
"Most important is independence. Too often we sit
back with the comfortable feeling that our teachers have
all the freedom they desire. We forget that the payoff
comes in times of stress. Are we really willing to allow
them independence of thought when a national emergency
is in the offing? Are we ready to defend them against all
pressure groups and to acknowledge their right to act as
critics of our customs, our institutions, and even our
national policy? Evidence abounds that for some of our
more vociferous compatriots this is too much. They see no
reason why such privileges should be offered or why a
teacher should not express his patriotism in the same out-
worn and often irrelevant shibboleths they find so dear
and so hard to give up. Surely our educational task has
not been completed until we have persuaded them that a
teacher should be a pioneer, a leader, and at times a non- ,
conformist with a recognized right to dissent. As Howard
Mumford Jones has observed, we can hardly allow our- .
selves to become a nation proud of machines that think
and suspicious of any man who tries to."
By lending their support to programs designed to im-
prove the climate for teachers at their own colleges, alumni
can do much to alter the conviction held by many that
teaching is tolerable only to martyrs.
WHAT PRICE
DEDICATION?
Most teachers teach because they love their jobs. But low pay is
forcing many to leave the profession, just when we need them most
EVERY TUESDAY EVENING for the past three and a half
months, the principal activity of a 34-year-old
' associate professor of chemistry at a first-rate mid-
western college has centered around Section 3 of the pre-
vious Sunday's New York Times. The Times, which ar-
rives at his office in Tuesday afternoon's mail delivery,
customarily devotes page after page of Section 3 to large
help-wanted ads, most of them directed at scientists and
engineers. The associate professor, a Ph.D., is job-
hunting.
"There's certainly no secret about it," he told a recent
visitor. "At least two others in the department are look-
ing, too. We'd all give a lot to be able to stay in teach-
ing; that's what we're trained for, that's what we like.
But we simply can't swing it financially."
"I'm up against it this spring," says the chairman of
the physics department at an eastern college for women.
"Within the past two weeks two of my people, one an
associate and one an assistant professor, turned in their
resignations, effective in June. Both are leaving the field
— one for a job in industry, the other for government
work. I've got strings out, all over the country, but so
far I've found no suitable replacements. We've always
prided ourselves on having Ph.D.'s in these jobs, but it
looks as if that's one resolution we'll have to break in
1959-60."
"We're a long way from being able to compete with
industry when young people put teaching and industry on
the scales," says Vice Chancellor Vem O. Knudsen of
UCLA. "Salary is the real rub, of course. Ph.D.'s in
physics here in Los Angeles are getting $8-12,000 in
industry without any experience, while about all we can
offer them is $5,500. Things are not much better in the
chemistry department."
One young Ph.D. candidate sums it up thus: "We want
to teach and we want to do basic research, but industry
offers us twice the salary we can get as teachers. We talk
it over with our wives, but it's pretty hard to turn down
$10,000 to work for less than half that amount."
"That woman you saw leaving my office: she's one of
our most brilliant young teachers, and she was ready to
leave us," said a women's college dean recently. "1 per-
suaded her to postpone her decision for a couple of
months, until the results of the alumnae fund drive are in.
We're going to use that money entirely for raising sala-
ries, this year. If it goes over the top, we'll be able to hold
some of our best people. If it falls short. . . I'm on the
phone every morning, talking to the fund chairman,
counting those dollars, and praying."
THE DIMENSIONS of the teacher-salary problem in the
United States and Canada are enormous. It has
reached a point of crisis in pubhc institutions and in
private institutions, in richly endowed institutions as well
as in poorer ones. It exists even in Catholic colleges and
universities, where, as student populations grow, more
and more laymen must be found in order to supplement
the limited number of clerics available for teaching posts.
"In a generation," says Seymour E. Harris, the dis-
tinguished Harvard economist, "the college professor has
lost 50 per cent in economic status as compared to the
average American. His real income has decUned sub-
stantially, while that of the average American has risen
by 70-80 per cent."
Figures assembled by the American Association of
University Professors show how seriously the college
teacher's economic standing has deteriorated. Since
1939, according to the AAUP's latest study (published in
1958), the purchasing power of lawyers rose 34 per cent,
that of dentists 54 per cent, and that of doctors 98 per
cent. But at the five state universities surveyed by the
AAUP, the purchasing power of teachers in all ranks rose
only 9 per cent. And at twenty-eight privately controlled
institutions, the purchasing power of teachers' salaries
dropped by 8.5 per cent. While nearly everybody else in
the country was gaining ground spectacularly, teachers
were losing it.
The AAUP's sample, it should be noted, is not repre-
sentative of all colleges and universities in the United
States and Canada. The institutions it contains are, as
the AAUP says, "among the better colleges and universi-
ties in the country in salary matters." For America as a
whole, the situation is even worse.
The National Education Association, which studied
the salaries paid in the 1957-58 academic year by more
than three quarters of the nation's degree-granting insti-
tutions and by nearly two thirds of the junior colleges,
found that half of all college and university teachers
earned less than $6,015 per year. College instructors
earned a median salary of only $4,562 — not much better
than the median salary of teachers in public elementary
schools, whose economic plight is well known.
The implications of such statistics are plain.
"Higher salaries," says Robert Lekachman, professor
of economics at Barnard College, "would make teaching
a reasonable alternative for the bright young lawyer, the
bright young doctor. Any ill-paid occupation becomes
something of a refuge for the ill-trained, the lazy, and the
incompetent. If the scale of salaries isn't improved, the
quality of teaching won't improve; it will worsen. Unless
Americans are willing to pay more for higher education,
they will have to be satisfied with an inferior product."
Says President Margaret Clapp of Wellesley College,
which is devoting ail of its fund-raising efforts to accumu-
lating enough money ($15 million) to strengthen faculty
salaries: "Since the war, in an effort to keep alive the
profession, discussion in America of teachers' salaries has
necessarily centered on the minimums paid. But insofar
as money is a factor in decision, wherever minimums only
are stressed, the appeal is to the underprivileged and the
timid; able and ambitious youths are not likely to listen."
PEOPLE IN SHORT SUPPLY:
WHAT IS THE ANSWER?
It appears certain that if college teaching is to
attract and hold top-grade men and women, a
drastic step must be taken: salaries must be doubled
within five to ten years.
There is nothing extravagant about such a proposal;
indeed, it may dangerously understate the need. The
current situation is so serious that even doubling his sal-
ary would not enable the college teacher to regain his
former status in the American economy.
Professor Harris of Harvard figures it this way:
For every $100 he earned in 1930, the college faculty
member earned only $85, in terms of 1930 dollars, in
1957. By contrast, the average American got $175 in
1957 for every $100 he earned in 1930. Even if the pro-
fessor's salary is doubled in ten years, he will get only a
TEACHERS D«J THE MARKETPLACE
$70 increase in buying power over 1930. By contrast, the
average American is expected to have $127 more buying
power at the end of the same period.
In this respect, Professor Harris notes, doubhng faculty
salaries is a modest program. "But in another sense," he
says, "the proposed rise seems large indeed. None of the
authorities . . . has told us where the money is coming
from." It seems quite clear that a fundamental change in
public attitudes toward faculty salaries will be necessary
before significant progress can be made.
FINDING THE MONEY is 3 problem with which each
college must wrestle today without cease.
For some, it is a matter of convincing taxpayers
and state legislators that appropriating money for faculty
salaries is even more important than appropriating
money for campus buildings. (Curiously, buildings are
usually easier to "sell" than pay raises, despite the seem-
ingly obvious fact that no one was ever educated by a pile
of bricks.)
For others, it has been a matter of fund-raising cam-
paigns ("We are writing salary increases into our 1959-60
budget, even though we don't have any idea where the
money is coming from," says the president of a privately
supported college in the Mid-Atlantic region); of finding
additional salary money in budgets that are already
spread thin ("We're cutting back our library's book
budget again, to gain some funds in the salary accounts");
of tuition increases ("This is about the only private enter-
prise in the country which gladly subsidizes its customers;
maybe we're crazy"); of promoting research contracts
("We claim to be a privately supported university, but
what would we do without the AEC?"); and of bar-
gaining.
"The tendency to bargain, on the part of both the col-
leges and the teachers, is a deplorable development," says
the dean of a university in the South. But it is a grow-
ing practice. As a result, inequities have developed: the
teacher in a field in which people are in short supply or in
industrial demand — or the teacher who is adept at
"campus politics" — is likely to fare better than his col-
leagues who are less favorably situated.
"Before you check with the administration on the
actual appointment of a specific individual," says a
faculty man quoted in the recent and revealing book. The
Academic Marketplace, "you can be honest and say to
the man, 'Would you be interested in coming at this
amount?' and he says, 'No, but I would be interested at
this amount.' " One result of such bargaining has been
that newly hired faculty members often make more
money than was paid to the people they replace — a happy
circumstance for the newcomers, but not hkely to raise
the morale of others on the faculty.
"We have been compelled to set the beginning salary
of such personnel as physics professors at least $1,500
higher than salaries in such fields as history, art, physical
education, and English," wrote the dean of faculty in a
state college in the Rocky Mountain area, in response to a
recent government questionnaire deaUng with salary prac-
tices. "This began about 1954 and has worked until the
present year, when the differential perhaps may be in-
creased even more."
Bargaining is not new in Academe (Thorstein Veblen
referred to it in The Higher Learning, which he wrote in
1918), but never has it been as widespread or as much a
matter of desperation as today. In colleges and universi-
ties, whose members like to think of themselves as equally
dedicated to all fields of human knowledge, it may prove
to be a weakening factor of serious proportions.
Many colleges and universities have managed to make
modest across-the-board increases, designed to restore
part of the faculty's lost purchasing power. In the 1957-
58 academic year, 1,197 institutions, 84.5 per cent of
those answering a U.S. Office of Education survey ques-
tion on the point, gave salary increases of at least 5 per
cent to their faculties as a whole. More than half of them
(248 public institutions and 329 privately supported insti-
tutions) said their action was due wholly or in part to the
teacher shortage.
Others have found fringe benefits to be a partial
answer. Providing low-cost housing is a particularly suc-
cessful way of attracting and holding faculty members;
and since housing is a major item in a family budget, it
is as good as or better than a salary increase. Oglethorpe
University in Georgia, for example, a 200-student, pri-
vate, liberal arts institution, long ago built houses on cam-
pus land (in one of the most desirable residential areas on
the outskirts of Atlanta), which it rents to faculty mem-
bers at about one-third the area's going rate. (The cost
of a three-bedroom faculty house: $50 per month.) "It's
our major selling point," says Oglethorpe's president,
Donald Agnew, "and we use it for all it's worth."
Dartmouth, in addition to attacking the salary problem
itself, has worked out a program of fringe benefits that
includes full payment of retirement premiums (16 per
cent of each faculty member's annual salary), group in-
surance coverage, paying the tuition of faculty children at
any college in the country, liberal mortgage loans, and
contributing to the improvement of local schools which
faculty members' children attend.
Taking care of trouble spots while attempting to whittle
down the salary problem as a whole, searching for new
funds while reapportioning existing ones, the colleges and
universities are dealing with their salary crises as best they
can, and sometimes ingeniously. But still the gap between
salary increases and the rising figures on the Bureau of
Labor Statistics' consumer price index persists.
How CAN THE GAP BE CLOSED?
First, stringent economies must be applied by
educational institutions themselves. Any waste
that occurs, as well as most luxuries, is probably being
subsidized by low salaries. Some "waste" may be hidden
in educational theories so old that they are accepted
without question; if so, the theories must be re-examined
and, if found invalid, replaced with new ones. The idea
of the small class, for example, has long been honored
by administrators and faculty members alike; there is
now reason to suspect that large classes can be equally
effective in many courses — a suspicion which, if found
correct, should be translated into action by those institu-
tions which are able to do so. Tuition may have to be
increased — a prospect at which many public-college, as
well as many private-college, educators shudder, but
which appears justified and fair if the increases can be
tied to a system of loans, scholarships, and tuition re-
bates based on a student's or his family's ability to pay.
Second, massive aid must come from the public, both
in the form of taxes for increased salaries in state and
municipal institutions and in the form of direct gifts to
both public and private institutions. Anyone who gives
money to a college or university for unrestricted use or
earmarked for faculty salaries can be sure that he is mak-
ing one of the best possible investments in the free world's
future. If he is himself a college alumnus, he may con-
sider it a repayment of a debt he incurred when his col-
lege or university subsidized a large part of his own edu-
cation (virtually nowhere does, or did, a student's tuition
cover costs). If he is a corporation executive or director,
he may consider it a legitimate cost of doing business; the
supply of well-educated men and women (the alternative
to which is half-educated men and women) is dependent
upon it. If he is a parent, he may consider it a premium
on a poUcy to insure high-quality education for his chil-
dren— quality which, without such aid, he can be certain
will deteriorate.
Plain talk between educators and the public is a third
necessity. The president of Barnard College, Millicent C.
Mcintosh, says: "The 'plight" is not of the faculty, but of
the pubhc. The faculty will take care of themselves in the
future either by leaving the teaching profession or by
never entering it. Those who care for education, those
who run institutions of learning, and those who have chil-
dren— all these will be left holding the bag." It is hard to
believe that if Americans — and particularly college alum-
ni and alumnae — had been aware of the problem, they
would have let faculty salaries fall into a sad state. Ameri-
cans know the value of excellence in higher education too
well to have blithely let its basic element — excellent teach-
ing— slip into its present peril. First we must rescue it;
then we must make certain that it does not fall into dis-
repair again.
Some
Questions
for
Alumni
and
Alumnae
► Is your Alma Mater having difficulty finding qualified
new teachers to fill vacancies and expand its faculty to
meet climbing enrollments?
► Has the economic status of faculty members of your
college kept up with inflationary trends?
► Are the physical facilities of your college, including
laboratories and libraries, good enough to attract and
hold qualified teachers?
► Is your community one which respects the college
teacher? Is the social and educational environment of
your college's "home town" one in which a teacher would
like to raise his family?
► Are the restrictions on time and freedom of teachers
at yourcollege such as to discourage adventurous research,
careful preparation of instruction, and the expression of
honest conviction?
► To meet the teacher shortage, is your college forced
to resort to hiring practices that are unfair to segments of
the faculty it already has?
► Are courses of proved merit being curtailed? Are
classes becoming larger than subject matter or safeguards
of teacher-student relationships would warrant?
► Are you, as an alumnus, and your college as an insti-
tution, doing everything possible to encourage talented
young people to pursue careers in college teaching?
If you are dissatisfied with the answers to these questions,
your college may need help. Contact alumni officials at
your college to learn if your concern is justified. If it is,
register your interest in helping the college authorities
find solutions through appropriate programs of organized
alumni cooperation.
EDITORIAL STAFF
DAVID A. BURR
The University of Oklahoma
DAN H. FENN, Jr.
Harvard University
RANDOLPH L. FORT
Emory University
CORBIN GWALTNEY
The Johns Hopkins University
L. FRANKLIN HEALD
The University of New Hampshire
CHARLES M. HELMKEN
St. Johns University
JEAN D. LINEHAN
The American Alumni Council
ROBERT L. PAYTON
Washington University
MARIAN POVERMAN
Barnard College
FRANCES PROVENCE
Baylor University
ROBERT M. RHODES
Lehigh University
WILLIAM SCHRAMM
The University of Pennsylvania
VERNE A. STADTMAN
The University of California
FREDERIC A. STOTT, Jr.
Phillips Academy, Andover
FRANK J. TATE
The Ohio State University
ERIK WENSBERG
Columbia University
CHARLES E. WIDMAYER
Dartmouth College
REBA WILCOXON
The University of Arkansas
CHESLEY WORTHINGTON
Brown University
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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As the Year
Closed . . .
Susqiuhanna's thirteenth President. Dr. Gusturc
Wither \\'(7«-r ua.i iniiuiiurated on May 22. 19.59.
ReiJresentatii:es from more than 90 colleges ami
iiniver.fities were in iittendanee.
Those taking part in tlie Inaugural Service were,
I. to r.: Dr. John F. llarkins. President of the
Board; Dr. Weber; Dr. Ralph C. Robinson. Secre-
tary. Central Pennsylvania Synod; Dr. }. Frank
Fife. President. Synod of Maryland; The Rev. Ren-
jumin Lot: and Mr. John Horn. Board Member
and Chairman of the Presidential Selection Com-
mittee.
Susquehanna's .\lumni Chit.st(Oiding Achievement
Award was presented this year to Dr. John J. Houtz of
the Chemistry Department, known and loved by Sus-
quehanfians for many years. Dr. Houtz retired this
year hut, at the request of President Weber, will continue
to teach one class in organic chemistry.
L. to r.: Dr. Calvin V. Erdly, '20, Chairman of the
Awards Committee; Dr. Houtz, '08; Raymond P. Gar-
man, '30, Retiring President of the General Alumni As-
sociation.
What will probably be a new tradition at Susque-
hanna was Citablishcd this year when President Weber
announced at the close of Commencement festivities,
"The Seniors are initiating a new tradition by gathering
in front of Seibcrt after graduation to say farewell to
each other. Their friends and parents are asked not to
ioiti them at this time."
Susquehanna's May Queen
of 7.9.5.9, Mi,ts Sandra Meyer
of Livingston, N. J., was
cnnvncd by President Web-
ir in the company of Miss
Jacqueline MeKeever '.52,
popular Broadway mu.sical
and T. V. star.
One of the significant
events of .Alumni Day was
breaking ground for a new
gateway to the campus. The
gateway, to cost more than
SIO.OOO. is a gift from Mrs.
Eleanor Landes as a Me-
morial to her husband. Dr.
Latimer S. Landes '11.
who had been a mend>er of
Susquehanna's Board of Di-
rectors for 19 years.
L. to r.: Dr. John I. Wood-
ruff '88; Dr. John J. Houtz
'08; Dr. Weber; Dr. Calvin
V. Erdly '20; Dr. Joseph
L. Hackenberg '20; Law-
rence M. Isaacs '43; Ray-
mond P. Garman '30.
REUNION
CLASSES
ALUMNI DAY 1959
THE SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ALUMNUS
Miss Hilda Kolpin
209^ W. Snyder Street
Selinsgrove, Pa.
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LIBRARY
SEPTEMBER 1959
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
General Alumni Association
OFFICERS
Honorary President
Dr. j:.lin I. Woodruff '88
President
Lawrence M. Isaacs '43
1st Vice President
Paul M. Haines '31
2nd Vice President
Mrs. Mary Karlliim Htillway '28
Recording Secretary
Mrs. l.a\an R. Hohinson 46
Treasurer
W. Da\id Gross '47
Statistician
Edwin M. Brungart '00
Mend)ers-at-Large
HaNinoiid H. Gamian, Sr. '30
Peter Sluit> '38
Representative on I'niicrsity Hoard of
Trustees
Clyde R. Spit/ner '37
Representatives to Athletic Committee
Perce Appleyard '22
John .\I. Auten '28
Director of Alumni Relations
Donald E. Wissinger .50
On Our Cover
Susquehanna Prcsitlent Gustave W.
Weber visits early-season football prac-
tice to greet three Crusader alinnni who
are coaching the 42-nieinber 1959 scjuad:
Head Coach Whitcy Keil '39, Assistant
Coaches Bob Pittello '.51 and Blair Hel-
ton '42. See story, page 17.
The SUSQUEHRNM RLUMNUS
Vol. 29
September 1959
CONTENTS
Don W'i.s.siiifjt'r Is .\c'\\ .Klumni Director .
Students Venture Mt. Malianoy Climb
by Ccor<s,e Gopic
Crusader I loinecoiiiiiig 1959
When Vou Come Baek ....
New Faces in New Places ....
Russell Gait As Christian Preacher
/)!/ Bcnjdniin Lotz
Susquehanna Enrolls Largest Freshman Class
Alumni Slow in Responding
Club News .......
Thi'ee Alumni Coach 19.59 Crusaders .
Susquehannans on Parade ....
Whither tlu' Class of '.59 ....
Born Crusaders ......
S. U. \V'eddings
Deaths
No. 1
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4
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931. at tlie Post Of-
fice at .Selinsgro\e, Pa., under the Act of .August 24, 1912. Published
four times a yciir by Susquehanna University, Selinsgro\e, Pa., in
months of September, December, Marcli and June.
Susquehanna Alumnus
Don Wissinger
Is New
Alumni Director
Ten years ago he was known as "The Toe" . . . Now he's
back at his Alma Mater as Director of Alumni Relations.
Sej^tember 15 was a red-letter day for Susque-
hanna alumni. That's the day Donald E. Wissinger
'50 of York, Pa. reported on the S.U. campus to take
o\'er as Director of Alumni Relations. Universitv
President Gustave W. Weber announced the appoint-
ment on September 1.
Digging right in to his new duties, Don immedi-
ately found himself with responsibilities and a tra\'el
schedule which \\'oidd stagger a lesser man. But Don
is a talented and energetic alumnus— enthusiastic about
Susquehanna's future and well-equipped to direct a
vigorous program, .\lumni all across the land will be
seeing him and hearing him as he becomes their new
link to a stronger, more effective Susquehanna.
Formerly guidance counselor in the \\'est York
Area High School, \\issingcr is a 1950 graduate of
Susquehanna. Known as "The Toe" in his under-
graduate days, he was a specialist in kicking points-
after-touchdown on the Amos Alonzo Stagg football
teams. He played quarterback in '47, '48 and '49.
The new director assumed full-time responsibility
for ahunni activities formerly handled by Dan Mac-
Cuish, now full-time Director of Admissions.
A native of Altoona, Pa., Wissinger taught mathe-
matics and social studies at \\'est York 19.50-1957.
while coaching football, basketball and baseball teams
for the school. Tlie following year he cai'rled out sim-
ilar duties at Edgar Fahs Smith Junior High School,
York, and a year ago returned to West York as guid-
ance counselor. In 195.3 he was awarded the M.Ed,
degree by Penn State University.
\\'issinger was president of the \\'est "^'ork profes-
sional Teachers Organization and an active youth
leader at St. Stephen's Evangelical and Reformed
Church, York, where he also served as Sunday sciiool
superintendent and a member of the clioir.
He is married to the former Flora ,\I. Bainhart of
Claysburg, Pa., a Susquehanna graduate of 1951. The
Wissingers have four children: Scott, 5; Donna, 3;
t\\ins Jane and Janice, 9 months. They are making
their new home at 422 North Orange Street, Selins-
grove.
SEPTEMBER 1959
students Venture
Mt. Mahanoy Climb
by GEORGE GOPIE
Mr. Gopie is president of the
S.U, Student Council. This
article appeared in last May's
final issue of The Susque-
hanna, now renamed THE
CRUSADER.
Chapel
It's MoikUu morning and, as usual, President
\\'eber is in charge of the chapel service. Today he is
continuing his series of talks on the Seven Great Men of
Greece. Suddenly, without lifting his voice or drop-
ping his tone he changes abruptly from his regular dis-
course. What he says may be summarized in the fol-
lowing words: In an effort to revive an old tradition
whereby seniors of S.U. were required to climb the
Mahanoy Mountain before they could graduate, today
is declared a Senior's Holiday. They are excused from
classes for the rest of the day. Lunches have been
packed, and at ten o'clock buses will be here to take
them to the side of the mountain. The seniors will
climb Mt. Mahanoy today.
Get Ready . . . Get Set
It's one mad dash as soon as chapel is over. The
senior women are busy changing into old clothes. The
men are hurrying off to the fraternity houses to slip on
sneakers and dungarees, and at the same time to rouse
some of their sleeping classmates with the words, "A
climbing we will go!" The buses are parked in front
of Seibert Hall. By this time, the seniors can be
singled out from the rest of the students by their out-
doors type of dress. Carl Catherman is sitting discon-
solately in front of G.A. Hall voicing his disappoint-
ment in no uncertain tei^ms. Evidently, his student
teaching duties stood in his way of joining his class-
mates on their way to the clouds. "And I'm such an
old mountain climber from way back," he says to thii
circle of sympathizers.
The seniors are now seated in the two buses.
Number One bus is encountering some difficulties.
Doc Boyer, sitting ne.\t to the food, cannot restrain his
fingers from delving into some of the lunches. Quite
soon he is joined by Kate Henry and it is only the
stem voice of a certain Miss Royer that finally shoos
them both away from the victuals.
A little after ten o'clock, the buses leave S.U. and
before long the class of '59 is safely deposited on the
side of Mt. Mahano)'.
Now Go Man, Go
One look at the imposing peak of this mountain is
enough to discourage even the most energetic seniors.
As for the women . . . they get off the buses, take one
look at the mountain, dien look helplessly at each
other. "WHAT . . .!", "Are we going to climb THAT?"
(Mt. Mahanoy is supposed to be at least eighteen hun-
dred feet above sea level. From where the seniors
stand, the peak is only fifteen hundred feet away.)
The preliminar\- gasps and sighs are soon dis-
pensed with. Led 1)\ little Joseph Lauver, a ten-year-
Susquehanna Alumnus
old student from Selinsgro\e Junior Higli School, the
seniors, lunch bags in hand, fall in line and start the
great trek to the sunnnit.
The Climb
At first, the climb appears to be very easy. Walk-
ing piirallel to the highway for some four himcb-ed feet,
the seniors actually go down a little depression, but
without any wtuning, the course changes abruptly.
They stand face to face with the steep side of the
mountain. There is a little path leading to the top, but
as it winds itself among the tiees and rocks, it soon
becomes hard to follow, and most of the time each
senior can be seen wandering off into some Uttle trail
of his own. The climb is a back-breaking ;iffair. Once
you start up the side, you start a laborious struggle
with nature. You can hardly go for more tlian two or
tliree minutes at a time without stopping to catch your
breath. Using the little path, you look around in your
tired condition to find an easier way up, but tliere is
none. Sometimes, it happens that just as you begin
to think you can travel just a little faster because the
grade has decreased slightly, you come upon a huge
boulder, and by the time you are tlirough surmounting
it, it's time to sit and catch your breath. It really does
help to sit for a short while, but there is always the
fear lurking in your mind that if you rest for too long
a period you will never have di^ive to go on.
There are trees as far as you can see. Sometimes
along the path, you have to stoop to avoid the over-
hanging branches. Sometimes, you are forced to
make a semicircle in order to bypass an impudent over-
grown twig. The little trail is all covered over with
dead leaves, and this makes it harder for the climber
to get a firm footing. The dead leaves act as a good
camouflage for little boulders, so that as you are lab-
oriousK- dragging \ourself upwards, you may sudden-
1\ step on one of these hidden traps and find yourself
kissing Mother Earth. The journey seems never to
come to an end. The higher you go, the longer the
trail seems to be. You do not see the top until you
get there, as there is nothing with which to judge how
far up you may be, or how much farther you may have
to go. After you are about one-quarter of the way up,
you are tired beyond all reason. And, as if the climb
itself were not vmcomfortable enough, the heat adds
its own unpleasantness.
The seniors are acquitting themselves in a superb
manner. As they started upwards, jovial songs and
the mocking laughter soon leave their lips. Witli a
grim determination they forge their way upwards.
The dead leaves serve as comfortable seats of repose.
The obstructing trees are used as handholds, and the
dec-epti\'e rocks are good excuses for some tired senior
to take a short rest once he is in\'oluntaril)' brought to
earth.
Individual Methods of Assault
All the way up, little Miss Doris Shoemaker plays
the role of the casual mountaineer. She walks all by
herself, and stops to rest as if she is just enjoying tlie
scener\- and is not really tired. Pete Pace, w^ith a few
lunches tucked under his arms, is having a slightly dif-
ficult time of it. And as he trips up occasionally,
Betsy encourages him to remain seated so she can en-
joy a few moments of respite. Mrs. Weber and Miss
Heinly are the first to introduce the system of sitting
right down if you are tired. Shoes, Joe and Stoney
travel in a group, and rest in a group. As they are
passed on the way, they stare with blank expressions
and sweat pouring down their faces. Dr. Weber is off
to a good start. He soon loses some of his original
speed and is able to snatch moments of rest as he
passes out words of encouragement to the straggling
seniors. Ray Stiller seems to have no problems. With
his head clown, he makes his way onward in a calm
and efl^ortless manner.
On Top of Old Mahanoy
After about an hour's tra\el, the senior class is
safely lodged on the summit. The view from up there
is quite beautiful. Some of the buildings on our
campus can be seen in the west without the use of
field glasses. Still looking westward, we see a group
of islands in the Susquehanna River. One of them has
a complete farm on it. Looking southward, one sees
the beautiful countryside, with well-ordered pine trees
and gently rolling fields. It is hot today and there is
mist hanging over the trees in the distance.
As soon as a senior reaches the top, he is greeted
by a chorus of voices, "You have to touch the flagpole.
That's the tradition." The flagpole referred to is con-
structed of six pieces of iron pipe. On top of it hangs
the remnants of Old Glory. Not to be outdone by the
group which placed that flag up there, our seniors de-
cide to place S.U.'s banner on the pole. The foremost
volunteer for this job is George Thies. His first at-
tempt isn't too successful. Aided by some of the broad-
shouldered men, he scrambles up to the top, but only
succeeds in tying the banner at a considerable distance
below Old Glory. Looking up at this achievement.
Dr. Weber laughs and says to those standing around,
"We're flying our flag at half-mast for those seniors
who did not make the trip. "
Not entirely satisfied with his achie\ement, George
Thies decides to try once more. This timi', with the aid
of Nick Yost, he succeeds, and now S.U.'s banner is
waving in proud conquest on top of Mt. Mahano\'.
The seniors dispose of their lunches without much
ceremony. After awhile. Dr. Zimmer leads a group to
Continued on puRc 23
SEPTEMBER 1959
CRUSADER HOMECOMING 1959
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
OCTOBER 30-31
FRIDAY EVENING
5:30 p.m. Jiidginjr of House Decorations
7:00 p.iii.
8:00 p.m.
9:15 p.m.
SATl'KD.AY
8;.30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
9:45 a.m.
10:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
HoniecDinins Pageant with Annoimcemcnt and Coronation
of Homeeominf; Queen. Seibert Hall
lorelilite Parade and Bonfire
Interfraternity Open House and Campus Soeial
Frosli-Soph Competition
Homeeoining Registration opens in C..\ Lounge
Special General Alumni Meeting in Bogar Little rheatre
Dedication of Landes Gateway & Memorial Placpies and Tree
Fraternity and Sornrit\ .•Munmi Meetings and Luncheon Events
Snack Bar open for Lunch and Social Hour
Pre-gamc Activities and Parade of Floats with Presentation ot
Homecoming Queen and Welcome from President Isaacs and
President W'eher
1:30 p.m. Kickolf, Football, Susquehanna vs. Wilkes
AFTER GAME Victory Coffee Hour in Heilnian Hall
6:30 p.m. Fraternity and Sororitx Ban<iucts. \on-frati'rnit\ persons iiu Ihcir
o\\ n for Dinner.
Homecoming Ball in Alunuii Gxinnasium
9:00 p.m.
SUNDAY
9:00, 10:. 30
10:45 and 11:00 a.m.
Worship Services in Local Churches
GREETINGS TO THE ALUMN5:
Many changt's are taking place on our campus; a new ent-
rance to the University, new offices in Selinsgro\e Hall, altera-
tions to Selinsgrove and Hassinger Halls, significant increase in
the number of students, etc. There is a real spirit of enthusi-
asm on campus for the future development of Susquehanna
University and I extend a personal invitation to you, your fam-
ily and friends to return to the campus and participate in the
Homecoming acti\'ities. The Friday evening festivities will be
particularly colorfid and a special general meeting of the alumni
is scheduled for Saturday morning to discuss the alumni's par-
ticipation in the future growth of Susquehanna Uni\'ersity. A
motel and hotel reservation blank is included in this issue of the
ALUMNUS.
You have undoubtedly heard the old remark "Homecoming
isn"t what it used to be." The students, alumni and University
personnel have developed an outstanding program; all that is
needed for a "good old-fashioned" Homecoming weekend is
your return to campus.
Sincerely yours,
Larry Isaacs
President
Alumni Association
Oct. 30-31 Big Days
At Susquehanna
\\ hicli ioxcly Sus(i iichanna
coed will reign as 1959 Homecom-
ing Queen? \Mi() will w in the Sus-
quehanna - ^^■ilkes football game?
What fraternit\- will do the most
creative jol) decorating its hou.se
to welcome Crusader aluiuni back
to the campus?
Answers to these and otlR'i
questions will be vours at first-hand
if you're on deck at your Alma
Mater on October 31. Better yet,
\\h\ not make a weekend of it?
Tilings start to happen at 5:.3() p.m.
on Friday, October 30. Just take
a look at the schedule— it's loaded
with traditional Homecoming
events and includes a few new
features, too.
For example, \()u certainly
wont want to miss the Dedication
of Landes Gateway. Tiiis beauti-
ful new entrance to the campus-
completed during the summer —
was erected in memory of Dr. Lat-
imer S. Landes, President of the
C:lass of 19n, by his wife.
Banquets, limcheons, meetings
— all kinds of opportunities for
alumni to meet their classmates and
friends are on the 1959 schedule
for Homecoming at Susquehanna.
As an added dividend, you'll see
for yourself some of the physical
changes heralding the beginning
of a New Susquehanna, a Second
Century Susquehanna — a Sus(}ue-
lianna which does not repudiate
till' jiast, but radier takes pride in
the accomplishments of ynu. her
:ilumni, and builds on thciii tor
the future.
You'll be hearing more about
Homecoming from Don Wissinger
"50, new Director of Alumni Rela-
tions, but in the meantime, make
\()ur plans. All roads lead to Sel-
insgrove on October 3L
Susquehanna Alumnus
When You
Come Back . . .
You'll See
Some Changes Made
"Why, it doesn't look like the
same place" . . . "You think youre
driving into the campus of a big
state universit\" . . . "Most beauti-
ful addition to the plant in years."
These are just a few^ of tlie re-
actions to Susquehanna's new Lat-
imer S. Landes Memorial Gateway,
completed during the summer and
scheduled for dedication on Home-
coming Day, October 31 at 10:45
a. m. The gatewa\', valued at some
$12,000, was made possible by a
special gift from Dr. Landes' wife.
Dr. Landes, who was president
of the S.U. Class of 1911, was a
distinguished physician in York,
Pa. He served for 20 years on the
Susquehanna Board of Directors
and was for 10 years on its execu-
tive committee. Acti\'e in the
York - Hanover District .\lumni
Club, he was a generous contribu-
tor to its scliolarship fund. Dr.
Landes died last December.
The gateway consists of two
semi-circular red brick walls end-
ing in tall piers on either side of
the entering road. The piers are
topped b\' limestone slabs with
the legend "Susquehanna Univer-
sity" incised in each. Each pier
holds a large colonial-style lamp.
Appropriate shrubbery and flowers
ha\e been planted in the areas in
front of the t\\'o walls.
Tlie brownstone piers wliicli
lieralded the entrance to Susque-
hanna for many years ha\e been
re-erected at the western entrance
to the campus adjacent to Faculty
Row.
Physical changes were also
made this summer in Selinsgrove
and Hassinger Halls. While the
Hassinger work was of a compara-
ti\eh' minor nature, Selinsgrove
was the scene of extensive renova-
tion. To satisf\- safety require-
ments of the Pennsyhania Depart-
ment of Labor and Industry,
whicli objected to possible fire
conditions in the building, the en-
tire central stairwa\- area was tak-
en out and rebuilt with new mate-
rials, making it fire resistant for a
period of at least one hour.
The new main entrance to the
historic building is now on the east
side, formerly an entrance onlv to
tlie second and third floor dormi-
tories, and includes a fair-sized en-
try hall inside. The exterior was
redesigned in keeping with the co-
lonial feeling of the Susquehanna
Library and the Landes Gateway.
On the dormitory floors cor-
ridors were completely refurbish-
ed, with tile floors and modern
hghting installed. New shower
and lavatory facilities were also
changed in size to allow for more
comfortable living rjuarters. As a
result of better use of space, there
are actually 16 more men students
in residence now than there were
previously.
The basement of tlie lOO-year-
old building came in for a face-
lifting too. Since half of it had no
more than the original dirt floor, tliis
was paved witli loncrete and lil-
Cdiitimii'd on page 22
SEPTEMBER 1959
New Faces in New Places
BASTRESS
McCUNE
ELKINGTON
NORRIS
Oldtiiners and returnees to Sus-
quehanna this fall liad 21 new
faces to become familiar with on
the faculty and staff. Newcomers
had to learn to know the total
complement which now numbers
70, including eight persons seen in
new roles as a result of promotion
or reassignment.
S.U. President Gustaxe \\. We-
ber was kept busy all summer se-
curing and appointing the new
faculty and staff members. He ex-
plained that the additions were
made "to meet the demands of an
increased student enrollment and
to replace last year's losses due to
death and retirement." There are
573 students on campus this fall,
representing nearly 15 percent
more than in 1958-59.
Heading the list of new per-
sonnel is Dr. Wilhelm Reuning,
recently head of the history and
political science department at
Elizabethtown College, Elizabeth-
town, Pa. Dr. Reuning was named
Dean of the Faculty and Professor
of History. A native of Germany,
the 35-year-old dean fills a post
left vacant last March with the
deatli of Dean Russell Gait. Dr.
Reuning has B.S., M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Appointed Associate Professor
of Chemistry was Dr. Francis W.
Brown, who formerly held a sim-
ilar position at Clarkson College of
Technology. He is a product of
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and holds the M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard
University. Dr. Brown also has
wide industrial experience and
during the past summer was en-
gaged in chemical research for the
U.S. Naval Propellant Plant in
\\'ashington, D. C.
Dr. Otto Reimherr, former Lu-
theran Chaplain at the Unixcrsity
of Maryland, is now .\ssistaiit Pro-
fessor of Ik'ligion and Philosophy.
A graduate of the College of the
City of New York and Gett>'sburg
Seminary, he obtained his Ph.D.
from Coliuubia University and
has tauglit at Gettysburg Seminary
and \\'ittenberg College.
New Assistant Professor of Ed-
ucation is Robert M. Bastress, an
S.U. graduate of 1939 who re-
ceived his master's degree from
Bucknell. He will also coach the
baseball team, which he formerly
did during 1947-1953. Mr. Bast-
ress had been associated with Sn\'-
der County schools since 1939 and
most recentlv was assistant countv
8
Susquehanna Alumnus
REUNING
BROWN
REIMHERR
KARNIOL
PIRIE
MECKLEY
DODGE
superintendent. He has taught at
Bucknell for the past six summers.
Instructor in \hisic is Galen H.
Deibler, who has bachelor's de-
grees from the New England Con-
servator\' and Yale University
School of Music and the M.Mus.
from Yale. He was also a Rocke-
feller Scholar at the Lutheran
Theological Seminary in Philadel-
phia.
Arthur J. Norris is Insti^uctor in
Business Administration. In busi-
ness in Switzerland with McGraw
Hill Publishing Co. for the past
eight years, he formerly taught at
tlie Universit)' of California, Los
Angeles. Mr. Norris is a graduate
of Drexel Institute of Technology
and has his master's degree from
New York University.
Directing the Susquehanna
Band as Instructor in Music is
James B. Steffy, who pre\'iously
\\'as band instructor at West York
Area High School, York. Pa. Mr.
Steffy attended the Curtis Institute
of Music, Philadelphia, and holds
bachelor's and master's degrees in
music education from ^^'est Ches-
ter (Pa.) State Teachers College
and Penn State University respec-
tively. He also has conducted
various civic and city bands and
symphonies in central and eastern
Pennsylvania.
Retiuning to his Alma Mater
as Instructor in Matliematics is
Blair L. Heaton, well-known and
popular Selinsgrove High School
teacher who had recently been
teaching on Long Island in New
York. An outstanding athlete prior
to his graduation from Susquehan-
na in 1942, Mr. Heaton is now as-
sistant football coach, will also as-
sist in basketball, and will be head
coach of a revived track team in
1960. He has his master's degree
from Penn State.
Mrs. Marjorie Wolfe McCune,
S. U. '43 has come back on
the campus as Instructor in Eng-
lish and Latin. Formerly a teacher
at Sunbury Junior High School,
she is die wife of die Rev. John C.
McCune '37, pastor of St. Paul's
Lutheran Chinch, Williamsport.
Insti-uctor in Fine Ails is Mrs.
Hilda Karniol, a native Austrian
who studied at the Vienna Acad-
emy and under European paint-
ers. Mrs. Karniol has gained crit-
ical acclaim in many fields of
painting and is especially well-
known as an interpreter of Penn-
sylvania.
Warren J. Piric, another Sus-
Continucd on page 23
SEPTEMBER 1959
RUSSELL GALT
As Christian Preacher
by BENJAMIN LOTZ
The Rev. Mr. Lotz Is associate
professor of Religion and Phil-
osophy at Susquehanna
For Susquehanna students and
ahunni, the memory of Dean Rus-
sell Gait will be that of a wise
counselor, teacher and friend. But
for Christian people in the
churches where he supplied the
pulpits, he will be remembered as
an eloquent and consecrated
preacher of the Gospel, a zealous
steward rightly dividing the word
of truth.
As a preacher. Dean Gait had
a fine historical sense wliich gave
to tlie sermon strength and lasting
w^orth. He sought to find the
proper context of the text he chose
and fitted it into its historical
framework. In a notable sennon
based on Isaiah 40:31, entitled The
Christians Source of Strength, his
introductory remarks gave the
background of the te.xt. He did
not hesitate to state clearly that it
was likely the utterance of one of
Israel's prophets at the time of the
Bab\'lonian exile and designated it
as one of the great texts of the
Bible.
In a like way. he faced the un-
pleasant aspects of the Bible in a
forthright manner. ^^'hen he
preached on Nahum, he did not
hesitate to characterize the proph-
et's language as violent, denunci-
atory and even sometimes vulgar.
Then underlined in red, he printed
in capital letters across his manu-
script these words: How Did a
Prophet of Jehocah Get This Way?
Dr. Gait's answer was a
straightforward attempt to make
his audience aware that from
cover to cover the Bible stresses
the fact that God hates evil, de-
spises sin and cannot stand iniqui-
ty'. For it was the dean's convic-
tion, doubtlessly inherited from his
Scottish ancestors, that God is both
wrath and love. For liim, Nahum
the prophet had emphasized a for-
gotten truth and he shared this
conviction with his congregation.
The essentially Christian char-
acter of his sermons was notably
disclosed in a sermon on Matthew
16:13-15. In the introduction, the
dean stressed the fact that the
great ethnic religions do not raise
the question concerning men's at-
titude to the founder. This was
the distinctive message of Chris-
tianity and in this sermon the dean
wrestled skillfully and successfully
\\ ith the implications of this mes-
sage.
Dr. Gait showed how the divin-
it\ of our Lord can be overstressed
to the exclusion of his humanity.
\\'hen that is the case, then our
Lord's life would not afford men
the help they need. On the other
hand, it was pointed out, to assert
that Jesus was only a great and
good man would have made him a
prophet, the Messiah, but nothing
more. In this serm(m, Dr. Gait
made it clear that in the life of
Christ is a mystery, but one that
asserts Jesus Christ is both God
and man. No preacher, in the
dean's opinion, could offer any log-
ical argument that would con-
vince others tluit Jesus Christ is
the Son of God. This was a con-
clusion that men, like Peter,
reached by revelation and experi-
ence. Dr. Gait testified that in
Eg\i5t— as he worked w ith his Mos-
lem students— this experience was
deepened and strengthened by his
renewed study of the life of Christ.
Dr. Gait's preaching was not
only Christ-centered, fordiright,
evangelical but extremely personal
and practical. On one manuscript
is an account of a response he had
received from a listener. The wo-
man had been a Presbyterian all
her life, and once told her Polish
maid that she herself had never
felt she could go to confession as
she had no sins to confess to a
priest. To this, the maid retorted:
"You have! You have the devil's
own temper." Obviously Dr. Gait
noted this on the manuscript of
the sermon to embellish it at a
later date with a telling illustra-
tion.
A Prayer of Dr. Gait
Alniiglitij God, l-'ountain of all
truth: we tlitink thee for the rev-
cUition of fJiij iiroce which is able
to nuikc us wise unto everlasting
life. Mercifully grant, we beseech
thee that the truth which we have
studied this day may tlirougJi thy
blessing bring forth in us the fruit
of good living, to the honor and
praise of thy name, through Jesus
Christ, our Lord. Amen.
10
Susquehanna Alumnus
Dean Zimmer administers freshman tests.
Books, books, books for everyone.
S. U. Enrolls Largest Freshman Class in History
SUMMER AT SUSQUEHANNA
It was a busy summer at Sus-
quehanna.
The Admissions and Registrars
offices were ti'ving to squeeze in
good students who apphed late.
Tlie Dean's office was assigning
students to rooms it wasn't sure
would be ready for occupancy on
opening day (P.S. They were
ready just in time). President
Weber had as heavy a speaking
and preaching schedule as he has
throughout the year. New stafl
members were learning new jobs.
The Business Manager pushed,
prodded ;md wheedled contractors
into completing needed construc-
tion and repairs.
In the midst of all the bustle,
students and \'isitors came and
went in a steady stream during the
three-montli period.
Earh' in June Summer Session
began, running for six weeks and
ser\ing some 45 students.
Camp Susquehanna of the Sus-
quehanna Conference, Central
Pennsylvania S\Tiod, United Lu-
theran Church in America, was in
operation from July 19 thru Aug-
ust 9. Total registration — a rec-
ord — was 424 boys and girls.
Headed by the Rev. Adam P.
Bingaman of Montgomery, Pa., a
staff of 27 conducted the camp.
Some 60 ULCA pastors at-
tended a Seminar on Christian
Social Responsibility September
9-11. Special lecturers were Dr.
Martin J. Heinecken, professor of
systematic theology at the Lu-
theran Theological Seminary, Phil-
adelphia, and Dr. Harold Haas,
executive secretary of the ULCA
Board of Social Missions. The
seminar was one of four sched-
uled for the summer and fall at
\;irious locations in the Central
Pennsylvania Synod.
On September 11-12 the synods
7th annual Rural Life Conference
brought to the S.U. campus more
than 125 pastors, councilmen and
other chvu-ch workers. Leaders of
this conference included Dr. Wil-
liam II. Lazareth, professor of sys-
tematic theology at tlie Pliiladel-
phia Seminary, and Dr. F. L.
\\ hale\', professor of psychology at
Penn State University.
Tofal Student Body at 573
The largest Freshman class in
the history of Susquehanna Uni-
versity underwent an intensive
four-day orientation period on the
campus beginning September 16.
The class numbers 225 including
105 men and 120 women.
S.U. had a total enrollment of
around 500 in former years. For
1959-60 the total reached 573-
also the largest in the institution's
history.
Susquehanna's orientation pro-
gram, for transfer students as well
as freshmen, featured get-ac-
quainted sessions, aptitude and
psychological testing, guidance
and other procedures to help the
new students make their adjust-
ment to college life. The program
continued tlirough the weekend.
Classes began at Susquehanna on
\Ionda\' morning, September 21.
Dr. Albert A.. Zimmer, new
Dean of Students and Professor of
Education, was in charge of the
event, assisted by members of the
faculty and administrati\'e staff.
The Student Orientation Commit-
tee was headed by Miss Virginia
Alexander of New Britain, Pa. and
Harold Bingaman of Selinsgrove,
co-chairmen.
SEPTEMBER 1959
Alumni Slow in Responding to
All across the nation colleges
are reporting increased records in
alumni financial support and new
highs in Lo\alt>' Fund totals.
Thc\- report 40, 50 and 65 percent
participation — per capita gifts of
$25, $35 and $50.
A\'hat about Susquehanna? For
some niNsterious reason many Cru-
sader alimmi seem to be letting
their Alma Mater down this year.
Some ha\e expressed theii- loyalty
—a fi'w lia\e been most generous.
For all these gifts Susquehanna
says a sincere "Thank You."
This issue of the ALUMNUS
gives some indication of the plans
and progress being made at your
Alma Nhiter — progress which will
make for a stronger Susquehanna,
better able to serve her students
and youth - at - large. Progress
which, incidentally, makes your
own degree w^orth more, too. All
progress costs money. Yet, many
Susquehiinnans have not yet re-
sponded with their money.
Our record speaks for itself.
Its not a happy one. With less
than five percent of living alumni
contributing, the total of regular
Loyalty Fund gifts is only slightly
more than $2600. Several special,
sizable gifts (which exceed twice
this total) are responsible for the
not-too-too-terrible over-all alumni
giving total for the year.
Do S.U. alumni love their Alma
Mater less than other alumni do?
Do they really think their educa-
tion was a harmful and unhappy
experience in their lives, best for-
gotten?
W'e don't think so. We tliink
our alumni arc just as loyal as those
Contribut'ors fo
1891
B. Meade Wagenseller
1898
1. Hess Wagner
Frank A. Eyer
Alice G. Fischer
1899
William M. Schnure
1901
S. W'ard Gramley
1904
Cal\ in P. Swank
1906
Margaret Rothrock Swank
1907
Nhir\' Grace Jacobs Russell
Charles H. Shull
1908
Milton A. Spotts
1909
Merv},Ti J. Ross
1910
George B. Manhart
1911
Frances B. Shireman
Claude G. Aikens
Anna Sunday Homan
1913
Raymond L. Lubold
1914
Mary A. Ressler Dale
Mary G. Steele
Harry \V. Miller
Lewis R. & Rosalie Mc-
Cormick Lenhart
1915
Nathaniel A. Danowsky
J. Frank Faust
Emma M. MasteUer
Jesse A. Lubold
Aberdeen Phillips
1916
Martin L. Dolbeer, Sr.
1917
Park W\ Huntington
1918
John F. Harkins
1919
Wilhud D. Allbeck
Helen Salem Wescoat
1920
G. Blair Harmon
Harold Y. Fisher
Evelyn Allison Boeder
Russell F. Auman
1921
Marie Romig Huntington
Mildred E. Winston
Orris H. Aurand
Anna E. Leitzel
Guy M. Bogar
1922
Perce R. Appleyard
1923
Mar\' Beck Grant
G. Artliin Fry
W. Marvin Groce
1924
Alma V. McCollough
Mabel Kinsey Fetterolf
Miriam Huyett Alexander
Marguerite R. Martin
1925
Norman R. Benner
Roger M. Blough
Marlin E. Grubb (in
memory of )
Christie Bimmerman
1926
Helen Ulrich Hoffman
Anna M. Norwat
Ethel V. Ta\lor
Theodore E. Ebberts
Hayes C. Gordon
Lee E. Boyer
1927
George N. Young
M. Thelma Taylor
Emily E. Craig
Katherine A. Kleinbauer
1928
Edward B. Ilerr
Harold E. Ditzler
Andrew E. Rushin
1929
Marian K. Derrick
Helen Simmons Barrick
Adam P. Bingaman
Helen Carter Geliret
1930
John S. Rhine
James M. Scharf
Sherman E. Good
Ruth Goff Nicodcmus
Frank E. & Edith Erdly
Ramsey
Florence Lauver
1931
Charles J. Shearer
Brycc E. Nicodemus
Lawrence C. Fisher
1932
Mildred H. Bolich
Lewis R. Fox
Grace E. Herrold
Harriett Montgomery
1933
J. Donald Steele
\\'illiam R. Swarm
Laird S. Gemberling
Frederick L. Carl
Amelia Krapf Williams
Frances Sambaugh Shade
Grace C. Boyle
1934
Pauline Crow Mount
12
Susquehanna Alumnus
Loyalty Appeal
of other colleges and universities.
We believe that our alumni are
just as proud of their Alma Nhitcr
—and that they're just as eager to
take part in her gro\\th and im-
provement.
\Ve belie\e that our alumni
ha\e been busy this year — that
tlie\"\e intended to remember Sus-
quehanna in then- gifts, but "just
haven't gotten around to it."
Unfortimately, time is running
out. In fact, the new fiscal year
is upon us. However, we feel
that, ha\ing been reminded— and
having been confronted with these
facts — all loyal Susquehannans
w ill want to do their fair share and
take care of what they've- forgot-
ten.
Inserted in your .\LUMNUS is
a return envelope. Will \oii — if
\ou haven't alre'ady done so— use
it NOW to remit your gift to
S.U.'s Loyalty Fund for 1959? All
such gifts received in October will
be credited toward the 1959 fimd
nnless specified otherwise.
SUSQUEHANNA
ALUMNI GIVING
for the year
totaled
$8,251
on October 1
Included: More than, $5-
550 in special gifts to-
ward separate scholarship
funds, technically not
Loyalty Fund gifts. See
box score, by class, on
next page.
the 1959 Fund
Edwin M. Clapper
Isabella Horn Klick
Edith Frankenfield Cramer
Richard B. Shade
John Oberdorf
1935
Ralph C. Geigle
Dorothv C. Eastep
Robert R. Clark
Ruth C. Badger
1936
Bertha A. Holderman
Katliryn Weber Finkbiner
Horace M. Hutcliison
Jerome N. Cuss
1937
Lester J. Karschner
Clyde R. Spitzner
Frances Smith Novinger
1938
Robert A. Boyer
Ethel Ramer Coulter
1939
John R. Knaul
Verna Ga\'man & Howard
B. Baldwin
Louise E. West
Frank Laudenslager
Lula M. Lawson
Mathilda N. Powell
1940
Paul M. Orso
Andrew A. Clark, Jr.
Elizabeth Jane Bamhart
Harold E. Shaffer
Edward E. Eisenhart
1941
Hilda M. Bitter
Rudi Naylor Shaffer
Robert A. Updegrove
1942
Janet Shockey Einstein
Paul A. Lantz
Melvin E. Haas
1943
Jessie W. Schmitthenner
1945
H. G. Stuempfle, Jr.
1946
James R. Clark
1947
Alan Parcells
Jacqueline Braverman
Mayper
Frank Corcoran
1948
Richard W. & Gertrude
Roberts Lindemann
John B. & Dawn Ebert
Bergstresscr
\\'illiam H. McClure
1949
Dorothv Gardner Owen
Jean Young Kaufman
Mary Jane Jessen Hansen
Marilyn Beers Reilly
Erma Bonawitz Warnes
Mary Helen Smith Sanders
Charles H. Rohmann
Betsy Jane Hill Clark
Isabel Kiss
Juanita K. Hartle
Jean B. Berninger
Lillian Kepner LaiTimore
1950
Robert L. Block
Albert P. Molinaro, Jr.
John J. Witowski
Theodore Clark
Janet W. Statler
1951
James B. Reilly
Robert A. Pittello
Merrill W. Shafer
Marianne Fague
\\'illiam S. Fisher
Martha L. Putnam
William R. Smeltz
1952
G. Allan VoUmers
1953
Marvel Cowling Robinson
Robert B. Jarvis
Paul R. Nesder, Jr.
Ruth F. Bosch
1954
William C. & Helen Spaeth
Church
Nora Steinhards Galins
Ruth E. Osborne
Audrey M. Warnets
Barbara M. Zorn
1955
Bruce A. Bell
John H. Momrow
Richiud D. Walk
1956
Deborah Krapf Bell
Anna Jane Moycr
1957
Jack K. Bishop
Gloria D. Masteller
Mary Ellen Harrington
1958
Marv G. Moore
William M. Rohrbach
Doris M. Keener
1959
Claudette Bedeau.x
1960
Edith Koenighaus
Sandra R. Kimmel
Honorary
Bertha M. Hein
Charles Lecse
J. Parsons Scheaffer
George H. Berkheimer
William D. Lewis
SEPTEMBER 1959
13
1959 Alumni
Giving
Living
Contri- 1
Class
Members
butors Amsunt 1
1891
5
1
$ 5.00
1898
6
3
50.00
1899
8
1
10.00
1901
5
1
10.00
1904
15
1
10.00
1906
12
1
10.00
1907
13
2
105.00
1908
21
1
1.00
1909
27
1
25.00
1910
23
1
5.00
191 1
16
3
156.00
1913
16
1
25.00
1914
24
4
57.00
1915
34
5
55.00
1916
31
1
25.00
1917
34
1
2.50
1918
28
1
20.00
1919
30
2
35.00
1920
46
4
51.00
1921
52
5
137.50
1922
48
1
100.00
1923
41
3
21.00
1924
55
4
150.00
1925
70
4
5,692.00
1926
79
6
33.00
1927
97
4
22.00
1928
149
3
50.00
1929
145
4
22.00
1930
121
6
23.50
1931
145
3
12.50
1932
106
3
40.00
1933
89
7
56.50
1934
85
6
28.00
1935
76
4
26.00
1936
74
4
13.00
1937
57
3
20.00
1938
53
2
10.00
1939
57
6
67.00
1940
79
6
83.50
1941
63
3
42.50
1942
69
3
23.00
1943
50
1
10.00
1945
32
1
5.00
1946
30
1
10.00
1947
56
3
25.00
1948
88
3
15.00
1949
121
12
201.00
1950
133
5
170.00
1951
82
7
50.00
1952
97
1
10.00
1953
98
4
140.00
1954
115
5
68.00
1955
70
3
15.00
1956
95
2
10.00
1957
92
3
18.00
1958
93
3
25.00
1959
I
5.00
1960
2
7.00
Honorary Alumni 5
87.00
Others
50.00
Total
$8,251
CLUB NEWS
NORTH JERSEY-NEW YORK
Presidi'iit J. M. Spangler, Jr.
reports tliat tlu' Nortli Jorsey-New
York District Club will meet in
East Orange, N. J. for the Susque-
hanna-Upsala football game on
October 17. This is Homecoming
Day for the Vikings of Upsala and
plent\' of festivities are in tlie
making.
Pre-game ceremonies begin at
1:15 p.m., kick-off time is set at 2
p.m. .\n alumni who will be in the
area are urged to attend and seek
seats in a special reserved section
for Susquehanna .\lumni on or
about the 5()-\ard line. Incidental-
1>-, the S.U. band will be on deck
with special entertainment and
will help the Crusaders cheer the
team to victory. The North Jersey
committee expects to supply mi-
meographed copies of the latest
cheers and songs.
Special guest— if her schedule
permits— will be Miss Jackey Mc-
Keever "52, Broad\\'a\' star who will
reign as Susquehanna's Alumni
Queen and will be officially es-
corted in the pre-game parade of
bands and floats.
All alumni are invited to at-
tend a cocktail party at the Subur-
ban Hotel, East Orange, immedi-
ately after the game. Maps and
directions will be distributed.
The committee, headed by
Kenneth C. '50 and Sally '51 Small
and Ruth McCorkill "43, is hoping
for a gatfiering of from 30 to 50
alumni at this special event. Pres-
ident and Mrs. Weber arc planning
to make the trip to East Orange
to join witli the loyal Jerseyites.
LEHIGH VALLEY
The Susquehanna University
Alumni Club of Lehigh Valley will
hold its fall meeting Sattirday, Oc-
tober 24, at 6:30 p.m. The dinner
event is scheduled for \\'alp's Res-
taurant, Allentown, Pa. Highlight
of the program will be a message
from Susquehanna's President
Custa\e W. ^\■eber.
Lewis Howells '.37 will also
present several of his students in
\()cal selections.
The Lehigh Valley Club is par-
titularly eager for all new alumni
in its area to come and get ac-
(juainted. Mrs. Qucntin Zell '42 is
secretary of the group.
YORK-HANOVER-LANCASTER
On juiw 2y till' York-llanovcr-
Lancaster Club sponsored a bene-
fit performance at Allenberry
Pla\house, proceeds going directly
into the club's Scholarship Fund.
Cooperating in promotion of the
project was the Alumni Club of
Harrisburg.
York - Hano\er - Lancaster also
held a picnic in the Grove of Par-
adise Union Church near Thomas-
N-ille on August 27. Baked ham,
corn on tlie cob, tomatoes, amuse-
ments and games were all on the
menu.
This club, whose president is
Pastor L. J. Karschner '37 of Ab-
bottstown, has a busy, active pro-
gram going for its members. Es-
pecially commendable are its
Scholarship Fund ( for worthy S.U.
students) and its newsletter sent
periodically to all Susquehannans
in the area.
READING
Through the efforts of a brand
new president of the brand new
Reading Club, Dr. Ralph C. Ceigle
'35, plans are under way for an
early winter iiieeting — date not
yet detinite. .\11 alumni in this
area, please be on the ali'it for
tint her annouiKciiients.
Otlier oil iters of the Reading
Club, which organized last May,
will be listed in the next issui' of
the .VLl'MM'S along with officers
of otiicr area clubs.
f^
Susquehanna Alumnus
Roger Blough
Giving to
New Scholarship
Dr. Roger M. Blough '25 is in
process of establishing a $10,000
scholarship at Susquehanna so that
needy students may continue tlieir
studies without interruption. In-
come from the fund. President
Weber explained last month, will
be granted on a loan basis. Dr.
and Mrs. Blough have already
turned over to the inii\ersit>' more
tliiin half of the total amount of
the scholarship.
The donor is one of S.U.'s more
prominent alumni. He is chair-
man of the Board of Directors of
the United States Steel Corpora-
tion and figured in the news dur-
ing recent steel sti'ike negoti-
ations. While a Susquehanna un-
dergraduate Blough was forced to
drop out of school for a year in
order to earn money to continue
lus studies.
A. B. Portzline Dies
A. Ralmer Portzline, a Susque-
hanna alumnus of the Class of
1916, died at his home in Selins-
grove on .\ugust 16. He was 63
years of age.
A busy and well-known local
leader, Mr. Portzline was vice pres-
ident of Weis Pure Food Stores,
having first become affiliated with
the company following his gradu-
ation from S.U.
Acti\'e in state Republican cir-
cles, he was twice elected Snyder
Count}' Republican Chairman and
was a state committeeman for
nearly 30 years. He also served
as a delegate and alternate dele-
gate to a number of national Re-
publican conventions.
Mr. Portzline was a member of
First .Methodist Church, Selins-
"MY GET-UP-AND-GO"
"How do 1 know that ni\ youth is spent?
Well, my Cet-Up-And-Go has got up and went.
But in spite of it all I am able to grin
When I recall where my Get-Up has been.
Old age is golden, so I've heard it said,
But sometimes 1 wonder when I get into bed.
With m\- E.\RS in tin- draw(>r, and m\ TEETH in a cup,
My EYES on a table, until I wake up.
Ere sleep dims my eyes, I sa\' to myself,
Ts there anything else I should la>' on the shelf?"
But I am happy to say as I close my door
"My friends are the same, perhaps even more."
When I was young, my slippers were red,
I could pick up my heels right over my head.
When I grew older, my slippers were blue.
But still I could putter the whole day tluough.
Now I am old, my slippers are black,
I walk to the store and puff my way back.
The reason I know my youth is all spent
My "Get-Up-And-Go" has got up and went.
But I really don't mind when 1 think with a grin
Of all the grand places my Get-Up has been.
Since I have retired from life's competition
I busy myself with complete repetition.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits.
Pick up the paper and read the "obits. "
If my name is missing, I k-now I'm not dead,
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.
If you really get a laugh from this poem.
Remember to give a gift to your Alumni Home.
I am trving for a scholarship in memorv
Of Dr. C. Hayden A. Stieamer, Class of 1914,
For some boy or girl; it may be your own!
Selling copies of her poem is the unique way one loyal
alumna promotes giving to her Alma Mater. She prefers
to remain anoiiymotis, hut your Alumni Offiee will be hap-
py to credit her and the special scholarship fund if you so
specify.
grove, and an officer in the local
American Legion Post and its
World War I Last Man's Club.
He was also a Selinsgrove school
director for 12 years and was ac
tive in many other civic and busi-
ness organizations. He was an
honorary member of Lambda Chi
Alpha fraternity.
Never take your college for grant-
ed. A lot of people have broken
their hearts to give it to you.
— Anon.
SEPTEMBER 1959
15
ANY UNUSED INSTRUMENTS?
Lots of lolks takf iiuisic lessons— iiuliuliiiv; instruiiK'ntal—
sometime in tlieir li\es. Some keep them up, use their instru-
ments or pass them on to others. Others store their once-loved
instruments in attics or celhirs and there they he— unused, un-
lo\ed, mute reminders of more musical days.
If you or any of your friends have unused musical instru-
ments lying around, remember that Siiscpiehanna still has a
Music Division— a fine one, too. And it is growing just like
everytliing else on campus is growing. Nhisical instnnnents
are expensixe. S.U. will welcome the gift of any such instru-
ments. And will be happy to pay any costs of shipping, insur-
ance and repair wliich are necessary.
Give new life to yo\n" unused musical instruments— make
a valuable, though painless, gift to your Alma Mater at the same
time. Contact Mr. Krapf, Business Manager, or Mr. Billinan of
the Music Division. Susquehanna University will be most
grateful.
DR. DUNKELBERGER, FORMER DEAN, DIES
Dr. George F. Dunkelberger,
retired professor and former Dean
of Susquehanna University, died
on August 5 at the age of 80. He
had been in failing health for some
time.
A native of Middlecreek Town-
ship, Snyder County, Pa., Dr.
Dunkelberger attended the Cen-
tral Pennsylvania College at New
Berlin and spent two years teach-
ing school before enrolling at Sus-
quehanna in 1905. He received
the Bachelor of Arts degree from
S.U. in 1908. Thereafter he served
as principal of schools, respective-
ly, in Newport. Oberlin and Free-
burg, and on the faculties of the
Southwestern State Normal School
at California and Waynesburg
College, all in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Dunkelberger received his
Master of .Vrts degree from the
Ifniversity of Pittsburgh in 1919.
Susquehanna awarded him the
Doctor of Pedagogy in 1921 and
he won the Doctor of Pliilosophy
from New York University in 1927.
Joining the S. U. faculty in
1926, Dr. Dunkelberger was Pro-
fessor of Psychology and Educa-
tion. He was also Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts from 1929
to 1937, resigning to devote full-
time to teaching until his retire-
ment in 1946.
The former dean was active
professionally in various educa-
tional associations and was also
well-known as a historian. He
authored se\eral books including
a "History of Snyder Count}'" and
"Suggested Certification Require-
ments for Secondary School Teach-
ers."
Dr. Dunkelberger was an ac-
tive member of St. Paul's Reformed
Church, Selinsgrove.
Houtz and Smith
Cit-ed by Students
Two retiring Susquehanna sci-
ence professors received citations
from their students last May at
the close of the 1958-59 academic
year.
Dr. John J. Iloutz, .\ssociate
Professor of Chemistry, who grad-
uated from S.U. in 1908 and had
bei-n on the faculty since 1927, is
well known and lo\ed by several
generations of Susquehannans. Al-
thongli officially retired now, he is
continuing to ti'aeh one class in
organic cliemistr\- and lias bc^en
promoted to f\ill Professor.
Dr. T. Townsend Smith, Pro-
fessor of Physics, had retired at
tlie L^niversity of Nebraska in 1953
and been at Suscjuehanna since
that time.
The citations were appropri-
ately signed b\ the science stu-
dents and framed for presentation.
SAI Meefs for Lunch
The Sigma .\lpha Iota Home-
coming Luncheon will be held at
the Governor Snyder Hotel, Selins-
grove on Saturday, October 31 at
11:30 a.m. All S.\I members are
cordially inxited. Advance reser-
vations nia\' be made through Mrs.
Norman Heimbaeh, R. D. 2, Selins-
grove, or Mrs. .Mice (Tiaiiciue at
Suscjuehanna.
"If \'ou (lout reser\e ahead of
time," announces the committee,
"come anyhow . . . pKmty of room
for everyone!"
CRUSADER FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1959
October 3 URSiNUS A ColU^geville, Pa.
October 10 SWARTHMORE H Parents' Day
October 17 UPSALA A East Orange, N.J.
October 24 SHEPHERD STATE A Shepherdstown, W.Va.
October 31 WILKES II Homecoming Day
November 7 \\AC;NER H
November 14 HAVERFORD A Haverford, Pa.
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Susquehanna Alumnus
Big squad in first- photo of )959 season.
Three Alumni Coach 1959 Crusader Eleven
The 1959 pigskin season at S.U.
finds three outstanding ahinini
serving on the coacliing staff of
their Alma Mater. All have solid
years of coaching experience be-
hind them. Together, thev're ap-
phing their finest talents to field a
football team e\'ery Susqiiehannan
will be proud of.
Head coach for the fifth year
is Henry J. "Whitey" Keil, Class of
1939, of Fort Lee, N. J. As an un-
dergraduate White>- lettered in
football, basketball and baseball.
A center on the gridiron, he had
an impressive reputation as a keen
diagnostician of enemy play pat-
terns. He has coached at Union
Hill High School, Union City, N.J.;
Carthage College, Carthage, 111.;
James Milliken Uni\ersity, Deca-
tur, 111.; and Upsala College, East
Orange, N.J. Whitey is a heating
and air conditioning executive and,
since 1955, has spent each autumn
in .Selinsgrove.
Robert A. Pittello of Mt. Car-
mel. Pa. graduated from Susque-
hanna in 1951 after playing guard
on the Amos Alonzo Stagg teams.
An accountant. Bob has been as-
sistant coach since 1952.
Assistant coach this year for
the first time at S.U. is Blair L.
Heaton, who was a great end in
his phning days before gradu-
ation in 1942. A teacher and foot-
ball and basketball coach at Sel-
insgrove High School for some 13
years, he recently held a position
at Rye Neck High School, Long
Island, N.Y. and returned to Sus-
quehanna as instructor in mathe-
matics this year.
When \Vhitey took over as
head mentor in 1955 the Orange
and Maroon had been victoryless
for two seasons. The "road back"
started— after 15 straight losses—
with a 21-19 Homecoming Day
win over the Seahawks of Wagner
College. In his four completed
seasons at S.U. Whitey's overall
record is 11 wins, 15 losses.
A number of standout Crusad-
ers have been developed since
Keils coming, including Dick Pur-
nell and Walt Benham, candidates
for Little AIl-American and All-
State recognition, and last year's
Little All-American center Ralph
Ferraro. Ralph and halfliack Ray
Richie are co-captains of the 1959
ele\'en.
Some people around Selins-
grove are saying this might be "the
year" (presumably, to win them
all and become S.U.'s fourth un-
FOOTBALL FEVER HIGH
Football fever is running high
on the Crusader campus this fall
and, what with the retmn of 18
lettermen and 15 additional squad
members from the 195S team.
Head Coach Henry J. "Whitey"
Keil had ample reason for optim-
ism as this issue of the Susciuehan-
na Alumnus went to press just after
the season's sensational 63-0 open-
ing win over Ursinus.
Besides last seasons returnees,
elc\en freshmen were out in the
sticky early-September weather
making bids for berths on the 1959
squad. Although the total of 45
candidates decreased to 41 after
two weeks of practice, this was the
largest turnout in recent Orange
and Maroon history.
defeated season). Wiiile such pre-
dictions are perhaps premature, it
is certain that the 1959 squad is
"up" and will surely bear watch-
ing by its seven opponents. And
Susfiuehanna's alumni coaching
staff can be countctl on to do its
share in bringing out tlie best in
fighting spirit and pro\iding some
mighty thrilling Saturday after-
noons this fall.
SEPTEMBER 1959
17
— Susquehannans on Parade
'88
Dr. Jdhii I. Woodruff, belo\ed profes-
sor emeritus, first football coacli, and
S.U.'s oldest li\ing aluinnus, will cele-
brate his 95th hirthda)' on November
24. His address is: 350 University Ave-
nue, Selinsgrave, Pa.
'07
Franklin S. Noetling, principal of the
school at the Selinsgrove State School,
has resigned in order to accept a simi-
lar position at Danville State Hospital.
At the Danville institution he is coordi-
nator of the education program of the
children's unit.
10
Lou McFull olFcrctl the song "Laurel
Blossom Time" for use in the revival of
die event of the same name held in the
Poconos last spring. Miss McFall, who
wrote both the words and music, holds
a special certificate in voice from the
New England Conservatory, Boston,
Mass., and has toured as soprano soloist
with tlie Torrence Concert Quartette.
Her poems have been published in sev-
eral anthologies and she has written
many musical compositions, three of
which were published for the benefit of
crippled children. She is a charter
member of the Musical Society at Sus-
quehanna.
:'U
Dr. Mili'ii R. Dtrk, veterinarian, Jer-
sey Shore, Pa., has been named admin-
istrative head director of the Pennsyl-
vania Department of Agriculture. He
sers-ed as state senator from 1955 to
19.59.
'17
Miss Fliochc IIcniKin retirid last Jmie
after a long teaching career at Selins-
grove Area Joint Higli School. She and
her sister Miss Evci '18 visited Alaska
this summer. Among the points of in-
terest on their itinerary were Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Juneau, also the Indian
village at Fort Yukon, eight miles be-
yond the Arctic Circle. Tlie sights they
thought most spectacular were Mt. Mc-
Kinlc>' and tlie glaciers W'orthington,
Portage and Mendenhall.
'25
MISSES EVA AND PHOEBE HERMAN
'21 Class
in cooperation witli Dr. Miiuricc li.
Cortncr '21 has given a sum of money
to Susciuehamia for the purchase of
library books. A set of the \\'orkl En-
cv (.lopedia ( for the reference of teach-
ers in training— it is a high school refer-
ence book) has been purchased and
with the balance a set of American Men
of Science will be bought.
'21
Dr. Mildred E. Winston, associate sec-
retary of the Board of Higher Education,
United Lutheran Church in America, at-
tended the recent burning of tlie mort-
gage on tlie denomination's New York
City headquarters. The headquarters
are located in the historic 106-year-old
former J. P. Morgan brownstone man-
sion at Madison Avenue and 37th St.
'22
Besiic Long was selected by tlie Free-
doms Foundation at Valley Forge for a
medal and citation for exceptional work
in behalf of teaching responsible citizen-
sliip and understanding of tlie American
Way of Life. She and her sister Alma
Long toured Europe this sunnner.
Luther A. Fisher. Shilhiigton, Pa., gen-
eral agent for the Reading Agency of
the Loyal Protective Life Insurance Co.,
was awarded the Loyal Trophy as "Gen-
eral Agent of the Year" for 1958.
'24
The Rev. Horner MkUllcsicarth of
Philadelphia gave the baccalaureate ser-
mon at Millersville State Teachers Col-
lege to the 1959 graduating class. He
is field work services director for tlie
United Lutheran Church Board of Par-
ish Education,
Till- Hc\ . Ilarldiid D luiaiic has ac-
cepted a call to serve Kniiiianuil Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church in Naples, Fla.
'28
Jtilni E. S'oonaii was nominated by
\\ ilkes-Barre, Pa., Democratic voters for
City Treasurer at the May Primary
Election. He is now Democratic candi-
date for election to that office and tax
collector in the election coming up in
Novi'mber.
'29
Dr. Utiruld .V. Mnldciikf. lonner cur-
ator of Botanical Cardens, N.Y.C., is Di-
rector of the Trailside Museum, a focu.s
of the W'atchung Reservation, and a
2,000-acre natural wilderness which will
be opened formally for winter use in
Union County, New Jersey on October
25. A campaign is now being launched,
also, to raise .$100,000 for a planetarium
and observatory, the first unit in an al-
readv' planned science center which will
bring astronomv- and meteorologv into
tlie educational and recreational scope of
the nuiscum.
'33
Martha A. Fisher, psvchologist for the
Sunbury, Pa., area schools, has resigned
her position to become director of treat-
ment at the Commonwealth's Mmicy
Industrial Home for Women. Her res-
ignation culminates 35 years of teaeliing
in the Sunbury school system, and was
received with deep regret.
'35
Albert .V. Ruhi.s, higii school principal
in Johnstown, Pa., received the M.Ed.
degree from the University of Pittsburgh
at June commencement exercises there.
Dr. Ralph C. Geigle, superintendent
of Reading Pa., schools who formerly
held a similar position in the Turbotvillc,
Pa., schools, spoke on "Set of the Sails"
at the X'esper Service which marked the
ilose of the Turliotville C^entennial ob-
servance.
Dr. John /•'. Ilaiiiia. Ii,is<l).ill roach at
State College High School, hail a sea-
son's record of 18-2 and won tlie I'enn-
sylvania District 6 title for 1959.
18
Susquehanna Alumnus
'36
John H. Nac'geli, basketball coach at
Voadoii. Pa.. Higli Scliool. was tendered
a testinioiiia! diimcr on June 20.
'40
Juincs Pearce has been elected Princi-
pal of the elementary schoiil in Mont-
gomery, Pa. He was formerly band di-
rector in the Montgomery area schools.
'41
Douiilds A. Portzlinc was confirmed
Sept. 14 by the Senate of the United
States as Postmaster in Sclinsgro\e, Pa.
Doug and his wife are the parents of
two vouni; children.
x'44
Clicstcr F. Gau'filcr was named suptr-
visor of U.S. Radiiun's newly-expanded
watch dial department in the company's
plant at Bloomsbnrg, Pa.
'45
The Kev. Herman G. Sttientpfle ]r.
recently joined the staff of the Board
of Social Missions to take charge of
Faith and Life Institutes for the United
Lutheran Chiuch. He had been pastor
of Christ Lutheran Church. Gettys-
burg, Pa., since 1953.
'46
Dr. Roswell J. Johns of Millerstown,
Pa., was elected president of tlie Penn-
sylvania Society of die American Col-
lege of General Practitioners in Osteo-
patliic Medicine and Surgery at the
spring clinical conference of the associ-
ation at Hershey. His wife is the for-
mer Ginile V. Clark '47.
'47
Davi Gross, treasurer of the Susque-
hanna University General Alumni Asso-
ciation and treasurer of tlie Snyder
County Trust Compan\- as well, was
elected president of the Selinsgro\e
Borough Council at its September meet-
ing. Dave, an interim appointee, is
serving the rest of this year's term fol-
low ing the deatli of William Heim.
'48
Dr. Rithcrt A. Fisher, Penbrook, Pa.,
has given up his Harrisburg area prac-
tice to take a residency in psychiatr\' at
tlie New Jersey State Hospital, Ancora,
as of Jiil> 1.
'49
Jim Peters is in his fifth year as head
football coach at Western Area Joint
High School, Milflinburg. Pa. In an ar-
ticle in the Grit, a leading weekly news-
paper, Jim is described as "one of the
best e\er turned out at S.U." who
learned i^lenty of football savvy under
Amos Alonzo Stagg. The Wildcats of
Mifflinburg are toted as a speedy eleven.
Dr. Robeii L. Gjetz. his wife (the
former Doris Wanhauiili) and family are
mo\ing to Oak Harbor, Whidberg Is-
land, Wash., on Oct. 1, where Dr.
Goetz will be doing general practice of
meihcine.
(w7 Devine resigned from Ashland,
I'a., High School coaching and teaching
positions to return to service with the
F.B.T.
'50
Ricluird \\ . Shaffer has recently been
accepted as a member of the Pi Tau
Delta International Chiropractic Schol-
astic Honor Society. He is attending
the Palmer School of Chiropractic in
Davenport, Iowa, where he will com-
plete his course of study this fall.
'51
The He\ . Walter L. Brandiu, former
pastor of tin- Espy - Hidlay Ludieran
parish, has accepted a call to Holy
Trinity Lutheran Chinch at Berlin, Som-
erset County, Pa.
'52
Juckeij McKeever is appearing in the
role of Laurey in "Oklahoma" in the
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Associ-
ation production in the PhiUiarmonic
Auditorium. Before going to the coast,
Jacke\- played for three weeks in Fort
Worth, Texas, in "Wonderful Town,"
the musical in which she appeared with
Rosalind Russell on TV last seasan.
Chester G. Ruwe received his M.A.
degree at Bucknell University. Cliet is
Du'ector of Guidance~in the Selinsgrove
Area Joint High School.
Gene J. Fliiri has been appointed as-
sistant controller of the Lee Tire and
Rubber Corporation in Conshohocken,
Pa. He is also a member of the Ameri-
can Institute of Certified Public Ac-
countants and the Pennsylvania Insti-
tute of Certified Public Accountants.
He hves at 5.35 Perry Street, Ridley
Park, with his wife and two sons.
James Hazlett was awarded the M.Litt.
degree by the University of Pittsburgh
in June. Jim teaches high school in
Springdale, Pa.
'53
Catherine A. Doebler has been award-
ed her M.S. degree by Bucknell Univer-
sity. She teaches commercial education
in the Middleburg Joint Higli School.
The Hew Carlton R. Iloicells, former
pastor in Cairnbrook, has accepted a
call to Paradise Lutheran Church, East
Berlin, Pa.
'54
Charles A. Neueonwr Jr. has been
chn.sen by the Board of Directors of tlic
Milton S. Hershey Scliool, Hershey, Pa.,
to serve on the faculty in the depart-
ment of business education.
The Rev. Stuart H. Lennel Jr. begins
duty with the U.S. Air Force as chap-
lain on Oct. 1. He will spend the first
nine weeks in San Antonio, Tex.
x'54
Bruee Bobh, is working as a therapist
for the York County, Pa., Cerebral Pal-
sy Society.
'55
U. Riehard Walk received his M.D.
degree from Halmemann Medical Col-
lege in Jime. Dick is serving his in-
ternship at the U.S. Naval Hospital in
Philadelphia.
Dr. Waijne E. Mitlvr gratluatcd on
Jime 11 from Temple Medical School
and is interning at tlie Northeastern
Hospital, Philadelphia.
loars Avots has been elected presi-
dent of the Puget Sound Chapter of
Wharton Master of Business Adminis-
tration Alumni ,\ssociation. He is en-
gaged in long-rang.,' program planning
at the Boeing Aircraft Corporation
plant producing 707 jet transports.
'56
Fritz Frost advanced to the position
of supervisor widi the New York Life
Insurance Co. He and his wife, the
former Alice Louise Valsing, have
moved to Tacoma Park, Md.
Gene Stetler has accepted a position
with Allis-Chabners Manufacturing Com-
pany in Y'ork, Pa. as stall assistant to
the comptroller.
The Rev. John D. Yeieh graduated
from Gettysburg Seminary in May. He
is now pastor of Nittany V'alley Luther-
an Parish, Howard, Pa.
The Rev. Charles H. Duncan received
his S.T.B. degree from Boston Univer-
sity in June and is pastor of First Meth-
odist Church, Revere, Mass. He Ciin-
tinues graduate study at B.U. tliis fall.
The Duncans ( Mrs. is the former Linda
Killiournc x'5S) have two children.
'57
Nelson E. Ba'leii has been accepted
by Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
After serving as secretary to the Secre-
SEPTEMBER 1959
19
t;iry of tlie General Staff, U.S. Amiy,
Stuttgart, Germany, he returned to the
United States for discharge in mid-
August.
Max ]. llcnnan rccci\ed a degree of
Doctor of X'etcrinary Medicine at the
Universit)' of Pennsyhania in June. He
is current!)- employed as a veterinarian
in the Philadelphia office of Dr. J. N.
O'Neal.
mathematician at General -Atronics. Bala-
CxTiwyd, Pa.
William Rohrhuch lias accepted a po-
sition as ser\ice salesman for the .\tlan-
tic Refining Coiiipan\ .
x'58
58
Janice Paul graduated from Coliiiiiliia
School of Nursing June 3. This sum-
mer she has been nurse at Camp Wall
Whitman, Pike, N. H.
Tcrric Fcliciaiio, teacher of business
in Woodbury, N. J., visited her home in
W'aimea, Kauai, Hawaii this summer.
This was Terrie's first visit to her home
since coming to Sustjuehanna in 1954.
Carolyn Gilla-ipic is now at the Nor-
ristown. Pa., State Hospital as music in-
structor.
Statilcy DcCain]) received his M.A. in
Hist!)ry from Lehigh University in June.
Dori.v .\/. Keener is working as staff
x'59
Janice lliddenwn graduated from
Penn State in June and is now doing
graduate work in psychology of reading
and learning at Temple.
x'61
liarhard liitnLii lias been accepted as
a student at Mt. Sinai Hospital School
of Nursing, New York City and began
classes September 8.
Whither the Class of '59
Janis Adams: Teaching music in the
elementary schools of Harrisburg, Pa.
John liui))) Alhriglit, Jr.: Summer po-
sition with Haller Raymond and Brown,
Inc., State College, Pa. In the fall will
do graduate work in physics at the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin.
Robert Morris Anderson: Design en-
gineer, American Car and Foundry Co.,
Berwick, Pa. Bob and his wife are the
parents of a son, David Eugene, who
was a year old on June 29.
Lois Andren: Plans are not yet defi-
nite.
Gary Aucker: Teacher of mathemat-
ics, L>kens Borough Schools.
John Trcssler Raskin: Design engi-
neer, American Car and Foundry Co.,
Berwick, Pa.
Charles Rayler: Employed in Trust
Department, First National Bank of
Sunbnry, Pa.
Susan Jane Bates: Assistant to the
personnel director. Overlook Hospital,
Summit, N.J.
James Theodore Bayruns: Has accept-
ed a position with Sperry Gyroscope,
Long Island, N.V.
William Matter Berber: Will do grad-
uate work in physics at Penn State.
Donald William Boyle: Director, lo-
cal brandi. Boys' Club of America in
Massilloii, Ohio.
Nancy Luella Boyer: Music super-
visor, Damascus Township, Pa., schools.
Judith Irene Brown: Junior inter-
viewer, Northeastern National Bank and
Trust Company in the Automobile Fi-
nance Department.
Lester Laionc Bruhaker: Teaching
English in tbe Middleburg, Pa., schools.
Margaret Diannc Burns: Personal
Records Clerk, Stavid Engineering Inc.,
Plainfield, N.J.
Carl R. Cathennan: Mathematics
teacher, Salem, N.J., High School.
Jack Cisney: Controller trainee in
executive training program of Pomero\'s
(Allied Stores Coqj. ) in Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
Sister Ruth Ethel Coleman: Deacon-
ess at Redeemer Lutlieran Church, Jer-
sey City 5, N.J., doing parish work.
Harry (Bucky) L. Clark, Jr.: Director
of Junior High \-ocal music, Upper
Moreland Junior High School, Willow
Grove, Pa. This summer Bucky directed
a program, ''Music For Fun." Students
of the Round Meadow, Woodlavvn, and
North Willow Grove elementary schools
and the Lfpper Moreland Junior High
School took part.
Mary Frances Davis: Instructor in
piano and organ at Linden Hall Junior
College and School for Girls, Lititz, Pa.
Nancy Lorraine Eiierman: Has been
elected group worker at the Hazleton
Young Women's Christian Association.
Robert Leslie Fiscus: Has accepted
a position with Price W'aterhouse and
Compan\'.
Harry Finkle Hancy. Jr.: Teaching
social studies at West Snyder Junior
High School, Bea\'ertown, Pa.
Jonathan Buck Hawssler: Pliysicist,
.Aniiy Ballistic Missile Agency, Redstone
Arsenal, Iluntsville, .\la.
BORN CRUSADERS
To Millie and Robert Lewis '58, a
son, Jeffrey Scot, Aug. 8, 1958.
To Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Cope '52, a
son, Robert Alan, Nov. 21, 19.58.
To Shirley Jean Decker Gateman '55
and Dale Gateman '52, a daughter.
Sherry Kay, Jan. I", 1959.
To Barbara May .Knoia '55 and Jim
.AiiDiV; '55, a daugliter, Katlileeii Jean,
Mar. 22, 1959.
To Jane and Don Derr '50, a son,
Junes Price, March 25, 1959.
To Rosemar>- and Chester Shu.ita '42,
a third daughter, .\m\ Elizabeth, April
3, 1959.
To Eleanor Dively Mora '56 and Sera-
fin Mora, a son, David Martin, .'Vpril 9,
1959. New address: 1914 East Dau-
phin St., Philadelphia 25, Pa.
To Patricia Galloway Romig .v'56' and
Larry Romig '57, twin daughters, Laurie
Ann and Lou Ellen, April 22, 1959.
The Roinigs have moved to Thompson-
town, Pa.
To Rita and Gary .\itcker '5.9, a sec-
ond snn, Anthon\ Daniel, May 2, 1959.
To Barbara and George Pospi.sil '57,
a daughter, Leigh Ann, May 18, 1959.
Their new address is 1378 Morris Ave-
nue, Union, Pa.
To Peggy and George Washboume
'54. a daughter, Grace Ann, June 9,
1959.
To Romaine and Ronald Bartholomew
5fs, their third child, a son, September
1, 19.59.
Mary .Ann Heck: Elementar\- music
teaclier in Greeiiwicli, Conn., Public
Schools.
Catherine Cumphcli Henry: Teaching
English in Linden, Pa., High School.
She is engaged to Gerald Herbsler '58,
currently serving in the U.S. Army.
Roger Andre Holt:.tii>ple: 2iid Lieu-
tenant, L'.S. Marine Corps.
Carl .\Uen llorsfeld: Firestone Stores
office and credit manager. Doing grad-
iKile work at Bncknell University.
^L Lorrane Kelly: Caseworker, Sel-
insgrove State School.
Nancy Elaine Kendall: Teaching mu-
sic at Painted P<ist High School. Painted
I'ost. N.Y.
Robert Ihneard Keni/nn: Has accept-
ed a position with 1' \\ . WHoKvortli
Stores.
Raymond John Kerstetter Jr.: Assist-
ant to Junior Accountant, Price Water-
hou.se Company Inc., Bloomfield. N.J.
Ray and his wife are parents of a daugh-
ter, Karen Rae, born January 27, 1958.
20
Susquehanna Alumnus
Lois- Mdrihjn Kohl: Music teacher in
Ha\eifoiil Township, Pa., Jiuiior High
ScIkkiI.
Hurrii EduanI Leonard. ]r.: Mana.gc-
ment trainee at W. T. Grant CompauN'.
Fat/c ]ocmn Lewis: Teacliing biology
at Perry Joint High School, New Bloom-
field, Pa.
Sandra Joan Locke: Bacteriologi.st for
W'arntr-C^hileoth Pharmaceutical Com-
pan\-.
Foster Roland McCurlcij: .\tteniling
Mt. Air\' Seminar) at Pliiladelpliia.
Aadrcic G. Melnick: Lakewood Jun-
ior Higli School Band. W'a.s married
in .\ngiist.
Russell rlullip Meiiz: Sunbury, Pa.,
Department of Health, Welfare and
Education, Social Securit>' Administra-
tion-Claims Representati\e. Russell and
his wife ha\e two children.
Donald Lee yUddlesworth: Loventhal,
Krekstein and Company as Junior Ac-
countant.
Sundru Marie Meyer: Staff assistant,
Esso Research and Engineering Com-
pan\', data clerk.
Richard Alan Neff: Affiliated with
Price W'aterhouse and Company.
Ceorne ^L Nesbitt: Attending Lu-
theran Theological Seniinar>' at Gettys-
birrg. He and his wife are the parents
of one child.
Denece Ncichard lluussler: Will teacli
elementary music in the Haverford
Township, Pa., School Di.strict.
Paul O. Olhrich: Personnel assistant
with tile firm of Wallace and Tiernan,
Inc.
Joseph Osinchak: Has accepted Nat-
ional Defense Fellowship to the De-
partment of Anatomy, Duke Universit\'
School of Medicine, Durham, N.C.
Mary Margaret Overly: During the
winter will teach Latin and English.
Charles H. Boehni High School, Penns-
bury School District, Vardley, Pa., and
during the summer will attend Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania as a graduate stu-
dent.
Peter Paul Pace: Has accepted a po-
sition with Ponieroy's Department Store,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Eleanor Pourron: Is doing graduate
work at Syracuse University in library
science.
Gladys Lorraine Ransom: Teaching
Latin and English in Clark High School,
Clark, N.J.
Anne Elizabeth Reynolds: Teaching
music in West Orange, N.J., schools,
grades 4, 5, and 6.
Sidney Forrest Richard: Is on gradu-
ate training program with the Pennsyl-
\ania Power and Light Company.
Glace A. Ricfiel: Student at United
Theological Seminary. Dayton, Ohio.
Glace and his wife are the parents of
two young children.
Les-ter E. Rudisill: Entered Gettys-
burg Lutheran Tiieological Seminary
Sept. 1. Was married on Aug. 23.
Doris Elaine Schumacher LaForcc:
Has accepted a position with East Ly-
coming Scliool District, Hughes\ille, Pa.
Was married Aug. -22.
T. Xorctta Shecslcy: History and l)i-
olog>- teacher. West York Area Joint
High School, York, Pa.
Glenn Ray Showalter: Plans to enter
military service.
Joscpli Francis Shui>inski: Expects to
do giadnate work at Iowa State College
in the field of nuclear chemistry.
Joyce Ann Spi^clmyer: Doing gradu-
ate work at Penns\l\ania State Univer-
sity.
Joan Bittinger Weber: Has been ap-
pointed teacher of English in the Stroud
LInion School District, Stroudsburg, Pa.
Gene Witiak: Attending University of
Pennsybania School of Veterinary Med-
icine.
Nancy Vustine: Secretary to Merchan-
dising Manager, American Broadcasting
Conipan)', New York City.
William Conrad Woelkcrs: Teaching
music in tlie Monroe Township Public
Schools, Jamesburg, N.J. Also plans to
do graduate work in nmsital composi-
tion.
Ray Jay Yeinfist: Assistant manager,
Barbe Chef Inc., Harrisburg. Pa.
Nicholas Strunk Yost: Hi pnrfir, Read-
ing, Pa., Times.
Nancy Marie Zimmerman Roshon:
Teacher of 8tli grade mathematics, Han-
over, Pa., Junior High School. Married
/. Allen Roshon, Jr. '57 on Aug. 29. Al
is attending Gettysburg Theological
Seminary.
Margaret Dalliy '/Anuncnium: House-
wife.
Raymond William Stiller: Plans to do
graduate work at Union Theological
Seminary in the field of sacred music.
Joan Shetterly: Teacher ol l)iology,
Cochran Junior Higli School, lolmstown,
Pa.
Russell Lowell McTague: Teacher of
music in the elementary schools of Cen-
tral Islip, Long Island, N.Y.
S. U. WEDDINGS
ZIMMERMAN-DALBY
Margaret Dalby '59 to Arthur Alan
Zimmerman '57 Sept. 27, 1958. Arthur
is presently affiliated with Price Water-
house and Company in Newark, N.J.,
as an accountant.
BERNSTEIN-HEWITT
Babetta Hewitt '5.9 to G'jrald Bern-
stein '60 December 1958.
WEBER-BITTINGER
Joan Bittinger '59 to Da\id F. Weber
December 27. 1958. Claudette Bedeaux
'59 was maid of honor.
PETERSON-BUMBARGER
Nancy E. Bumbargcr '58 to James A.
Peterson June 6, 1959. Matron of honor
was Mrs. David (Fern Keefcr) Boyer
'58, organist and vocalist, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald (Mary Louise Neal '58) Cole-
man '60. Last year Nancy taught in
the Somerset High School.
LEONARD-RIDINGER
Nancy Ridinger '58 to Harry Leon-
ard, Jr. '59 June 6, 1959.
MILLER-RHOADS
Frances Ann Rhoads to Wayne E.
Miller, M.D. '55 June II, 1959. Mrs.
Miller w^as a former instructor of pli>
sical education at Susquehanna.
BROUSE-WITTES
Dori.^ A. Wittes '57 to Frank D. Brouse
June 14, 1959. Doris holds a teaching
position in the Mahanoy Joint High
School, Dahnatia, Pa.
HAUSSLER-NEWHARD
Park H. Haussler '57 to Denece P.
Newhard '59 June 20, 1959. Mary Ann
Heck '59 was maid of honor for the
bride. Jon B. Haussler '59 was best
man and Raymond Stiller '59 served as
usher. Park is an accountant with Ly-
brand. Ross Brothers and Montgomery.
NEFF-PATTYSON
Margaret Lois Pattyson '59 to Rich-
and Alan Neff '59 June 20. 1959. Rich-
ard is now employed at Price Water-
house and Company as an accountant.
PATTERSON-TROUP
Dale L. Patterson '59 to Jac(|ueline
Troup June 21, 1959. The Rev. Ben-
jamin Lotz of the .Su.squelianna tacnlty,
assisted at the service.
STEVENS-FITZGERALD
Frederick C. Stevens '50, Honorary
Alunuuis, to Mrs. Anna Fitzgerald June
26, 1959. The Rev. W. R. Fitzgerald
'11 performed the ceremony. Mr. Sic-
cus is Associate Professx)r of Sociology.
SEPTEMBER 1959
21
OHL-YEAKLEY
Cecile Ann Ycciklcy '59 to Thomas
Ohl, June 27, 1959. The ceremony was
held in the Emniamiel Lutheran Cliurch,
MidcUeburg, Pa.
FELTM.AiN-VOUGHT
Ronald E. Fcltnian '5S to Carole P.
Vounht July 4, 1959. Ronald is pres-
entl>' employed as an eleetrieal engi-
neer by Radio Corporation of America
in Somerville, N.J.
BRUBAKER-KELLY
M. Lorraine Kelly "59 to Lester Kru-
haker '59 AuRu.st 16, 1959.
LaFORCE-SCHUMACHER
Doris Schmnaeher "59 to Russell D.
LaForce AuRu.st 22, 1959.
OLIVER-THARP
Susan Tluirp '58 to George W. Oliver
Aui;ust 22, 19.59. Carol Royer '59
served as bridesmaid. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver are teachers in the Corning
school s\'stem and \\i\\ reside in East
Aurora, New York.
BAYRUNS-HESLOP
Joan Heslop x'60 to James Buyruns
'.59 August 29, 1959. Joan is employed
as a dance instructor and secretary in
Long Island, \.Y.
C;ILBERT-G1ESEL
Arlan K. Gilbert '55 to Carolyn Mae
Ciesel August 29, 1959. Arlan is the
son of Dr. and Mrs. Russell Gilbert.
Joyce Gilbert '54 was maid of honor.
The bride is on the faculty of West
Junior High School, Madison, Wis.
Arlan received liis M.A. degree from
the University of Delaware as a Hagley
fellow in 1957 and is presently working
toward his doctorate in American His-
tory at the University of Wisconsin.
The couple will live at 1413 Mound
Street, Madison, Wis.
HOR.SFIELD-COLROSS
Carl A. llorsficUl '59 to Lorraine Col-
ross September 5, 1959. Robert Linde-
niiifh '62 served as best man.
VOLLMERS-BREMNER
G. Allan Vollmcrs '52 to Barbara Joan
Bremner September 5, 1959. Al is
buyer for J. C. Penney in New York
He and his bride will live in Orange,
N.J. Robert O. Bogdanffy '52 served
as u.sher.
While cash is dandy
Stock is also handy.
DEATHS
Mrs. Mary Haley Meyer '30 of Scran-
ton, Pa., March 12, 1955. She was a
teacher in the Wilkes-Barre schools for
many years and was retired se\eral
years prior to her tU'ath. Mrs. Me>er
was the mother of Albert C. Meyer '34.
Erie, Pa.
Miss Mariani E. Day 31 of \\\oming,
Del., in an automobile accident last
spring. Miss Da\' liad been principal
of the Roosevelt School from 192-3 until
1957 when she accepted a teaching
position in Dover. She was active in
regional Red Cross work for man;.'
years. Her doll collection was consid-
ered one of the finest in the region and
was the subject of many news stories.
Marlin E. Grubb '25 of Phoenix, N.Y.,
March 24, 19.59. Prior to his death Mr.
Grubb was a cliemist with duPont Com-
pany ( f Philadelphia. Mrs. Grubb has
sent S.U. $25 for the Loyalt\- Fund in
his memory.
Mrs. Ellen E. Bennage Foote '41 of
Glenside, Pa., April 23, 1959. She is
survived by her husband, Donald H.
and two sons.
Miss Letlia Bogart '27 of Well.sboro
Pa., May 19, 19.59. For many years
Miss Bogart headed the commercial de-
partment at the Wellsboro Junior-Senior
High School and later at the Wellsboro-
Gharleston Joint Senior High School.
Also, for a number of years she had
been recording secretary for the Tioga
Branch of the Pennsylvania State Educa-
tion Associati<m. Business offices in
Wellsboro are staffed largeK by clerks,
secretaries and bookkeepers trained by
Miss Bogart.
Miss Maude D. Wetzel '115 of Lewi-
town, Pa., May 24, 1959. Her husband
and two sons survive. Mrs. Wetzel was
a charter member of the Lewistown
Music Study Club.
Dr. Lydcr L. Uiistad, Associate Pro-
fessfir of Business Administration at Sus-
quehanna since 1954, in Washington,
D.C., June 3, 1959. He came to Sus-
(luehanna from Thiel College where he
held the same title. He had also been
head of the economics department at
Alma College, Alma, Mich. Dr. Un-
stad was a native of Norway.
John A. Gregart '2H, on July 28, 1959
at Plymouth, Pa. He taught school in
the Camden, N.J. school system for 28
years.
SUSQUEHANNA
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
1959-60
])(■(. 1— Ti-nipli-
A
Dec. 2-\\ilk(S
11
D.T. 5-Hider
A
II
A
DiT. ll-Wagner
Dec. 12— L'rsiuus
Dec. 14— Lebanon X'alley
A
Dec. 17-Hart\\ick
A
Jan. 9-Upsala
II
Jan. 1 1— Juniata
.\
Jan. 16— Western Mar\lancl
II
Jan. 23— Waslu'ngton
.\
Feb. 1 — Dickinson
H
I'll). .5-H,)fstra
H
Feb. 10— Scranton
H
Feb. 13-Phila. Textile
A
Feb. 16-F. & M
II
Feb. 22— Stevens Tech
11
Feb. 24— Lycoming
A
Feb. 27-Rutgers ( So.
Jersey)
H
Nhir. 2-Mansfield
A
When You Come Back
. . . ('iinliniicil from page 7
ed tliioughout. The south end ot
this lower floor now consists of
needed storage rooms iind tlic
nortli end houses offices for pub-
lic relations, alumni, and business
ojierations. .\ new outside en-
trance to tlie basement %\as cut
through at tlu- soutli end of the
central corridor.
Offices on thi' first floor —
which will, howe\ er. be redecorat-
ed — remain essentially the same
as they were, with tlic addition of
space for the Dean of Studi-nts
and the Dean of Women.
E.xterior fire escapes were re-
moved from Selinsgro\c Hall, re-
storing its original clean-cut lines.
To ha\'e buiklcd oin>sclf
into the structure of the
undying institutions, to
have aided in the develop-
ment ot these priceless in-
struments of ci\ili/,ation, is
t(i lia\(' h'\('d, not in \ain.
but to haw li\cd in jierpe-
iuitv.—Elilni Root
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Susquehanna Alumnus
New Faces in New Places
ttitttiiititil jifiiii i>aur 9
qiR'hanna graduate, Class of 1948,
is a special Lecturer in Psychology.
A psychologist at the Selinsgrove
State School, he has the master's
degree from Bucknell.
Faculty promotions include
those of Dr. Alhert A. Zimmer to
Dean of Students and Professor of
Education, Dr. John J. Houtz to
Professor of Chemistry-, Howard E.
DeMott to Associate Professor of
Science, Russell C. Hatz to Asso-
ciate Professor of Music, The Rev.
Benjamin Lotz to Associate Profes-
sor of Religion and Philosophy,
and Mrs. Nancy B. Hatz to Assist-
ant Professor of Music. Mrs. Hel-
oise Mailloux was appointed full-
time .Assistant Librarian and Mrs.
Lois Gait an assistant in the Li-
brary.
On the administrative side, Sus-
quehanna has a new Registrar in
the person of Peter \\'. Elkington.
A graduate of Ha\erford College
with tlie master's degree from
Temple Uni\ersit}, he has taught
at the \\'illiam Penn Charter
School, Philadelpliia, and in tlie
public scliools of Bucks Count>-, Pa.
Mr. Elkington is also teaching a
history course and coaching S.U.'s
first soccer team. He is an NCAA
soccer referee.
Witli the splitting-up of Dan
MacCuish's former tliree-part po-
sition so he could devote full-time
as Director of Admissions, Donald
E. W'issinger became Director of
Alimini Relations (see page 3)
and George R. F. Tamke became
Director of Public Relations.
Mr. Tamke, former artist-edi-
tor for a suburban Philadelphia
publisher and for the Lutheran
La\'men's Mo\ement in New York
Cit\', is editor of Lutheran Men,
men's monthly magazine of the
United Lutheran Church. He has
his bachelor's degree from ^^'ag-
ner College and M.A. in Fine Arts
from Columbia University. He
will also teach an art course in the
spring semester.
Miss Shirley Ann Meckley,
R.N., is the new College Nurse.
A graduate of Jellerson Hospital
School of Nursing, Philadelphia,
she was recently Head Nurse at
the Harri.sburg Hospital. In a
revised student health program
Sc>liiisgrove physicians Dr. R. A.
Heinbach and Dr. Elwood E.
Fisher, S.U. '42, work with Miss
Meckley on a rotating basis, each
spending a semester holding of-
fice hours for one hour on campus
each morning.
Thomas S. Dodge, a former
F.B.L special agent in Savannah,
Ga., is Assistant Business Man-
ager. He has a B.C.S. degree from
Southeastern University, Washing-
ton, D.C.
Assistant Registrar is Miss
Joyce Gilbert, daughter of Susque-
hanna's Dr. Russell W'. Gilbert,
Professor of German. Miss Gil-
bert, who graduated from S.U. in
1954, has taught at Jersey Shore,
Pa., Area High School.
Mrs. Grace Miller, a retu-ed
Sunbury school teacher, is Head
Resident in Hassinger Hall.
Students Venture Mt. Mahanoy Climb continued fw,,, ,n"Ac 5
the old incinerator where they dispose of the waste
paper. After hmch is over, there are about two hours
left for the group to dispose of in any wa>' they care
to. Jerry Fletcher has his own ideas about life in the
wilds, so he goes off and kills a copperhead snake.
Pretty soon BetsN' ^^'alker is seen holding a tintle. The
remainder of the group is trying to rest for a while,
and Bob Kenyon perches himself so precariously be-
t\\ een some rocks and trees that those people who can
see him are unable to have any peace of mind, ex-
pecting him to fall off at any moment. Pete Pace and
Les Rudisill are busih" engaged in carving their ini-
tials on trees and bits of rock.
The Quick Descent-
Soon it's time to start down. The return journey
is not as difficult as the ascent. It is actually thrilling
to start nmning iind then find to your discomfort that
stopping is not as easy as you may think. The incline
is so steep that you know you'll eventually end up at
the bottom of the hill, whether or not you want to.
This time, the dead leaves are a little helpful, because
Joe Barlow seems to be having a few spills.
Eventually the seniors get to the buses. Sitting
on tlie roadside, or reclining in the bus, they talk about
the climb. Doc Boyer is sitting very quietly, taking
good care of the dead snake in his pocket.
It's Here to Stay
In spite of the hard work involved in getting to
the top, every senior expresses his approxal of the trip.
What a great time they had!
DON'T MISS THE QUEEN'S CORONATION, 7 p.m. FRIDAY OCT. 30
SEPTEMBER 1959
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Directory of Officers
1960
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
General Alumni Association
Dr. John I. Woodruff '88, 305 University Ave., Selinsgrove, Pa. Honorary President
Lawrence M. Isaacs '43, 242 Flagstone Dri\e, Bethlehem, Pa. President
Paul M. Haines '31, 4401 \'an Biiren St., University Park, Hyattsville, Md. First Vice President
Mrs. Mar>' Farlling Hollway '28, E. Country Cluh Road. R. D. 2, Red Lion, Pa.
Second Vice President
Mrs. Lav.-ui R. Robinson '46, Uni\ersity Heights. Selinsgrove, Pa. Recording Secretary
W". David Cross '47, 410 X. 9tli St., Selinsgrove, Pa. Treasurer
Ra\inond P. Cannan Sr. '30, 802 Carl St., Vorlc, Pa. Memher-at -large
Peter Shuty '38, 5518 Jane St., Pittsburgh 25. Pa. Mcmber-at-large
Clyde R. Spitzner '37, 201 Morlyn Ave., Bryn MawT, Pa.
Representative on University Board of Directors
Perce Appleyard '22, 1155 Penrod St., JohnstowTi, Pa. Representative to Athletic Committee
John M. .\uten '28, 24 South 5th St., Sunbury, Pa. Representative to Athletic Committee
District Club Organizations
ALTOONA
Dr. Millard Fisher '50, Hollidaysburg State Hospital, HoUidaysburg, Pa.
The Rev. Jerome Cuss '36, 206 Third A\e., Altoona, Pa.
Mrs. Melvin C. Carber '32, 600 Oakmont Place, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Mrs. John Cole '23, 1114 \orth Cambria St., BelKvood, Pa.
CALIFORNIA
Dr. Robert N. Troutman '26, 434 W. 12tli St.. Claremont. Calif.
CENTRE-UNION
Dr. .Andrew V. Kozak '32, 226 Coral St.. State College, Pa.
Paul D. Reamer '31, Laurelton, Pa.
Mrs. Spencer Boyer '50, 520 Market St., Mifflinburg, Pa.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
HARRISBURG
Lester C. Heihiian Jr. '52. 350 Houcks Road, Colonial Park, Harrisburg, Pa. President
Mrs. Oliver Deibert '46, 29 Run\on Road, Hummelstown, Pa. Vice President
Mrs. Cla\ton Whitman '44. 335 Pine St.. Steclton. Pa. Secretary-Treasurer
Karl H. Young '41, 218 W. 5th St.
John P. Senko '31, Sugarloaf, Pa.
HAZLETON
Hazleton. Pa.
JOHNSTOWN
Mrs. Mary Lizzio Govekar '47, 40 Main St., Cnnemaugh, Pa.
Percy B. Da\is '26, 248 Main St., Rear, Johnstown. Pa.
Mrs. Janet Wolf Statler '50, 128 Ra\ine Ave., Johnstown, Pa.
Robert Cabrenya '40, 84 Osborne St., Johnstown, Pa.
Mrs. Robert Williamson Kelly '36, 109 Walnut St., Da^dsxille, Pa.
President
Vice President
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Executive Committee Representative
LEHIGH VALLEY
Lewis M. Howells '37, 1063 Fourtli St., Citasavuivia, Pa.
Mrs. Anne Geating Landis '27, 19th and .■Mien Streets. Allentown, Pa.
LEWISTOWN
Atty. H,arry B. Thatcher '41, 26 N. Main St.. Lewistown, Pa.
Theodore R. Cameron '28, R. D. —2, Millerstown, Pa.
Mrs. Aloysius Derr '49, Maple Grove Road, Belleville, Pa.
Mrs. Carver McNitt '41, Recdsville, Pa.
continued on back cover
President
Secretary
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
BOOKS, BEACHES
AND THE BOLSHOI
The SLsyiEHANNA Allmnus takes
special pride this month in presenting a
full-lengtli fcatnre written by Dorotliy
Hoyer of Susquehanna's hbrary staff.
Books, Beaches and the Bolshoi, Miss
Hover's owii story of a librarian's tour of
the Soviet Union, is botli timely and in-
terestini;. Vou won't want to miss it.
Turn to page 4.
In keeping with impro\ emeiits in tor-
mat and design, the Alumnus is eager to
branch out in content, too — to publish
articles and information of meaning to
its readers. Your reactions will be ap-
preciated. All opinions, and material for
publication, should be sent to the Editor
or the Director of .-Munini Relations.
Director of Ahiiiiiii Relations
Donald E. Wissinger '50
Editor of Susquehanna Ahimnus
George R. F. Tanike
On Our Cover
Students ijass through new main en-
trance to Susquehanna's historic Selins-
grove Hall. Men are still housed on the
building's second and third floors; ad-
ministrative offices are located on the
first and ground floors. Future plan-
ning calls for offices in tlic entire 101-
vear-old structure.
The SUSQUEHMM RLUMNUS
Vol. 29
December 1959
No. 2
CONTENTS
Directury- of Officers 1960
Books, Beadles and the Bolshoi
by Dorothy L. Hoyer
INSIDE FRONT COVEK
4
The Cliristian Teacher: Channel of Excellence
by George Anderson
Many AppK to S.U. for 1960 ....
In Memoriam .....
by ]olm I. Woodruff W
Alumni Council Meeting Minutes .
Homecoming 1959 in Pictures
Sports
Across Dons Desk
/;(/ Don Wissinger '50
Susquehamians on Parade
S.U. Weddings
Born Crusaders
Deaths . . . .
Club News
10
12
13
14-15
16-17
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Of-
fice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act cf August 24, 1912. Published
four times a year by Susquehanna Uni\ersit\-, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
months of September, December, March and June.
DECEMBER 1959
BOOKS, BEACHES
AND THE BOLSHOI
by DOROTHY L. HOYER
Miss Hoyer, a graduate of Kutztown
State Teachers College, is assistant
librarian at Susquehanna.
It was only (luring the last wci'k in June that
|(iaiinc' llcinK and I decided to join the first group of
librarians to tour the Soviet Union. Our decision was
made after a great deal of mental anguish; in tact, we
sat for our passport pictures before we looked at each
other and finally, irrexocably said "Let's go."
Thereupon followed da>s of wildK" scanning news
reports to see whether the political atmosphere would
be such that a safe, happ\- trip was possible. We
dehed into the Russian language, read all personal ac-
counts of \isits to the Soviet Union that we could lay
our hands upon, and began assembling those items that
are peculiar only to a trip to the L'SSR— rubber drain-
age stoppers, toilet tissue, coins, chewing gum, and
postcards.
On August 15 the members of our group met each
other for the first time at the KLM departure oflBce at
Idlewild .\irport. There were 25 of us, including
librarians from the Library of Congress; the Army
Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal, Ala-
bama; the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Liver-
more, Calif.; General Electric Company; Gulf Re-
search and De\elopment Company; and numerous
uni\'ersity and public libraries. Four members of the
group were not librarians.
Our first flight was from New York to Amsterdam,
with stop-overs at Gander, Newfoundland, and Shan-
non, Ireland. In Amsterdam we had just enough time
for a "typical Dutch dinner" and a canal boat ride be-
fore departing for Helsinki, F"inland. We spent a
night and a morning in Helsinki and then flew on to
Leningrad.
Our first glimpse from the ground of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics was the Leningrad Air-
port. Rather hesitant about taking pictures, we were
The author takes notes at the
Lenin State Library in Moscow
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Citizens queue up in Red Square, Moscow, to visit the Lenin-
Stalin Mausoleum, at right. In the center stands the Church of
St. Basil; at left, GUM, largest department store in Soviet Union.
sui-prised ti) learn tliat pictures ot tlie planes and tlie
terminals— but not of the installations (the hangars) —
were permitted. From this point on, we were not pro-
liibited from taking any pictures we attempted.
Inside the terminal we were ushered into the In-
tourist waiting room and there made our first real con-
tact with Soviet officialdom. Our passports were col-
lected for checking. Five pieces of large luggage were
chosen to be examined, so fi\'e of us went into another
room to open oiu' suitcases. The examiner merely
flipped iiis hand through the contents of the bags, and
the inspection was over. Our handbags and hand lug-
gage were never touched. We exchanged oiu- first
traveler's cheques for Russian rubles ( 10 riddles to a
dollar), waited for some time, and then boarded a bus
for the city proper.
This first bus ride \\ as t\-pical of the many, many
to follow— bumpy and a bit wild. The drivers of ve-
hicles in tlie Soxiet Union are good drivers, though.
Each one holds the wheel finnly with both hands (I
ne\er saw a dri\er richng casualh' with an ;u"m dang-
ling out the window ) . They are mechanics, too, for
repair stations are practically non-existent. One must
look hard and far to find e\en a gas pump. We finally
decided tliat so many returning travelers talk about the
dangerous driving in the Soviet Union because they
simply do not understand tlie customs of tinning oft
the headlights at night and of making right hand turns
on red lights.
The hotel in Leningrad turned out to be typical,
too. One can certainly say that uniformity' exists in
the Soviet Union (at least in European Soviet Union).
The hotels are large with miles of halls, all carpeted.
\\'omen sweep the carpets with twig brooms. Where
bare floor does show, a man fastens a cloth on one of
his feet and waxes the floor by literalK skating ovvv it.
The accommodations are quite comfortable and
rather Victorian in style. The furniture is massive and
each chair and sofa is covered in white. .\11 beds
have two huge pillows and a heavy, heavy blanket en-
cased in what looks like a comfort co\er with a dia-
mond-cut hole in the top.
All rooms come equipped with a water pitcher
and glasses, and two brushes— one for clotlies, ont; for
shoes. The windows are double and hung with elab-
orate draperies. Each room has a telephone and
radio. In Sochi we even had a balcony.
The bathrooms are better than I had expected,
but I did not expect too much. I had a private bath
in each hotel and each bath had a shower. Only
three showers were of the standard variety; the rest
were hand showers, and there were no shower cur-
tains. Much to our dismay, we discovered that the
hot water is often turned off at night, and somi'times
the water pressure is not so good. The hot water
faucet is not alwa>'s on the same side, Init usually it
has a red dot on the top and can be distinguished from
the cold, which is lilue. The toilet tissue is either cut
Lust sumnwr -from August 15 to Huptcmbcr l4—Dorotlnj
Hoyer and jounne llcinlij ixirticipcitcd in the prst lil>rar-
iaiu' tour of the Soviet Union. Tliis i.i Mi.is Iloijer's record
of Iter personal and professional experiences on the trip. It
is noted tliat during the itineranj .she and other members
of the group were interviewed by the Russian press and
radio. Miss Hoyer studied Russian at Dickiriion College
and took graduate courses in Soviet politics at Rutgers.
Mi.is Heinly, her companion on the trip, attended Su.tipie-
hanna i.950-.52, was formerly college nnr.te, and is now on
the staff of Childrens Hospital. Philadelphia. —Editor
DECEMBER 1959
in rectangular shapes and composed of stiff white
paper, or it is on a roll and consists of hght green or
blue paper resembling crepe paper. And often the
supply is quite meager.
W'ith the exception of some snacks, we ate all our
meals in the hotel dining rooms. The food was plen-
tiful and good. Tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, and on-
ions do become a bit tiresome served morning, noon
and night; and peas and carrots do seem to be the
only vegetables served at dinner— but the many varie-
ties of fish are delicious, and the soups are superb.
Soups often contain sour cream and almost always
some kind of meat. Great moimds of black bread
(and white, too) are ser\ed with helpings of butter so
huge that the\' always prove to be too much. Every-
one loves the pastries, "keks"; and the ice cream,
"morozhenoye." \A'ater and coffee are ser\ed upon re-
quest, but most Soviet citizens drink "lemonade," which
can be flavored cherry, something that tastes like
banana, grape, lemon, or apple; mineral water; cream
soda; tea, which is serx'ed in glasses in metal holders;
and vodka, beer, wine, or champagne, which is very,
very good.
A typical dinner menu might read:
"lemonade"
mineral water
black bread
butter
jellied sturgeon
beef tea with egg
chicken cutlets
browned potatoes
peas
carrots
pastries
tea.
The tables are always covered with white cloths,
but they are not freshly laid for each guest. There
are always several choices of glassware, and many-
dishes are used in serving, but kiiives and forks most
frequently are held from one course to another. For
the most part, cloth napkins are offered; but when
paper ones are used they are always cut in halves or
quarters.
We remained in Leningrad less than three days.
During this time we began our study of Soviet librar-
ies by visiting the Leningrad Public Library and the
Library of the .\cademy of Sciences in Leningrad.
Our visits to lil)rarics took on a rather routine form:
greetings, introductory speech by the director, ques-
tions and answers, tour of the library with stops in
various departments, exchange of gifts with a signing
of the guest book; departure. Among each group of
hosts, one or more could speak Engli.sh. At many of
our stops we were treated to buffets.
Tass
Dorothy Hoyer and ctner American librarians ex-
amine call slips at Moscow's Lenin State Library.
Library statistics, as all statistics in the Soviet
Union are enormous. The mere fact that 21(),()(M),()00
people must be served accounts for this. We were
told that there are 400.000 libraries containing a total
of 11/2 billion books in the USSR. The size of the
libraries varies from a collection of 20 million items
housed in buildings occupxing a complete city block
(Lenin State Library. Moscow) to a shelf or two of
books in a school, factory, or farm.
Almost without exception the librarians mention
two problems confronting Soviet libraries— the lack of
storage space and the restoration of card catalogs de-
stroyed during the Second \\'orld War. To alleviate
the first difficulty, the Soviet go\ernment has declared
that the present seven-year plan will be concerned
with housing and the next five years with buildings for
culture. The libraries come under the latter. Tlie
seccmd problem is being met gradually— main entry
cards supplied first, added cntr\- cards as books are
used.
The librarians are especially proud of tlieir rare
book collections. Many of tlic items in the collections
seemed to be \er>' fine, indeed; but I could not imder-
stand why volumes 1, 2, and 23 of the Little Lenin
Lilirary, published by International Publishers, should
be considered rare books b\ the Korolenko I^ibrary in
Kharko\'.
Tliroiigliiiut ciiu' tdur of the lil)rar\ ol tlic Ai;ulcniy
of Sciences in Leningrad ;i Tass (official Soviet news
agency) photographer took pictures. Fittingly
enough, the picture he chose to print in Moscow News
was one in which w t' were examining some rare books.
Our library hosts were most eager to know how
mechanized our libraries were. Technolog\' seems al-
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
most to be an obsession in many areas of Soviet life.
Tlie onl\- macliines I saw in use in the libraries were
book con\'eyors and microfilm readers.
Books in Soviet libraries are housed in closed
stacks. \\'ithin each large subject area, they are ar-
riuiged by size. Call numbers, therefore, include an
alphabetical designation for subject area and several
numerical designations for stack, shelf, and number of
book on shelf.
From Leningrad we flew by jet to Moscow. The
jet traveled at a speed greater than the distance it cov-
ered betw-een the two cities. The passengers on jets
are required to fasten seat belts and to refrain from
smoking. This is not true of the standard planes.
On a regular flight it was even possible for me to
stiind for the touch-down. And I was able to visit the
cockpit of one of our planes during a lay-over. This
was a thrill to me, because I had read so much about
the mechanic's participation in a Soviet flight, and now
I could actually see his seat. Altogether, we flew four
times within the Soviet Union— twice by jet and twice
by regular plane. We were told tliat we were tlie
first Americans to arrive at the new Moscow Airport.
We were met at tlie airport by representatives of
the Moscow hbraries, bearing lovely chrysanthemums
for us. Thereupon began a whirlwind visit to tlie
Lenin State Library, the Library of the Academy of
Sciences in Moscow, the Library of Foreign Literature,
and the librar)- of Moscow University' on Lenin Hill.
On our return visit to Moscow, we visited the Library
of the All-Union Society for the Dissemination of
Scientific and Political Infomiation and had one final
meeting with representati\es of the library world in
Moscow.
In Moscow we learned about tlie organization
and training of librarians. The highest body of hbrar-
ians, composed of 50 or 60 members, is called the So-
viet Council of Librarians. The personnel of this body
is elected with the ad\'ice and help of the Ministry of
Culture. Within this body are four sections and four
commissions. The sections are: science, mass (pub-
lic) libraries, teclmical libraries, and children's librar-
ies; the commissions: bibliography, equipment and
supphes, external relations, and organization. There
is no one central go\'emmental organization respon-
sible for all libraries. The Council of Trade Unions,
the Ministr}' of Culture, and other ministries share
control. Thus, the Lenin Library is under the Coun-
cil of Librarians, but obtains its money from a minis-
try—in most cases, the Ministry of Culture. The
Academy of Science is not under an\' ministry.
Rank-and-file librarians join the Union of Cultural
\\ orkers, which includes personnel in art, music, and
the theater. \\'ithin this organization a special group
legislates salary, time, safety, norms, etc.
Librarians prepare for service by attending one of
tlie 3 or 4 institutes located in Leningrad, Moscow, and
other cities for five years after high school or by at-
tending institutes for librarians at pedagogical insti-
tutions. There is a "middle level of training" which
consists of 3 years in a technical (?) school ;ifter 10
>ears of school. .\t the Library of Foreign Literature
specialists are brought in and then taught library
science.
The steps up the academic ladder for librarians
consist of a candidacy of pedagogical science, a dis-
sertation, a doctorate, and finally a rating of academi-
cian.
.\11 was not study in Moscow, however. We
toured tlie city, with special emphasis uj)on the
Kremlin; visited the mausoleum where Lenin's and
Stalin's bodies lie in state; and wandered through the
buildings of the American E.xhibition in Sokolniki
Park.
In the heart of Moscow is Red Square, an oblong
rectangle paved with large bricks tliat resemble cob-
blestones. The square is bounded on the nortli by
die Historical Museum and on the south by the Church
of St. Basil. This is die church with the vari-colored
onion and pineapple-shaped domes. When pictured,
as it so often is, it looks like a bouquet of queerly
shaped flowers.
The Kremlin is located on the west side of Red
Square. It consists of palaces and churches with
golden spires and domes, enclosed in a dark red wall
with 19 towers. Atop the towers are red stars that
light up at night and revolve in the wind. Within
these walls can be found the seat of the Soviet gov-
ernment.
contiiiiuil oil i>anr 24
Joanne Heinly pauses in Amsterdam
enroute to the Soviet Union.
DECEMBER 1959
The Christian Teacher:
Channel of Excellence
by GEORGE ANDERSON
Professor Anderson is chairman of
the Department of History, University
of Kansas, Lawrence.
The theme of this conference ex-
presses m\- point of \iew as briefly
and as accurately as iui\ words
that I could choose. The Chris-
tian teacher should be a channel of
excellence. But I presume these
words mean different things to dif-
ferent people. At least I discover-
ed this to be the case when I dis-
cussed criteria for promotion and
the granting of tenure before a
group of faculty members a few
weeks ago. Although we are dis-
cussing the problem today in an
entirely different context I am con-
fident that the Cliristian teacher
will want to measure himself
against the most rigorous academic
and professional standards and
that the institution of which he is
a staff member will want to give
him every opportunity and encour-
agement to become a productive
scholar. This last remark is relev-
ant because I do not regard teach-
ing and research as separate cate-
gories, but as mutually comple-
mentary jihases of the same profes-
sional obligation. A faculty mem-
ber who year after year takes his
stock in trade from the stream of
knowledge without adding even a
small bit can scarcely justify his
conduct on Christian principles
and the institution that requires
him to do it is on equally unten-
able ground. In simplest terms
the staff member violates the scrip-
tural injunction that it is more
blessed to gi\e than to receive.
It would seem to me that one of
tlic readih' identifiable cliaracter-
istics of the Christian teacher
would be a burning desire to seek
new tnith; to add to the store-
house of knowledge; to contribute
a bit to the ever-widening and
e\er-deepening stream of informa-
tion. Put briefly in the words of
Professor Poteat of North Carolina
what most campuses need is not
more lay theologians, but more
Christian intellectuals.
The emphasis upon knowing
seems to me to focus attention
upon what I regard as of greatest
importance in the Cliristian
teacher— his philosophy of educa-
tion. This idea is, as many of you
will remember, the central theme
in Dean Jerald Brauer's booklet,
Basic Questions for the Christian
Scholar. "As a man believeth in
his heart, so is he" applies as much
to the Cliristian teacher as it docs
to any other person. Of the many
possible ingredients of a Christian
teacher's philosophy of education
two seem to me to be of greatest
significance. It must rest upon the
Christian concept of man as a
created being and of God as the
Creator and the Gi\'cr of everv
good and perfect gift; and in a
Lutheran context it should include
Luther's doctrine of vocation —
that mans obligation whatever his
calling is to glority CJod and serve
his fellow man. The vocation of
the Cliristian scholar-teacher is to
glorifv God by seeking to know
about His wonderful works of cre-
ation and to transmit this knowl-
edge to those wlio seek to learn.
It seems to me that if we really
belie\e that God is the Creator;
tliat He is the Lord of the universe;
that He is as Luther and the
Church Fathers said, both re\ealed
and concealed in liistory, then c\-
er\ li()d\ of subject matter is \alid
in its own right and may be stud-
ied for its own sake. If God sur-
veyed His work of creation and
foimd it good surely Christian
teachers and students alike need
no other excuse or reason for learn-
ing more and more about it. If
an Infinite God in His Infinite wis-
dom has permitted certain things
to liappen certainly, it is worth the
timi' and energ\ of finite man to
seek to know as nuich about them
as lie is able. In the stewardship
of oiu' material possessions we are
told tliat we shoidd return to God
a portion of wliat He lias gi\('u us
These remarks, of special siniiifiiance to students and alinniii of the
Christian college, were piven htj Dr. Anderson at the i.9.5.9 annual meetinp
of the National Lutheran Educational Conference. Dr. Anderson spoke
from the viewpoint of a Christian teacher in a state university. The manu-
script was pa.ssed alonp to us by Dr. Gould Wickey, c.wcutivc director of
the NLEC. -Edito,
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
in giatitucle for the great gifts that
He lias showered upon us. Tliis
same rule of stewai'dship should
pemieate a Christian philosophy ot
education — we seek to know, to
transmit what we know, and to
stimulate others to know in grati-
tude for the Creator's world that
we are studying. I shall limit my
eoneluding remarks specifically to
my field of study, history. I wish
to say that the philosophy of edu-
cation that 1 am ad\ocating does
not lea\e any room for John
Dewey or his disciples, or for the
pragmatists, the functionalists, the
N'ocationalists, the scientific-hu-
manists, the subjective-relatavists
or for an\' of the other kinds of
folks who either deny that tiaith
can be grasped or given the possi-
bilit\' of grasping it, deny that it
is worthwhile unless it is put to
some immediate, functional use.
I am frankly arguing tliat the
Cluistian teacher should seek
truth for its own sake— because the
truth that he seeks concerns some
aspect of God's creation. I am
den)ing that Cliristian teachers
should manipulate factual informa-
tion in order to promote causes
even if worth\' whether they be
good citizensliip, international un-
derstanding, life adjustment, or to-
getherness. I sometimes tliink
that so-called value judgments are
a bit like second-guessing God in
the fasliion of Monday luncheon
(juarterbacks. I do not believe
that neutralism and objecti\ity are
the same thing, but I am quite
read\- to defend the proposition
that to distort or pervert facts or
to render a judgment inconsistent
with them even if the end in \iew
is to impress some worthy prin-
ciple on the minds of students is
imchristian as well as dishonest.
A Christian teacher is called to
pursue truth and to tiansmit it.
This is his particular vocation. He
glorifies his Creator and serves his
fellow-man b)' enriching the lives
of those who seek to know more
about God's creation. The des-
perate need of many Cliristian
teachers today is that they shaU
ha\-e a chance to do in excellent
fashion what they are called upon
to do. His plight is a serious one
wlu-n he is called upon to do so
main- difterent things or to teach
so man\' different courses that he
camiot do any of them in super-
Iati\e fashion. Instead of being
able to testify to his faith by do-
ing a superlative job he is often
called to do a great variety of
things poorly. He should have a
chance to be on the \'ery frontier
of knowledge, demonstrating by
his zeal his determination to fol-
low the patli of knowledge wher-
ever it ma)' lead in the sure faith
that it has its source in the Creator.
It will not be enough for him to
exude an aroma of Christian piety
or to be more charitable in his
dealing with Deans, colleagues
and students, although these sure-
ly may be taken for granted. If,
somehow, he can show that in
seeking to describe the works of
die Creator he has a real reverence
for knowledge and in a sense
stands in awe of his discipline be-
cause it enables him to see just a
tiny bit into the mighty works of
God; if, somehow, he can shun the
man-centeredness of manipulation
and interpretation, his students
will absorb liis basic convictions.
By remaining true to his Christian
con\'ictions he may in faith share
the promise that was given to tlie
Jews which believed on Jesus, "If
ye continue in my word, then are
ye my disciples indeed; and ye
shall know the truth and the trutli
shall make \ou free."
Human h
i story
becomes
more and
more a
race be-
tween education
and ca-
fastrophe.
H.
G. Wells
Government- Loan
For 2 New Dorms
.\ $990,000 U. S. Government
loan will bite off the greater part
of the cost of two new dormitories
to be built on the .Susijuehanna
campus. President Weber an-
nounced late in the fall. Provi-
sional approval of the loan has
been granted by the College Hous-
ing Program of the Community
Facilities Administration, Housing
and Home Finance Agency. Plans
are now in the hands of the agen-
cy, with clearance for a ground-
breaking date expected momen-
tarily.
The dorms — one for 150 men,
the other for 150 women — are
scheduled to be completed for oc-
cupanc\- in September of 1961.
Overall plans for university devel-
opment call for the present stu-
dent body of 572 to increase to
about 660 next fall and 750 in
1961.
Architectural design of tlie new
buildings, to be erected on the
south and west parts of the cam-
pus, is contemporary. Each dor-
mitory will consist of two wings
with an adjoining lounge-court
area, arranged in a Z pattern.
Materials will harmonize with ex-
isting buildings and feature red
brick with wliite stone trim.
Lawrie & Green of Harrisburg are
the architects.
Total construction and furnish-
ing estimate for the two residence
units amounts to $1,200,000. The
difference between this figure and
the amount of the government self-
liquidating loan will be made up
from current university' funds and
by special gifts from indi\'iduals
and groups, including monies still
due Suscjuehanna from congrega-
tions of the Central Pennsylvania
S^Tiod, United Lutheran Church
in America, dirough the 19.58 Cen-
tennial Appeal.
DECEMBER 1959
Many Apply to S. U. for 1960
Alumni Urged to File For Offspring Now
Dan MacCuish, Director of Ad-
missions, sends word to all alumni
that tiieir children and friends \\ho
are considering Susquehanna for
1960 should file application as soon
as possible. The number of appli-
cations received to this date is
running well ahead of last year.
This plea is e\'en more urgent
when one realizes that only 90 of
our present 575 students are sen-
iors and tlie projected enrollment
of tlie 1960-61 student body will
be in the neighborhood of 660.
Due from the printer in mid-
Januar\-, the new catalog will re-
veal, among other tilings, changes
in admission requirements, costs,
and curriculum. Any alumnus who
desires to know more about recent
changes or wishes to place infor-
mation in the hands of a prospec-
ti\-e student may have a catalog
for the asking.
The University' has made appli-
cation for membership in the Col-
lege Entrance Examination Board
and tluis will require scholastic ap-
titudi' test scores for all students
who wish to enroll in the fall of
1960. Prospective students in the
Music Division must meet the same
requirements as Liberal Arts stu-
dents with respect to their high
sciiool Ixickground. Both require
college preparatory studies which
must include a minimum of two
years of a language, one year of
algebra and one year of plane ge-
ometry.
Comprehensive cost for one year
at Susquehanna will be $1520.
This will include: $S00 tuition;
$400 board; $250 room; $50 activi-
ties fee; $20 health fee. Books
and small laboratory fees will be
the only additional expenses.
Notable curriculum changes ap-
pear in secretarial science, where
two-year courses have been elimi-
nated and a four-year course only
is offered. This is also true for
those wishing to be medical sec-
retaries.
Because of the new require-
ments establislied by the Pennsyl-
vania Department of Public In-
struction, the Music Division will
require a student seeking a B.S. in
Music Education to take 60 hours
of general education. Students
planning a soloist career will pur-
sue the B.A. degree in applied
music.
Juniors who are superior high
school students may receive tenta-
tive acceptance to Susquehanna by
forwarding junior year scholastic
aptitude test scores and complete
iiigh school records through grade
11 to the Admissions Office. Ques-
tions concerning admission poli-
cies may be directed to Dan Mac-
Cuish, Director of Admissions, Sus-
quehanna University, Selinsgrove,
Pa.
Remember the first time you tried to
find Susquehanna? Trailblazer signs like
this one on Route 522 are being erected
in the Selinsgrove area to direct travel-
ers to the campus. Made of heavy steel
with reflecting paint, the signs are the
gift of Board of Directors member John
Horn and his Prismo Safety Corporation
of Huntingdon, Pa. Entire project is
valued at some $700.
Susquehanna Can Benefit from "Matching Gifts"
In the fall of 1954 the General
Electric Company pioneered a
new approach to industry's finan-
cial support of higher education.
The basic principle of this ap-
proach involved the company's
willingness to match contributions
b\' regular employees to their alma
mater.
Since this time more than 70
companies have added their sup-
port to this plan. Although most
companies have started by model-
ing their programs after G.E.'s
some have experimented with dif-
ferent features which broaden the
concept. This, in turn, reipiires
employees to become thoroughly
familiar with their own company's
plan if they wish to be assured of
the matching gift. Participating
companies, as well as your alumni
office, thanks to an American
.Mumni Council publication, will
bi- happy to explain exact proced-
ures.
Recent additions to the program
are:
Anifricaii and K()rcij;u Power Company
IiK-.
Anu-ricaii Hrakc .Slioc (^oiiipaiiy (Foun-
dation )
Ilnylus .\ircraft Company
International Business Maclnno Cori>.
Tlie Ma>'taj; Company (Foundation Inc.)
New York Trap Roek Corp.
.Sharon Steel Corp. ( Foundation Inc. )
( Sharonsteel Foundation )
A complete list of participating
firms will be publislu'd in the
March issue.
10
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Theta Chi t-o
Build New House
Thetii Chi fraternity w ill build a
ne\\' house for occupancy in the
fall of 1960. The residence, to be
located on the western edge of
campus, now known as the orch-
ard, will house 40 nu'ii.
Malcolm Clinger, architect ot
Lewisburg, Pa., is ckawing plans
for the builchng, which will cost
approximately $100,000. Plans are
expected to be completed bv Feb-
ruary 1, 1960, with construction
due to begin before March 15.
Dr. Russell Gilbert, professor of
German and a charter member of
the chapter, is chainnan of the
building committee. Other mem-
bers of the committee are: Harry
Wilcox '43; Merle Ulsh "55; Chet
Rowe '52, alumni president of
Theta Clii; Jack Stripe; David Mc-
Cartney, and Gil Askew, president
of the chapter.
Dr. Glen Musser '41, vice presi-
dent of H.R.B. Singer Company of
University Park, Pa., is chairman
of the fund-raising committee.
The Theta Chi house will be the
first of four fraternity houses which
are planned for this part of tlie
campus in the future.
University Shares Spangle Estate
Let us develop the re-
sources of our land, call
forth its powers, build up
its institutions, promote
all its great interest, and
see whether we also, in
our day and generation,
may not perform some-
thing worthy to be re-
membered.
— Daniel Webster
A Williamsjxjrt. l\i. woman who
was a generous contributor to Sus-
quehanna University and tlie Luth-
eran Ciiurch during her lifetime
cUed in November, leaving a por-
tion of her estate to S.U.
Mrs. May Ileilman Spangle, last
immediate member of a prominent
^^'illiamsport family, gave $.50,000
towards the construction of Ileil-
man Music IhiU, dedicated on the
campus in 1958. in addition, she
had earher established a $10,000
preministerial scholarship fund.
According to the terms of Mrs.
Spangle's will, personal bequests
of more than $100,000 are Usted.
The interest on the residue of the
estate is left to our oi (lie benefi-
ciaries for life, after which the
principal will bi- divided equally
between Sus((uelianna and St.
Paul's Lutheran (Miurcli, Williains-
l)ort.
.\mong other biMieficiaries under
the will are Gettysburg College,
$10,000; Tressler Orphanage,
$5,000; Good Shepherd Home, Al-
lentown, $5,(M)(); and Board of
Pensions and Relief, United Luth-
eran Church in .America, $5,000.
The lull \ alue of Mrs. Spangle's
estate will not be known until an
appraisal is completed.
Former S. U. Coach Interviewed by Post
.\mos Alonzo Stagg was given
recognition in the Saturday Eve-
ning Post issue of Aug. 29, 1959 in
an article on "Long Life." In his
interview Coach Stagg said that
he knew lots of coaches who
couldn't eat before a game, but
stated he never missed a pre-game
meal in lus life. Even when his
teams were defeated, he remained
undisturbed. "My main concern
was for the boys, I wanted them to
produce as best they could widi
fair methods and sportsmanship.
If we lost, I didn't take it to heart.
I wasn't afraid of losing my job.
I did my coaching on the field and
gave lots of \ itality to it. But
when the day was over, I didn't
bring it home with me. I didn t
w orr\ over it.
Also, in the Sept. 26, 1959 issue
of the Saturday Evening Post,
Coach Stagg at the age of 97 is
pictured with his wife as he dic-
tates a letter to her. She is 85
and has worked right along with
her husband in his more than 65
\'ears as a football coach.
A. A. STAGG SR.
This past summer the Chamber
of Commerce of Stockton, Califor-
nia togedier with all ser\ice clubs
in the area had a banejuet honor-
ing Coach Stagg. Eddie Lebaron,
unusual and brilliant (juarterback,
passer and faker for the Washing-
ton Red Skins, was one of the
guests. In Eddie's four years at
Stockton College he played quar-
terback under Stagg.
DECEMBER 1959
IN MEMORIAM
LATIMER S. LANDES
1890 - 1958
CLASS OF 1911
DEVOTED PHYSICIAN
LOYAL ALUMNUS
FAITHFUL BOARD MEMBER
AND. BENEFACTOR
OF THIS UNIVERSITY
ON THIS SITE STOOD THE TREE
PLANTED ON ITS DAY OF GRADUATION
BY THE CLASS OF 1888
MEMORIAL PLACED 1959
BY THE SOLE SURVIVING
MEMBER OF THE CLASS
DR. JOHN I. WOODRUFF
PRESENTED «Y HIS BELOVED WIFE
ELEANOK a. LANDES
CLASS I
APP. NELSON
»ENSON, CYRUS
DIETTER.ICH. ELMER
OORNBLASER. ARTHUR &
FISHER, GEORGE E.
HAAS. WILLIAM A.
HARTER.C A
HECKMAN. J E
LUMBARD. ANNA
McLAIN. OELBERT
PAWLING. EMANUEL
ROYER. N H
SALEM. H CLINTON
SCHROYER. R LLOYD
SHULTZ. FS.
SNYDER. LUTHER T
ULRTCH. SAMUEL J
UlSH, W H
vastine. george b
whitfbread. william h
wieand: H E
woodruff. john i
IN MEMORIAM
By JOHN I. WOODRUFF '88
A great Alumnu.s ha.s gone away
lie could not longer with n.s stay,
Latimer Lande.s, a pliy.sic-ian rare,
Has passed beyond this world of care.
The scion of a hardy race
Who dail\' would life's duties face.
Whose grandfather, Old Daniel Ott,
On western plains the Bison shot.
We pass this bourne of time and space
\\'e members of the human race.
The bod\' sta\s. the spirit goes.
As onward cxcling system flows.
We hail him from the shores of time;
He answers from a world sublime.
We weep for him; he wonders why,
In happy mansions in tlie sky.
We shall miss him here, that is true.
He made life good quite through and through.
We knew him for his far-seeing mind
And revere his service to mankind.
His jovial nature had its source.
In honest thinking and moral force.
In loving memory his loxal mate,
Decreed for SL' this Campus Gate.
In days to come his Eleanor
Shall find our hearts an open door.
These twain we shall hold in high esteem.
For old SU a wondrous team.
In all good deeds their hearts were one,
So shall it be till life is done.
May blessings on their deeds still flow,
A grateful Alumni their thanks bestow.
We hail them now in deepest love
Till all shall meet in Realms Above.
-Written for the Dedication of Lmuk'S Memorial Gatcuaij at
Susquehanna Vniversitij October 31. 7959. and read hij the Author
Faculty and Alumni
Have Lead Roles in
Career Conference
I'.ight hiiiulred cSth and 9th grade
students from Sn>der C()unt\''s
three secondary schools attended
the Eighth .\nnual Career Confer-
ence held at Sus(iuehanna. Oct. 21.
1959.
Dr. Ciibt'rt. professor of Ger-
man, served as the kesnote speaker
for students planning to pursue a
college education. Dr. Albert A.
Zinimer, dean of students, and Mr.
Russell Hatz, assistant professor of
Music, ser\ed as consultants in the
fields of secondary education and
music education respectively.
Bob Bastress "39, S.U.'s new as-
sistant professor of Education and
former assistant County Superin-
tendent of Schools in Sn\der Coun-
ty, is responsible for initiating the
conference on the campus. Sus-
ciuehanna alumni ser\ing the Sny-
der County Schools who took part
were: Dick Felker '49, mathemat-
ics teacher and guidance counselor;
Ken Orris '53, instrumental music
instructor; both at Middleburg
Area Joint Junior-Senior High
School. Also, Samuel Adams '58,
science teacher; Albert Potteiger
"20, dean of instruction; Walter
Stauffer "30, mathematics teacher;
.\nna Benfer Starr '34, English
teacher; Tom "Valimas '37. mathe-
matics teacher; and Frances Moyer
\\ ynn '35, head of Social Studies
department; all representing the
Selinsgr()\e .\rea Joint High
Scliiiol.
ir\in (;ra\lMll, District Attorney
of Suydi-r Count) and lecturer in
Busiiu'ss Administration at Susque-
hanna, was a consultant for the
I ,a\\ Conference.
Alumni Day May 7
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ALUMNI COUNCIL MEETING
Saturday, October 31, 1959
MINUTES
ap-
I'lif iiu-ctiiii; "US ralkd to orilt-r in the LittU' TiR'atri-, Hoi;ai
Hall at 9:50 a. m. h\- President Lawrence Isaacs, opening with
pra\er hy the He\ . Harold E. Ditzler '28.
The ininuti's of the pre\ioiis meeting were reatl
pro\ed.
W. David Gross, Treasurer, reported a balance of $484.47,
which on motion, properly seconded, was accepted.
President Isaacs reported on acti\ities since the last meeting
.md on tlie ad\ances made toward goals of the alumni and tlie
college, including the setting up of a separate building fund into
which all alumni contributions will be placed, unless the donor
indicates some other specific fund.
President I.saacs announced the appointment of the follow-
ing committees, pending appro\al:
Executive Committee— the elected officers including Menibers-at-
large Ra\inond P. Clarman Sr. and Peter Shut\, as well as alumni
members of the college Board of Directors Claude R. .Spitzner
and W. Alfred Streamer.
.VoHiinufion,?— Raynnond P. Carman, Chaimian; Joseph Hacken-
herg, Rutii McCorkill.
Alumni Projects — (including alumni Achievement Award) —
Clyde R. Spitzner, Chairman; Charles Chaffee, \'ernon Blongh,
Glenn Musser.
.A/i/mni/.s— Vernon Blougli, Chairman; Dick \\'ester\elt, Louise
West.
Homecoming, Reunions and Commencement— The Rev. George
Young, Chairman: Reuben Henry, Fat Houtz ( plus others to be
appointed later ) .
President Isaacs and the Director of Almnni Relations were
appointed ex officio members of all committees witli the excep-
tion of the Committee on Nominations.
President Isaacs introduced the recently appointed Director
of Alumni Relations, Donald ^\'issinger '50, who reviewed briefly
the plans for the ahunni, pointing out the urgent need for com-
plete alunuii support in all areas.
President Isaacs then introduced Dr. Gustave W. Weber,
President of the Lfniversity, who gave the most recent facts on
the renovation of Selinsgrove Hall and Hassinger Hall, the con-
stniction of the Landes Memorial Gateway, and the proposed
dormitories and Theta Chi fraternity house, both to be financed
tlirough go\ernnient loans. He closed his remarks with a word
of appreciation for what alumni have done— both as students and
as graduates.
On motion, properly seconded and imanimously carried.
President Isaacs was gi\en authorit>' to appoint several additional
members to the Executi\e Committee in order to co\'er a wider
area in the proposed ahunni fund campaign.
On motion, properly seconded .ind im.uu'mously carricvl,
the Executi\e Committee was given power to act on behalf of
tlie Alumni Coimcil between regularlj- scheduled meetings of
that body.
On motion, properly seconded and unanimously carried, ap-
proval was given to the actions of the Executive Committee since
the last meeting, ;nid authority given to move ahe;id with plans
for the funding program.
Clyde R. Spitzner reported that the latest word from the
.\merican Association of University Women indicated that a
a newly appointed college president nuist l)e in office for a full
year before reconsideration can be given an application. In
other words, our application will not be reconsidered until Feb-
ruary 1900 upon the completion of Dr. Weber's first ye;ir in
office.
On motion, properly seconded ;ind unaiii usK ,ip|)r()v<-d
the Executive conunittee, working with the Director of Alumni
Relations, was empowered to call to meeting those district
clubs which have been inactive for a period of 18 months or
more.
After some discussion the general consensus opinion was that
some pn)vision should be made in the Constitution for the ap-
pointment of new chiss agents w here the original appointees have
become inactive. However, all original appointees should first
be approached as to tlieir willingness to serve.
On motion, properly seconded and unanimously carri<-d, the
Alumni Council voiced a vote of thanks to the Administration for
making possible tile appointment of a full-time Director of
Alumni Relations.
Dr. John I. Woodruff '88 announced that the Woodruff
Alumni Scholarship has now been in operation for a matter of a
month with the sum of $1511 in the trust fund. Appreciation
was expressed by a round of applause for the gift of $1,000 to
this fund by the Rev. Arthur Harris, retired minister. Dr.
Woodruff assured the Council that if the alumni will get beliiiid
this fund he guarantees a sizeable contribution tlirough his will.
On motion, properly seconded and unanimously carried, a
vote of thanks was gi\en Dr. Woodruff for all his work and con-
tributions which ha\c made this scholarship fund a success.
There being no further business the meeting was adjounu-d
at 10:55 a. m. with prayer by Pastor Ditzler.
There were .36 members present as follows:
Blair L. Heaton '46
William N. Duck '11
Rayinond P. Carman Sr. '.'30
David Gross '47
John J. Houtz "08
Mary Lizzio (josekar '47
Jack E. Cisney '59
Marsh C. Bogar '51
Paul M. Haines '31
Sara Haines Zimmennan '31
Louise Kresge ls;iacs '4.5
Harold E. Ditzler '28
Lawrence C. Fisher '31
Peter Shuty '38
Ray Hochstuhl '47
Dorothv Hochstuhl '43
James \\'. White '58
Clyde Kauffman '56
rll -.30
Raipli C. Cleigle '35
Edwin M. Bruiigart '00
Jerry D. Bogar Jr. '99
Alice Greeger Pfefler '5 1
Ellen Bnnney '29
Nhirjorie Phillips Miti
Ralpli W. Woodrull '20
Basil Miirtin '28
Mary Woodruff M.irtin '19
Isabel Kiss '49
Don Wissinger .50
Da\i(l \olk '52
H. X'crnon Blougli '31
John I. Woodruff '88
Klise Wolilsen '47
Robert Wolilsen '48
Janet Rolirbach Robinson '46
Dawrence Isaacs '43
DECEMBER 1959
13
^
Homed
Queen Millie Barabas, senior of North Bergen,
N. J., reigned over Homecoming weekend fes-
tivities Oct. 30-31. Here she is surrounded by
her Court: Jane Beers, freshman of Allentown,
Pa.; Susan Sload, sophomore of Glenside, Pa.;
Elaine Turner, junior of Richboro, Pa.
Friday night's pep rally parade was lots of fun
for students, alumni and townspeople even if
some revelers couldn't spell "Wilkes."
The Queen accepts her
crown.
Coronation audience was entertained
by singers and dancer Martha Altland.
Alumni and friends gathered in the wet fall
weather for dedication of Susquehanna's new
Latimer S. Landes Gateway, a memorial to the
distinguished York physician who was president
of the Class of 1911.
t- n
g 1 959
The Susquehanna Marching Band paid tribute to Alaska
and Hawaii statehood in halftime specialties. This is a
pafm tree formation.
Yanuklis gained plenty of yardage in the mud — but net
enough to keep the Crusaders from losing to Wilkes 12-7.
Alumni President Larry Isaacs '43, right, pre-
sented a trophy to Theta Chi for winning fra-
ternity house decorations. Winner of cup for
best float in the pre-game parade was sorority
Alpha Delta Pi.
The frosting on the cake — activities came to a swinging close
at Saturday night's Homecoming Ball in Alumni Gymnasium.
1959-60 SUSQUEHANNA BASKETBALL TEAM
Crusader Hoopsters in Rugged Start
Susquehanna's 1959-60 basket-
IxiU team found rough going in its
first sevt-n games (played up to
press time) of the season as it lost
all seven to Temple, \A'ilkes. Rider,
Wagner, Ursinus, Lebanon Valley
and Hartvvick.
As students packed their bags
to spend the Yule season at home
and fireside e\er> one wished Coach
John Barr and the luckless Cru-
sader hoopsters a much happier
New Year. Coach Barr expressed
the opinion that the team is work-
ing together better all the time.
Since several games have been
close ones there are high hopes
that 1960 will bring with it that
little something e.xtra to put more
contests in the won column than
in the lost. Thirteen games re-
mained to be played.
Leading in the scoring thus far
was freshman Bill Moore of Sha-
mokin. Pa., a 6-5 forward who car-
ries 215 lbs. up and down the
court. He scored 123 points for a
per game average of 17.6. He was
also top man in the reboimd de-
partment with 10.3 to his credit
for a per game average of 14.7.
Sharpshooting Clark Mosier, an-
other freshman from Dallas, Pa.,
was second high scorer \\'ith 90
points, or 12.9 per game.
Other members of the 1959-60
\arsity squad are Co-Captains
Nhmrice Bobst, junior of Hawley,
Pa. and Bob Probert, senior of
West Hazleton, Pa.; Jim Gallagher,
Centralia, Pa.; Wes Hunt, Union,
N.J.; Allan Kiel, New Hope, Pa.;
George Moore, Gordon, Pa.; Har-
ry Powers, Selinsgrove; Keith Ty-
ler, Weatherly, Pa.; and Allan
Wemau, Clifton, X.J.
One thing which would certain-
ly contribute to the team's future
success is the cheering section of
loyal Orange and Maroon alimini.
The score book doesn't tell the
whole story — basketball this sea-
son is exciting and well-played.
The remaining schedule is here re-
printed for the convenience of all.
BASKETBALL TO BE PLAYED
1960
Jan. 9-Upsala H
Jan. 11— Juniata A
Jan. 16-\\e,stfrn Maryland H
Jan. 2.3— Wasliinston A
Kcl). 1 — Dickinson H
Krl). .5-Hofstra H
Kcl). 10-Scranton H
Feb. 13-Phila. Te.vtile A
Kch. 16-F. & M H
Kcl). 22-Stevcn.s Tech H
Fcl). 24— L\c()ining A
Feb. 27-Knt«crs (.So.
Jersey) H
.\!,ir. 2-Mansfiel(l A
SOCCER TEAM
IS SUCCESSFUL
Susquehanna's embryo soccer
team enjoyed a very successful I
1959, compiling a 4-5-1 record
wliich included an impressive vic-
tory over the Lock Haven State
Teachers College hooters. ^
William -\. Heim, former Lew-
isburg High School and Bucknell
University soccer star, was ap-
pointed head soccer coach in the
earl>- fall.
Heim was assisted by Peter Elk-
ington, Susquehanna registrar, in- 1
structor in History, and one-time
coach.
The Crusaders played practice |
games with local high schools and
collegiate squads this year. A fuU
collegiate schedule is expected by ^
1960. I
I
Beamenderfer Dead
Martin Landis Beamenderfer,
one time baseball umpire for Sus- i
quehanna, died in Sunbury on No- ,
vember 7. Mr. Beamenderfer was j
the father of Jean B. Beamender- j
fer '39, currently assistant profes- '
sor of Business Education at S.U. |
Mr. Beamenderfer was a gradu-
ate of Albright College, 1916, and
attended Penn State University.
He had been a supervising princi- |
pal of schools and was later associ- I
ated with the former Farmers ■.
National Bank of Selinsgrove.
Most recently he was aflBliated
with a Philadelphia investment ,
brokerage fimi.
Actively interested in sports all
his life, he was a three-letter man i
in college, served as a scout for
the St. Louis Cardinals, and was
coach of the first Selinsgrove High
School football team in 1926. For
manv years he was a baseball um-
pire for the West Branch League,
Suscjuchauna, Bucknell and Pcnn
State Universities.
16
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Scoring Record Marks '59 Football class reunions
Two impressive early season
\ictories o^'er Ursinus, 63-0, and
Swarthmore. 61-13, buoyed the
spirits of Susquehanna followers
e\er\'where for an undefeated sea-
son. Tlie next Saturday, howe\er,
a strong Upsala scjuad emerged
the \ict()r in a thrilling 22-15 game
at East Orange, N. J. before an
oxerflow Homecoming crowd,
which included 150 loyal S.U.
alumni from New Jersey and New
York.
A new opponent. Shepherd Col-
lege of ^^'est Virginia, was then
submerged in a muddy battle, 14-0.
Before 1500 drenched Homecom-
ing fans the Crusaders suffered a
major upset October 31 at the
hands of Wilkes, 12-7. In the last
home game Wagner displayed a
tremendous first half aerial show
to roar to a 2S-6 victory. In the
seasons final game many enthu-
siastic Philadelphia alumni fans
turned out to see the Keilmen post
a 30-0 win over Haverford.
In matching the 1956 record of
4 wins and 3 losses the 1959 of-
fensive-mindi'tl s(iuatl set a new
school scoring mark for one year
by tallying 196 points. The oppo-
nents were held to 75 points for
the se\en games.
Four seniors, all four-year letter-
men, concluded their collegiate ca-
reers with the Ha\erford victor}'
Ralph Ferraro, stalwart center and
co-captain from Jersey City, N. J.
received e.xtra honors beyond the
campus as he was chosen: Honor-
able Mention on the A. P. Little
All - American team; first team
Lutheran College Football .\11-
American as chosen by One mag-
azine, a Lutheran publication for
Christian youth; iuid first team Lit-
tle All-American by the NA'illiam-
son rating system.
John Yanuklis ot Union City, N.
J., the squads leading ground
gainer and scorer, also received
Honorable Mention on the A. P.
Little All-American squad and
second team Lutheran College All-
American. Both men participated
in the East-West Senior All-Star
Game in Erie, Pa., Nov. 26.
The various class reunions are
the nucleus of Alumni Day and if
is the sincere hope of the Alumni
Coimcil that reunion groups will
get behind this year's program
with cntiiusiasm.
Listed below are the classes that
will have anniversaries this year:
Anniversary
Year
iMucriti
l'n-191()
50tli
1910
45tli
1915
40tli
1920
35th
1925
30th
1930
25th
1935
20th
1940
15th
1945
10th
19.50
.5tl,
1955
Class Representatives will be
listed in the March issue of the
Alumnus and will be in contact
with members of each class.
Ray Richie, starting right half-
back and co-captain from Shamo-
kin. Pa. and Gerald Bernstein of
Union, N.J., a dependable right
guard, were the other seniors who
contributed to the winning season.
S. U. Gridders who will
become alumni next
spring are John Yanuklis,
Ray Richie, Gerald Bern-
st-ein and Ralph Ferraro.
DECEMBER 1959
17
ACROSS DON'S DESK
by DON WISSINGER '50
Director of Alumni ReUfions
The Alumni office sineoieK liopes you will enjoy
your magazine now that the hohcla\- rush is over. And
we sincerely hope you had a blessed Christmas and
will continue in prosperit\ in brand new 1960!
O 0 O
// /i(/A hccit our experience that sisyuKHANNANS
ON p.\R.\DE is one of the most popuhir features in the
Alumnus, //i the future it wouhl he welcome news to
read about at h^ast one member of your class. Will
you help tis make tliis portion more satisfying to the
other readers by sencUnis, newsworthy information
about yourself or other S.C. alumni to the Alumni of-
fice? Class and Club reporters would help solve this
problem— (imj volunteers?
o o o
The Alumni headciuarters talilc at the Swarth-
inorc, Upsala and \\ ilkes football games was a source
of deep satisfaction to us. Perhaps in the future it can
serve as a meeting place for all alumni who attend
athletic events both at home and a\\a\.
o o o
Of special interest to oldtimers—and all who read
our feature on Mt. Mahanoy in the September issue—
89 seniors of S.U.'s Class of 1960 made the hill climb
on November 16. Again the result of a surprise an-
nouncement in chapel by President Weber, the group
Imffcd and puffed its way to the top in keeping with
a tradition dating back to the days of Missionary In-
stitute. Once up. the seniors ate box lunches and
raised a Susijuehanna banner on a flagpole. Along on
the climb of Mt. Mahanoy were Dr. and Mrs. Weber,
Dean Wilhelm Reiming, Dean of Students Albert Zim-
mer, and I'nivcrsity Nurse Shirley Ann Mecklcy.
o o o
The Alumni office, which has inherited some fur-
niture from the Presidents waiting room, will pro\ide
a friendh rest stop for any alumnus or alumna who
visits the campus. Your director encourages \'ou to
use also the opportimity to sign the alumni guest book
and direct encouragement as well as constructive criti-
cism to him. To-date tlie following alimmi have vis-
ited the office:
Don Davis "50 151air I,. Ilcaton ' tfi
Ernie Canals '50 Roger A. Iloit/apple "59
Bill Ihmd '.58 Mina Sarba Norwood '50
Addison Fohle '27 Frederic C. Bilinian "•■36
Buss Carr '52 John C. Censel '40
L. G. Shannon '15 Joan Sechrist Thompson '53
"Whitev" Keil '39
Your letters of congratulation and encouragement
are appreciated. We hope to hear from and meet
many more of you as time goes on.
o o o
Pete Shut\, Dr. and Mrs. Leani, and Bill Daven-
port offered to help re\i\e our Pittsburgh Club. Pitts-
burgh alunini will be hearing from us in the near
future.
o o o
.Making up your calendar for 1960? Mark Octo-
ber 15 for Homecoming. A chance to return a favor
with f '/)«;/(/ (v only one big event being planned!
o o o
In our first tew months w i' !ia\e taken the oppor-
tunity to \isit directors at Upsala, Dickinson, Lehigh
and Bucknell. Man\' of tiicse sister colleges ha\e
strong programs and are willing to share tlieir ideas in
order to strengtlien others. This Wiis quite e\ident at
the Lebanon Valle\' Conference, where 10 hberal arts
schools met in a one-day conference to discuss tlie
problem: "How to Work W'itli Tomorrow's Alumni."
o o o
We are looking forward to a real treat at Atlantic
City. January 13-16. where District II of the American
Alumni Coin}cil wdl hold its annual meeting. Witliout
exception, every alumni secretary speaks highly re-
garding the value of this conference.
p a a
We tliink you'll like this cjuote from a letter re-
cei\ed in our office from Lynne B. Ramer '23, Semi-
nary '26, who was once editor of The Lanthorn and
sports editor of the student newspaper—
The priiicipiil ladies in tliis tale are unknown to
tne, for the dean of our sendnary (Dr. Franklin B.
Manhart, Susquehanna University Scluxd of Theology,
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania; Dean Manhart now de-
ceased and the School of Theology now inactive)
never mentioned their names, and may have in-
vented the story— to drive home a point. lie was
tc(nning us to be wary about comments and criticisms,
after a sermon, from the members of our congrega-
tions—not to be "lifted" too high /;r/ their praise of our
homiletic efforts. He related:
As a su])ply preacher in a small community {in Penn-
sylvania} after service, every Sunday, a little old lady
gwshed all over me, in praise of my sermons. After
a few such occasions. I asked another little old lady
to tell me more about my weekly "praiser." "Her,"
snorted the little old lady in a tone of disgust, "that
is my younger sister— and .^hc's been stone deaf for
25 years."
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
— Susquehannans on Parade —
'99
William M. Schmtrc was speaker for
the November meeting of the Snyder
County Historical Society. Mr. Schnure
chose as his topic. "The Home Guards."
OO f'l'iss Reunion May 7.
Iliinij Wets, president of Weis Mar-
kets, with headquarters in Sunbury, Pa.,
announced the distribution of its 19.59
profit-sharing Christmas bonus. Checks
totahng more than $115,000 were dis-
trilmted late hist week to all regular and
part-time employes in tlie company's of-
fices, warehouse, and in the 35 Weis
Markets located in 29 central Pennsyl-
vania cnmmimities. 1959 marks the com-
completion of 47 years of continuous op-
eration for the Weis organization, which
\vas inaugurated as a single grocery store
in Sunbury in 1912 with Sismund Weis
'03, now deceased, and Harry ^\'eis as
partners.
U^ Class Reunion May 7.
Class Reunion Mav 7.
Class Reimion Mav 7.
'10
'14
The Rev. W. R. Fitzgerald served as
chairman of tlie committee for tlie Youth
Talent Show held in the Middleburg
High School auditorium in October. The
contest was sponsored by the Middleburg
Kiwanis Club and was divided into three
categories: \ocal music, instnunental mu-
sic, and miscellaneous.
'15
'16
During a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Young Republican
Club of Snyder County a resolution was
adopted paying tribute to tlie late A. B.
Portzline and planning was begun for an
extensive membership campaign. Mr.
Portzline was lauded for his "30 years of
unselfisli work and leadership which gave
Snyder County the finest Republican or-
ganization in the Commonwealtli."
Named as chairmen for the college group
to work on the membership campaign are
Thomas Helvig and Mary Ann Traher,
currently attending Susquehanna.
'17
BASTIAN '29
HAZLETT '52
A\h
SMITH 56
ERNST '58
ing clergymen in the Ministerium of
Pennsylvania of the United Lutheran
Church, has announced his resignation
as pastor of Trinity Evangelical Luther-
an Church, Hazleton, Pa., after serving
there for 35 years. Dr. Bergstresser's re-
tirement will become effective Februarj'
1. 1960. At Susquehanna's Commence-
ment Exercises in 1950 the degree of
Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him.
His wife, Mrs. Algetha Sthare Bergstress-
er '33 announced she would relinquish
her chities as church organist and choir
directress at the church, after having
served in this capacity for 41 years. Co-
pastor of Trinity Church is the Rev. E. L.
Bottiger '53, whose wife is the former
Carol Rcidler '53.
Class Reunion Mav 7.
'20
'22
Dr. and Mrs. George A. Fisher cele-
brated their Golden Wedding Anniver-
sary on November 4, 19.59. They held
an open house with 125 guests present
at their Spruce Hill home. Dr. Fisher is
engaged in technical work as a food tech-
nologist and chemist and remains active
as a consultant in tliis field.
Luther A. Fisher, ShiUington, Pa.,
heads the Reading area agency for the
Lloyal Protective Life Insurance Com-
pany.
The Rev. L. ]. Kaufman, pastor of the
Fayetteville Lutheran Church, has been
elected to serve the Lilly-Gallitzen Par-
ish of the United Lutheran Church, Lilly,
Pa. He will begin his new duties in
January.
Class Reunion May 7.
The Rev. Dr. Clay H. Bergstresser,
recognized as one of the most outstand-
'25
'29
Kathryn V. Bastion has been promoted
to the rank of major in the Army Nurse
Corps. She entered the corps in May,
1942 and is stationed at U. S. Army Hos-
pital, Camp Woltcrs, Mineral Wells,
'I'cxas.
^f^0 Class Reimion May 7.
The Rev. Edward T. Bollinger has re-
cently assumed liis duties as pastor of the
First Presbjlerian Churcli, Crook, Colo.,
and tlic Coinnuinity Presbyterian Cliureh,
Sedgwick, Colo. Ed recently wrote
"Rails That Climb," a book about the
railroad between Denver and Salt Lake
City, and is in tlie process of writing an-
other one. Of course, it will concern
railroads— his hobby. Organs are also a
hobby for him. He purchased an old or-
gan and completely rebuilt it several
times after moving from one pari.sli to
anotlier.
Simon B. Rhoads, Selinsgrove sports-
man and big-game hunter, showed color-
ed films of his most recent big-game hunt-
ing expedition in Africa at a meeting of
the Simbury Forest No. 65, Tall Cedars
of Leljanon. He has shown these fihns
and tliose taken on other hunting expe-
ditions to a number of organizations
throughout the Selinsgrove area. Last
summer Mr. Rhoads had very successful
hunting trips to Alaska and Norway.
31
Reno S. Knousc, professor of merchan-
dising and distributive education at tlie
State Teachers College in Albany, New
York, was recently named president of
the New York State Vocational and Prac-
tical Arts Association.
^ ^ Class Reunion May 7.
Dr. Hazel Neugle, a former missionary
to India who is now director of Educa-
tion and Training at Laurelton State
Village, Laurelton, Pa., was the guest
.speaker at a meeting of the United Lu-
DECEMBER 1959
19
theran Chiirch Women of Trinit\- Lutli-
eran Churcli. Attired in a beautiful
sari, the traditional Indian woman's cos-
timie, slie told of her experiences during
her 20 years in India. In Dr. Naugle's
ver>' interesting and inspiring talk, she
said she witnessed many changes that
took place as India liecame free of Eng-
lish rule and started to build a new coun-
try. Slie explained that not onl\ tlic
economic situation has changed since
the independence, but also the education
and home life of the people. Although
onl\' about 3 percent of the people in
India are Cliristian, Dr. Naugle feels
tliat C^hristianity will spread faster now
tliat the Indian people are becoming bet-
ter educated and are taking o\er tlie
work of tlie cliurch. Indians are also
taking o\er as teachers and doctors, and
most of tlie many new industries are set
up b>' the Indian people— usually with
the help of a white man's knowledge and
skill to help with the procedure.
41
'49
'36
Jim Grosxniaii now holds tlie position
of district claims manager of Nationwide
Insurance in its Eastern Pennsylvania re-
gional office at Harrisburg.
'37
The Re\'. E. Hayiiiond Shulifcn was
banrjuet speaker at the annual autumn
rally of Lutheran pastors and la>nien of
tlie Williamsport area. Pastor Shaheen
is presently ser\ing St. Luke's Lutheran
Church in Silver Spring, Md. His mes-
sage was published in The Grit, world-
famous Williamsport weekly, in observ-
ance of Tlianksgi\ing Day.
Clyde R. Spitzncr was reelected a
member of the Ha\erford Township
School Board in November and elected
Wee president of the newly organized
Board.
'38
The 1U\ . Jame.'i li. Diffcndcrfcr is .serv-
ing as evangelism committee chairman,
Pennsylvania Ministeriuni; chaplain, Lu-
dienm Chaplaincy Service; and a mem-
ber of the Lutheran Board of Inner Mis-
sions, Pennsylvania Ministeriuni.
'39
The Rev. Walter Druniitt, of Mount
Carmcl, Pa., was elected by the Suscjue-
lianna Conference, Central Pennsylvania
S>'nod, an alternate to the United Luth-
eran Church convention in Atlantic City,
Oct. 1-20, 1960. Dr. Albert Zininier of
S. V. was elected a lay delegate.
James C. McCord lias been awarded
professional disignation of Chartered
Life Underwriter by the .\merican Col-
lege of Life UnderwTiters.
x'43
Robert R. Mct'till has purchased tlie
Governor Snyder Hotel, Selinsgrove, from
Walter E. Pinand. The hotel has been
a Selinsgrove landmark for many gen-
erations.
'45 i
jiass Reunion Ma\ 7.
Tlie Rev. Cclo V. Lcitzel, pastor of
Wolf's Cross Roads Lutheran charge
brought a brief message and deli\'ered
meditation at services marking the open-
ing of St. Peter's Lutheran Church cen-
tennial celebration in Hallowing Run,
Sunbury, Pa. Pastor Leitzel is also an
alternate for the United Lutheran Church
convention in .Atlantic City, October 1.3
to 20. 1960.
'48
George A. Cooper's "career" employ-
ment witli the Connecticut General Life
Insurance Company has resulted in a di-
rect grant to Susquehanna b>' the com-
pany in his name.
Harry Stiicirt Flickiiiger coached the
Warrior Run High School to a co-cham-
pionship in the West Branch Football
Conference. In this, his third year as
head coach, Stu led his team to an over-
all record of 9-1.
Joe Williard holds the position of em-
ployment manager for Nationwide Insur-
ance in its Harrislniru Office.
'40
Roy S. Ki/gcr— belated. l)ut sincere con-
yratulations to Roy whose West Read-
ing bxsketball temii won the Class C
State Championship last spring. Roy is
optimistic about having another fine sea-
son.
Doun Artliur is claim pirfonnauce ev-
aluator for Nationwide Insurance and
works out of its home office in Columbus,
Ohio.
Boh Dornsife is small claims examiner
for Nationwide Insurance and works
in its Eastern Pennsylvania r(>gional office
at Harrisburg.
Doti Fosselmati is senior casualty un-
derwriter for Nationwide Insurance,
workinu from its Western Pennsylvania
regional office at Butler.
Miiynurd Zcrhc holds the position as
fii-ld claimsnian for Nationwide Insur-
ance, working in the Scranton area.
^^f Class Reunion May 7.
I'lic Rev. Donald Davis accepted a
charge in the Upper Spruce Creek Pres-
b>terian Church at Pennsylvania Fur-
nace, Pa. Don completed three years at
Princeton Theological Seminary in June.
He had previously been a chemist with
Gulf Oil in Philadelphia. He and his
wife Nelda SItafer .5/, are now living in
Pennsylvania Furnace.
Charles Duncan holds a position as
tlistrict claims manager for Nationwide
Insurance and works out of its Western
Pennsylvania regional office at Butler.
Boh Caldwell is statistician for Nation-
wide Insurance and is working out of the
home office in Columbus, Ohio.
Harold Crecnlcy is senior casualtj' un-
derwriter with Nationwide Insunmce
and works in the Eastern Pennsylvania
regional office in Harrisburg.
A. B. Portzlinc Jr. has been aiipointed
Republican committeeman in Precinct
No. 3, Selinsgrove. He fills the post left
vacant by die death of his father. "Abe"
has also been appointed a member of the
board of directors of the Sunbury Coiii-
iMunity Hospital.
Richard G. Wcstcrvelt now holds a po-
silicMi v\itli Stanley .Arnold & Associates,
.\(\\ ^ork. lie has moved from Chicago
to 1 17.5 York Avenue, New York 21, N. Y.
'51
Class Reunion May 7.
Joy Klingler '52 in Japan
Jake Harder, who w.is kind enough j
lo have forwarded all the information on
our alumni at Nationwide, is methods
coordinator in Nationuide's Western
I'cnnsvlvania regional office at Butler, Pa.
Dr. Carl A. Weller opened an office
for the practice of medicine at 343 Arch
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Staats Theater, Weisbaden, Germany . . .Where Bob Dunlap '52 Sings
Strttt, Sunbiiry, Pa., in July 19.58. Dr.
\\ eller rft'ei\ed his M. D. degree from
Temple School of Medicine, Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1955.
Dr. M. W. Sliafer is tlie co-author of
a technical paper which appeared in the
N'ovcmber issue of the Journal of tlie
.\merican Ceramic Societj', entitled
"Rare-Earth PoKiiiorphism and Phas
Ecjuilibria in Rare-Eartli 0.\ide Water
Systems." The society is a national or-
ganization devoted to the advancement
of research and production methods in
tlie ceramic field. As its publications are
the main sources of American technical
advances in the industry, the publication
of a paper by the society is a high honor
for its wTiter. Dr. Shafer has been with
the Research Laboratory, I.B.M. Cor-
poration, Poiighkeepsie, N. Y., since 1956
and is presently engaged in the study of
high temperature phase relations in fer-
rite systems.
The Rev. Williani R. Stneltz has re-
signed from the South Carolina Synod,
United Lutheran Church in America, and
is now serving the Lebanon St. Matthew
Church in L.ebanon and Trinity, Cole-
brook, Pa. His new address is 538 East
Lehman Street, Lebanon, Pa.
'52
John E. Diehl has accepted a position
as research biochemist at the Virginia In-
stitute far Scientific Research. He and
his wife, Maxine Chambers Dichl '52, are
now li\ing at 806 CUff Road, Richmond
2, Va,
Bob Dunlap sings the title role of Jul-
ius Caesar by Handel. The production
had its premiere Nov. 15, 1959 in Wies-
baden, Germany in tire Staats Theater.
Bob says he is very happy in his work
and that all his years of hard study are
paying o(f.
Jim Hazlett, captain and center of the
1951 undefeated and untied Crusader
Eleven, coached his Springdale High
School team to a perfect 10-0 season.
The Allegheny Interschola.stic Conference
champions also set a school offensive rec-
ord by scoring 270 points. Jim, who
was picked on tlie 1951 AP Offensive
All-State Elexen and Little All-Ainerican
squad, completed his seventh year as
mentor at Springdale in 1959.
Jackie McKeever is currently working
on TV shows on the West Coast.
The Rev. Lewis Paulhamus, pastor of
the Ringtown, Pa., Evangelical United
Brethren Charge the past two years, has
accepted a call to the pastorate of the
First Presbyterian Church, Slatington,
in the Lehigh Presbytery. He assumed
his post on September 1. He and his
wife are the parents of three children,
one son and two daughters. Their pres-
ent address is 554 Main St., Slatington,
Pa.
Chester Rowe has begun his first full
season as head basketball coach at Selin-
grove Area Joint High School. He is also
the school's assistant football coach,
baseball coach, and guidance counselor.
The Rev. David C. Volk, assistant pas-
tor of Zion Lutheran Church in Sunbury,
with his famih', accompanied Elias Oka-
niura, a sophomore at Susquehanna, to
Boswell. Pa., where Elias, a nati\e of
the Palau Islands in the South Pacific,
was guest speaker at a thank offering
service in St. Andrew's Lutheran Chiurch.
In tlie Islands he attended a German Lu-
theran elementary school and later was
graduated from George Washington High
School there. Through a Na\y chaplain,
George R. Brosius '40, Okaniura was
brought to the attention of the Luther
League of Sunbury, «hich arranged for
his passage to the United States and en-
rollment at Susquehanna. He plans to
return to the Micronesian Islands in
about six years as the island chain's first
native pastor.
'54
I he Hi\. Rodger E. Rohrbaiiiih ac-
cepted a call to tlie Zion Lutheran
Church in Marietta, Pa.
Arthur C. Stamfel has been appointed
superinteiKh-nt of the agency department
at the I larrisburg office of Aetna Casualty
and Surety Company. He joined the
conipan>- at Harrisliurg following his
graduation from S. U. and has been field
representative there.
^^ Class Reunion May 7.
Richard E. McCarty has been named
plant controller at tlic Armstrong Cork
Company's plant in South Gate, Calif.
He had previously been serving as ac-
counting supervisor at .Armstrong's Plant
in Kankakee, 111.
'56
Glenn E. Smith, now a senior at Tem-
ple Medical School in Philadelphia, was
one of the students chosen from the sen-
ior class as a member of tlie Babcock
Surgical Society. The Society is limited
to .50 students, 20 seniors, 20 juniors, and
10 sophomores. Membershiii is based
on grades, appearance, personality, and
potential as a physician.
'58
Mary Lou Ernst, a studiiit in the .soph-
omore class at Temple Medical School in
Philadelphia, has been elected into mem-
bership in the Babcock Surgical Society.
The Society was set up at the turn of the
century in honor of a renowned surgeon;
it concentrates on basic research and
medicine.
Joy Marlene Klingler, while enronte to
Korea as a new Red Cross Clubmobile
girl, visited a small Buddhist temple in
Japan. She is shown in tlie accompany-
ing picture ringing the large ancient cer-
emonial bell uhiili liaiigs in the temple
grounds.
Army Sp. 4 John S. and Kennetli L.
Shillingsford Jr., have bc<'n members of
the 7th Infantr>' Division in Korea. They
are botli comminiications specialists in
Company A of the divisions Signal Bat-
talian. John and Ken left Korea Dec.
9 and flew home from Japan with stop-
overs at Wake Island and Hawaii. After
a vacation period they will report to
Kort Meade, Md., and will finish their
service period in Jiuie.
The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Koons, who
received the honorary D.D. from Sus-
(lueliaima in 19.58, has resigned from the
DECEMBER 1959
21
pastorate of Zion Lutheran Church, Sun-
bury, where lie lias served since 1950.
He accepted a call as pastor of Christ
Lutlieran Church, Gettysburg, filling the
\acancy which occurred with die resig-
nation of the He\-. Herman G. Steumpfle
Jr. '45, who is now on die staff of the
ULCA Board of Social Missions in New
York. Dr. and Mrs. Koons are the par-
ents of three children— two sons and a
daughter.
'59
Ronald C. Alter is with the U. S. Army
at Fort Cordon, Ca. Hi.s address is
US52484().54. 1st Platoon, PMGS TNC
Co. "C", Fort CJordoii. Ga.
Carvlyn A. liirkhinier is working as a
scientist with E. R. Scjuibb & Sons Divi-
sion, Olin Mathie.son Chemical Corpor-
ation.
Margaret Bruhaker is working for Unit-
ed States Steel, Pittsburgh, in tlic Indus-
trial Engineering department.
Carol ]. Royer is now associated with
the Philadelphia Board of Education as a
teacher of matheinatics. She is also tak-
ing certification credits at Temple Uni-
versity.
Aniiy Recruit CUeiiii H Shoudlter re-
cently completed the comnmnication cen-
ter operation course at the Soutlieastern
Signal School, Fort Gordon, Ga. During
the eight-week course Showalter was
trained to receive, process and relay
messages b\' \arious means of communi-
cation. Glenn entered the Army in June
19.59 and completed ba.sic combat train-
ing at Fort Jackson, S. C.
George H. Thies is now with tJie U. S.
Army at Fort Di.\, N. J., for the six-
month training program.
S. U. WEDDINGS
KKAPF-MILLEK
Mrs. Margaret M. Miller to the Rev.
Bernard W. Krapf Ma\- 31, 1959. Mrs.
Krapf is manager of Sustiuehanna's Book
Store and Mr. Krapf is Business Manager
of the Uni\ersity.
VALENTINE-KOGEL
Carol Lee Kogel x'58 to Donald N. Val-
entine June 28, 1959. They are now re-
siding at: 215 Herrick Road, Newton
Centre 59, Mass., where Mr. Valentine
is attending Andover Newton Seminary.
ROHRBACH-FOX
Dorotli>' Fo.\ to William Rohrbach '58
July 4, 1959. Mr. Lavan R. Robinson,
assistant professor of Music at S. U.,
served as best man. The couple current-
ly lives in Reading.
KEISER-REITZ
Nancy Lou Rcitz to James A. Keiser
'58 July 6, 1959. Ensign Keiser is serving
with die United States Navy aboard the
U. S. S. Everglades. His wife joined him
in Charleston, South Carolina in Decem-
ber.
SMITH-DORVVARD
Ann Louise Dorward '56 to Douglas
C. Smith '57 August 15, 1959. The
matron of honor was Mrs. Muriel Behrens
Wise x'57. Mr. David Wise '.57 was an
usher. Miss Margaret Siillzhaiigli '56 was
one of the bridesmaids and Miss Gloria
Myers '58 was the soloist. Also present
at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Albert '56, Mr. Max Herman x'S6 and his
wife, and Mr. Gerald Musselman x'55.
Mrs. Smith will continue teaching at
South Plainfield, .\. J., and Mr. Smith
during this year, as a senior at New
Brunswick Theological Seminary, will
serve an assistantship in the Wyckofl Re-
formed Church.
BARTLOW-BECKER
Nancy June Becker to Chalmers Bart-
low '58 October 10, 1959. They are pres-
ently residing in Myerstown, Pa.
RUNKLE-McNITT
Martha Jane McNitt '57 to John W.
Runkle October 24, 1959. Vocalist was
Mrs. Ganer McNitt '41. Bridesmaids
were Miss Betty Kilgorc .r'.5S, Miss Jessie
Smith '56. Miss Sandra Locke '5,9 and
Miss Mary Lou Runkle '61, sister of the
bridegroom. Tlie bride is employed by
the federal government in \V'ashington
and the groom is associated with the Re-
fail Credit Corp., Alexandria, Va. The
couple will reside in Colonial Village,
.Mexandria.
SULLIN'AN-BROWN
Scdiy M. Brown '56 to James R. Sulli-
van September 5, 1959. Jud'.th 1. Brown
.59, sister of the bride, was maid of honor
and Nancy J. MeCidlougIt '56 served as
one of the bridesmaids Mr Sullivan is
uifli the U.S. Navy.
SPENCER-WARDLE
Dorothy Jane Wardle x'57 to Robert
Hall Spencer November 7, 1959.
KIRCIINER-SHIRK
Betsy L. Shirk '56 to Dr. G. Gary
Kirchner June 13, 1959. Betsy is working
in the laboratory at Lancaster General
Hospital and Dr. Kirelmer is serving his
internship there.
BORN CRUSADERS
To Mr. '41 and Mrs. Mehin W . Jones
x43, a son, Robert Da\id, April 2, 1959.
Bobby has two sisters— Barbara 12. and
Susan, 10. Mehin is guidance director
at Middletown Township High School in
-New Jersey.
I'o Janet Wingert Yetter '52 and
Dale W. Yetter \52. a daughter, Pa-
tricia Lynne, by adoption, .\ugust 31,
1959.
To Helen l-'rerichs Po.-it '58 and Lewis
Post '57, a daughter, (;arole Lynn, Sep-
tember 1, 1959. New addre.ss for the
three Posts is: 3B \an Winkle Street,
Hlooni field. N.J.
To \ oylet Dietz Curr '52 and Charles
II. Carr '52, a daughter, Julie Ann, Sep-
tember 1, 1959.
To Nancy Krieg Stacks '54 anil Dr.
Jacob C. Stacks, a son, Daniel Krieg,
September 15, 1959. Danny joins two
si.sters— Pam, 3, and Kim, 2. Their new
address is: 400 Liirgan .\ venue, Ship-
pensburg. Pa.
Til Dchhiv Krapf Bell '56 and Bruce
.A. Bell '55, a son Bernard Paul, October
5, 1959. Baby was named after his
grandfathers, Mr. Paul Bell and Mr.
Bernard Krapf. business manager at Sus-
quehanna.
To Carolyn Baer Volk and the Rev.
David G. Volk '52, a daughter, Krista
Suzanne, October 9, 1959. Pastor Volk
is president of tlie Susquehanna Valley
District ."Vhinmi Club.
To Bobbie lleuiti Bernstein '5.9 and
Gerald Bernstein '60, a danglitcr. Bahetta
Ann. October 6, 1959.
Fo N'onnii' and Jake Harder .5/, their
third daughter, Aiuy, October 7, 1959.
To Sandra and Robert Kenyon '59, a
daughter, October 18, 1959.
To Barbara Mottcrn Quick .x'58 and
Leonard L. Quick '57, a son. Ste\'en
Lionard, October 29, 1959.
To Mary Ann Bitigaman Kleinto]) '55
and Earl F. Kleintop '57, a daughter,
Margaret Louise, October 30, 1959.
To Shirley and Jack Krohn x'59, a son
Eric John, November 3, 1959. Jack is
with the Anu>' and at the present time is
living in Alexaiuhia. Va.
To Mr. and Mrs. Tlionias Dodge, a
son, Timothy Samuel, November 10,
1959. Mr. Dodge is assi.stant business
manager at Su.s(iuelianna. Uncle George
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
I
S. Dodfie '58 is a teatlier in tlic I.cwis-
liiirj;. Pa. sdiools.
To Millie .iiul Robert E. Lcuix '$H, a
second son, Craiy Ste\en, XoMMnlxT 18,
1959. Boh attended BlnonisburR State
Teachers College last summer to work to-
ward his teacher's certification. He is
currently teachins; in Frechurt;. Pa.
To Nick and Jiiiu Unffiiuin Rcphc '4H.
a dauizhter. Laura Diane, November 27,
1959. The Hepkes are living in Hannl-
ton. Ohio.
leaders. Bob was secretary-nianaKer of
the Printing Industr\- of PittsburKh. His
brother. John \'Sf). also attended Susque-
hanna.
Dr. FrctlrrUh O. Zillcssen '24 of Phil-
adelphia. Pa. Dr. Zillessen was a path-
ologist and worked in Jeancs Hospital.
Fox Chase, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Anfieliiw Jackson Showers '08 of
Brookline, Pa., December 19.59. Mrs.
Sliowers was tlie wife of Mr. linliih \V.
S/ioii'cr.v 'OS.
DEATHS
Mi.ss Verdci P. L^on^ '25 of Friedens,
Pa.. Januar\' 15, 1959. Her teaching
career included teniis at Boswell High
School, Meyersdale High School, and
Coneniaugli Township Higli School at
Da\ids\ille — all in Somerset Couiit\'
where she lived.
Ray M. St7iith x of New Berlin, Pa.,
September 26. 1959. Prior to his death
he was principal of tlie Buffalo Cross
Roads EIementar\ School in the West
Area Joint School District of Union
Coimt>'. Mr. Smith s wife and mother
survive.
Fo.iter C. Fliher '94 of New Ulm, Min-
nesota, October 11, 1959. Surviving are
two sons and one daughter.
The Rei.H.G. Stuempfle '22 of Hughes-
ville, Pa., November 22, 1959. He had
been pastor of the Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Hughes\ille for 32
years. He is sur\i\ed by his w ife, a son,
Tlie Rcc. li. C. Stiiempfle Jr. '4.5 and a
daughter.
Mrs. Lillian Laijton Bodnier '26 of R.
D. —2, Selinsgrove, Pa., November 27,
1959. Mrs. Bodmer famierly taught
school in both Nortliumberland and Se-
linsgrove. She willed her eyes to the eye
bank, believing strongly in the move-
ment. She is survived by her husband.
Robert F. Hostetter '30 of Pittsburgh,
Pa. Bob will be remembered by his
friends as a loyal S. U. booster. Lentil
recent years he was faithful in returning
for Homecoming annually. The event
was always a better one for his attend-
ance. Being an e.\-cheerleader, he usual-
K M.C.ed the Homecoming pep rally.
At the game he tossed aside his coat and
joined with the regular student cheer-
CLUB NEWS
ALTOONA
Dr. Millard G. Fisht-r '50 and
The Re\. Luke H. Rhoads '30 met
with Don Wissinger on December
2 to discuss plans for a spring
event, .\notlier meeting is sched-
uled during the Christmas holidays
to make more definite plans. All
alumni (about 60) in the area will
be notified of plans for a meeting.
LEHIGH VALLEY
The fall niei-ting of the Lehigh
Valley Alumni Club met at Walp's
Restaurant, Oct. 24, 1959. Forty-
one people were present, includ-
ing area alumni, friends imd eight
students from Catasauqua High
who presented \'ery fine musical
entertainment.
After tlie meal The Rev. Clar-
ence Shaffer '37 introduced Larry
Isaacs, president of the Alumni
Association, who spoke of the As-
sociation's plans to play an active
part in S.U. s growth. He then in-
troduced Dr. Weber who talked in
detail concerning Susquehanna's
future. He spoke about the many
changes at S.U. and revealed plans
for an extensive liuilding program
whicli would allow the enrollment
to increase to about 750 students
in the ne.xt three \ears. His pres-
entation encoinaged a lively ques-
tion and answer period.
Before the business meeting
Don Wissinger, Director of Alumni
Relations, congratulated the club
on its fine record since coming
into existence in October of 1954.
One of its accomplishments was to
parent the Reading Club which
had its second meeting December
12.
At the husiniss mi-i'ling which
tollowcd, Lewis H. Howells '37
was elected to a two-year term as
president.
NORTH JERSEY-NEW YORK
On the alteniooii of October 17,
150 C^rusader alumni gathered at
Viking Field, Upsala College, East
Orange. N. J. to cheer the 1959
football team. Following the game
a social hour was held at the Ho-
tel Suburi)an. Mi'mbcrs of classes
lietween 1925 and 19.59 rehashed
the game and old times. Among
the guests were Pri'sident and Mrs.
Custave \\'. Weber, Alumni Direc-
tor Don Wissinger, and General
Alumni Association PresidtMit Lar-
ry Isaacs and family. Special
thanks go to Sally '51 and Ken
Small '50 and Ruth McCorkill '42
for handling this ''homecoming
awav' from home." The attend-
ance of 125 exceeded the highest
expectations of the committee,
who had originally hoped to have
at least 50 persons at the event.
The spring meeting will be a
dinner dance on April 2, 1960 at
the Peacock House, Route 46, Lit-
tle Falls. N. J.
READING
The Reading .\lumni Club, Sus-
quehanna's most recent addition to
the family of clubs, held its second
meeting December 12 at the Wyo-
niissing Club in Reading.
Seventeen alumni and friends
were thrilled by Dr. Weber's pro-
posals to inipro\{' and enlarge Sus-
(]uehanna's facilities. In addition
to showing recent photographs
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taken by the Public Relations De-
partment, the President revealed
the architect's plans for new dor-
mitories to l)c started in tlie spring
and a tentative master plan for
future college expansion.
Previous to Dr. Weber's presen-
tation Dr. Geigle, president ol the
club and superintendent of the
Reading Schools, introduced Larry
Isaacs, .Muumi Association presi-
dent, and Don \\ issinger, director
of Alumni Relations, who remark-
ed brieH\ on Homecoming and fu-
ture plans for alumni activities.
PHILADELPHIA
Larr\' Isaacs 43, alumni presi-
dent, Don VVissinger, alumni di-
rector, and Mr. Amos Alonzo Stagg
Jr., professor of physical educa-
tion, spoke at a banu([et of the
Philadelphia Alumni Club on No-
vember 14. The informal banquet
was held at Temple Lutheran
Church, llavertown, of which The
Re\ . Robert F. Fisher '40 is pastor.
Mr. Isaacs reported on the gen-
eral alumni meeting at Homecom-
ing.
Following a rcixirt ot alumni ac-
ti\itics and plans Mr. \\ issinger
conducted a brief (juestiou and
answer period, and accepted sug-
gestions from the alumni pri'sent
concerning ways ot bettering the
existing alumni - college relation-
ships.
Coach Stagg. introduced by
Clyde Spit/ner '37, Philadelphia.
Pa. television e.xecutive and prom-
inent alumni leader, nostalgicalK
reported to the group on a visit
this suiumer by him and Mrs.
Stagg to his father, the Grand Old
Man of Football, now residing in
Stockton, California.
The S.U. professor stated that
his father, now 97 years of age, is
in excellent health and remains ac-
tive in the grid sport as an advis-
or\' coach at Stockton Junior Col-
lege. Mr. Stagg fiuther stati'd that
his father holds man\ fond mem-
ories of Susquehanna, where he
served as an advisory coach early
in the decade.
Approximateh' 50 alumni, their
families and guests attended. Mrs.
Alice Creeger Pfi'ffer '51 is presi-
dent of the Philadelphia District
Clul).
YORK-HANOVER-LANCASTER
Hasn't had an\' special meetings;
these are usually reserved for the
spring-through-autumn seascm.
The club was proud to have had
Dr. L. S. Landes 11 as a member.
It was in his memory that the
Landes .Memorial Gateway was
erected at the entrance to Suscjue-
hanua's campus as a gift from his
devoted wife. The members also
recognize Mr. and Mrs. D(m W'is-
singer as having been recent mem-
bers of the club wild are now liv-
ing in Selinsgrove. Miss Shirley
Mecklev', Susquehanna's nurse, is
also from the York area. She is a
member of St. John Lutheran con-
gregation, Abbottstown, of which
i'he Rev. I,ester J. Karschner '37
is pastor.
BOOKS, BEACHES AND THE BOLSHOI
( iiutinii<(l iidiii \Hitic 7
.Staiiiiinji out froiii tlic Krciulin walls is the I A-iiiii-.Staliii
Maiisoleuni. The Mau.soleuni is heavily guarded and inside it is
dimly lit and cool. The bodie.s of Lenin and Stalin are (jiiite well
preserved by an embalming process that is kept secret.
Across the Square from the Kremlin is GUM, the Soviet
Union's largest department store. The name GUM is derived
from the first letters of tlie Russian words which mean State
Department Store ( Cosudarstveny Universalny Magazin). The
store is composed of small sliops opening into corridors ami bal-
eonies. A large corridor, witli a fountain in its eentcr, runs
tlirough this grid of smaller corridors.
Shopping in GUM, as in all Soviet stores, is a time-consum-
ing task. In many stores it is necessary for the shopper to work
her way through a line Ici the counter. There .she learns tlie
price of the article she wishes to buy. Next, she must walk to
the cashier's window, tell the cashier the price of tlie article, pay
for it, and receive a slip bearing the proper amount of the pur-
chase. The shopper must then take this slip back to the counter
and exchange it for her parcel. Imagine the complications that
arise when the customer does not speak Russian! In one of the
stores I simply did not know what tlie clerk was trying to tell
me, so I just stood idly by feeling very foolish while she did all
the walking.
I did not see any cash registers in any stores. Instead, eaeii
coimter is equipped with a large wooden abacus on which the
til'
shopper's
elerks figure tile price ol tlic purchases
change.
The prices of consumer goods are fantastic. For instance, a
chocolate bar slightK larger than a 10c Hershey bar eosts over
two dollars; blouses (of poor quality) -$21; and scarfs (again of
poor quality) $8 or .$9. For six peaches we paid $1.80. On
the other hand, cultural items and articles for children are quite
inexpensive. Toys were among the most reasonably priced items
I saw . And books in hard covers sell for less than our paper-
backs. Recordings, too, are reasonable.
.\iicl one cannot ".shop around" to find the lowest price on
a given article. The government fixes priees, and the same price
for similar articles prevails throughout tlie Soviet Union. There
arc no sales and no advertising of competing brands. We were
therefore c^xtremely surprised to see on T\' one iiiglit in Khar-
kov a store displaying its wares.
.Mlhough consumer goods are scarce and prohibiti\il\' pric-
ed, cultural activities are certainly within the' reach of all Soviet
citizens. For seats in the first row at the Bolshoi Theater to see
SitHii Lake we paid 3.5 rubles ($3..50). Another ballet, Lilea. in
Odessa cost 10 rubles ($1.00). In Kiev we attended an Uzbek
concert for 1.5 ruliles ($1.50). A circus performance in Yalta
cost 15 rubles ($I..50). In Leningrad we saw the Soviet pano-
rama for 7 rubles ($.70). Libraries, parks of rest and culture,
and manv museimis are free.
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The audiences at Soviet perforinances beliavc cliffcrentK"
than we do. The audience notes its appro\al in one of two wa\s
—by cryinp "boo"' much as we sliout "l)ra\() ' and by clapping
slowl)' and in unison. This sinuiltani'ous striking of hands by
sexeral hundred people almost always produces an encore or
anotlier curtain call. Tlie audiences are quite polite, The>- are
punctual and quiet.
One excninn Miss HeinK' and I set ovit to \isit tlie .American
Exhibition. We liad bei'U told tliat our passports would ijain our
entrance to the exhibit. Indeed they did! We had only to show
them and one set of fjuards led us by the elbows to another set.
.\fter the fourth uroup of guards, we had arrived.
From this point on, our passports permitted us to K" through
the model house in spite of the stream of human traffic — and our
English lan<iuane secured our admittance to the cyclorama with-
out standing in line.
Although we saw great groups of people everywhere, the
c\'clorama, the model house, and tlie displays of kitchenware,
canned and packaged foods, and science seemed to be most
popular. The displays of children's toys and cosmetics w^ere
practically stripped bare and the books were disarranged and
well-thumbed. One \isitor was photographing the painting
"Eternal City."
But more impressive than the touching and the looking was
the talking in which the Soviet citizens engaged with the Amer-
ican guides. Wares were ignored as the Americans themselves
became the attractions for the visitors to the exhibit.
Later in our tour, one Soviet correspondent who had \isited
the exhibition 30 times voiced a common complaint of the show
—not enough technology demonstrated. He did enjoy the cyclo-
rama, but he assured us that the USSR had one, too.
A government guide told me that the method of display
confused man> people. The up-down, left-right technique of
displa\' in one of the liuildings was new to me, too.
Our second jet flight carried us from Moscow to the historic
cit>- of Kiev. In Kiev it is possible to see many examples of 11th
and 12th century architecture. Some of the most spectacular
structures are churches.
Churches in the Soviet union are either "operating" or "not
operating." Some of those that are "not operating" have been or
are being restored by the government and turned into museums.
Of those churches that are "not operating" four of the most
famous are the Cathedral of the Annimciation, the Cathedral of
the Assumption, and the Cathedral of the Archangel ( which
are within the Krendin walls themscKes) and St. Sophia in
Kie\'. We \'isited all four. It was interesting to us to note that
although the Soviet government expounds atheism, it has seen
fit to retain the seat of the Patriarch in the Cathedral of tlie
Assmiiption and to restore the frescoes and icons for all to see.
In Kiev there are ten "operating" Russian Orthodox
churches, one Seventh Day Ad\entist church, one Baptist
church, and one Jewish S>-nagogue. Of the "operating" churches,
t\vc ha\e been restored at government expense— St. Andrew's and
Vladimir Church— and double as museums as well.
In Kharkov there are 17 "operating " Russian Ortliodox chur-
ches. Undoubtedly, these statistics could be continued for other
cities as well, but I failed to gather any other facts.
The preconceptions I carried with me to the Soviet Union
concerning the state of religion and the position of the church
there did not prepare me for the beauty of the services nor for
the intense devotion of the worshipers. We were able to attend
three Russian Orthodox services— one in Moscow, one in Yalta,
and one in Tbilisi. In Moscow the church was crowded. And
when I tell you that there are no seating accommodations— every-
one stands throughout the .service- and still there was precious
little room for more worshipers, you will understand just how
closely we were massed. 'I'he churches in Yalta and Tbilisi were
less crowded, but the services we attentU'd were in the evening
rather than in the morning.
The nuisic was simply beautiful! Our guide in Tbilisi told
us that often members of the opera sing at the services, for
which they recei\e mone\'. From where does this money come?
In Moscow, two basket-carriers passed among the worshipers; in
^'alta and Tbilisi it was possible to contribute at the entrance.
Our guide in Kharko\- told us his mother probably contributed
all of her pension to the church. In addition to paying the
choir, this moncN- is used by tlic Metropolitan in his work.
Il is true th.il most nl the worshipers are of lli<- older gen-
eration and most of these are women, but we did see younger
people in church, too. In ^ alta die priest himself was young and
quite good looking. It is inspiring to .see the outward display of
devotion by die worshipers, many, many of whom kiss the icons
and kneel upon the floor with foreheads touching the stone. In
Moscow, one candle after the other w as lit and jilaced in front of
an icon for .sximeone special.
I was not able to discowT any member of the Coinimniist
party prt)fessing a religious belief, but we did find one govc-rn-
nient guide and one young doctor (pediatrics) who were vitally
interested in what our religious beliefs are. The guide was
eager to know whether the .slogan on our coins "In God we
trust" meant that we trusted God, and the yoinig doctor asked
us whether everyone in America goes to church.
Three other Intourist guides gave us insights into the status
of religion in the So\iet I'uion. One guide accompanied us into
a church in whicli a ser\ice was being held, and when asked
whether she frecpiently attended services, stated that she some-
times goes into a church— with touri.sts. Upon another occasion,
one guide listened patientb' while we told her of our belief in
(ind and then reiterated lur l(i\c of [lie fine arts by saying that
she would die without them, leading us to conclude that a de-
pendence on the fine arts was taking the place of a religious
belief in her life. A third guide, when (jucstioned about the
state's turning churches into granaries, told us tliat this proliably
did happen during the war, but added that it was possible today
for a group of people to gather together some money and build
a church. Our guides knew, too, the Biblical stories connected
w ith some famous paintings that they showed to us on our tours
through the museums. And wliat is more, they expected us to
know them, too.
It seemed to me that iiiaiiy citizens knew we are a naticm
"under God" and they are interested in knowing the position
God occupies in our lives.
Despite these evidences and knowledge' of religion in the
Soviet Union, the one statement we heard over and over again
was: "An o\'erw helming majority of young people are atheists."
We had concentrated our study efforts in Moscow because,
after all, Moscow is the center of the So\iet library world. In
Kiev we quite naturally gathered facts about the churches of
the USSR because Kiev was the birthplace of Christianity in
Russia.
But beginning with Odessa and extending through Yalta
and Sochi we became a bit less serious and simply enjoyed our-
.selves, for the sea coast of the Crimea and the Caucasus is the
vacation land of the USSR. "The bright sun, the sparkling sea,
the rugged coastline, the wild and austere beauty of the moun-
tain gorges, and the snow-capped peaks" of tlie travel folders
truly beckoned us.
Unfortunately, our arrival at the Black Sea coincided with the
first cool, rainy weather experienced by this area since late spring.
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The sun shone enough to enable us to swim in the Black Sea
tliree times— once in Odessa, once in Yalta, and again in Sochi. I
consider tlie beach we used at Odessa to be far superior to those
at Yalta or Sochi. The sandy strip of beach at Odessa was wide
and free from stones, and it was possible to wade a great dis-
tance into the water before it became deep. At Yalta and Sochi
the beaches were full of pebbles and the sea floor dropped
abruptly at the shore.
So\iet citizens sometimes wear rather odd and rather little
bathing attire, but there is no self-consciousness in evidence.
Some beaches are limited to women, some to men, and others
are mixed. On the separate beaches, tlie attire is even more
limited in extent. We were amazed to see how really non-
private the segregated beaches are. For instance, a wxwden fence
-and near the shore only a few wires— might separate the women's
and the nu-n's beaches. Again, tliis appears to be taken ([uite
matter-of-factl\- by the So\ let citizens.
In this region the best lieidtli resorts of the Soviet Union can
be found. The hillsides are dotted with innumerable rest homes
and santatoria. The Soviet term "sanatorium" does not have
the same connotation as does our tenn. In describing these es-
tablislinients, it is possible to compare tiiem to our resort hotels.
Soviet citizens come to these rest homes and sanatoria for
treatnu-iit and for rest from their work. For first class accommo-
dations they pay 1800 rubles (S180); second class, 1.500 rubles
($150); and tliird class, 1100 rubles ($110). The government
pays 70 per cent; the workers, .30 per cent. The vacation lasts
about 28 days, during which time medical treatment and cultural
activities are offered free of charge. \'acations are offered on a
rotation basis, with the trade unions deciding who is to benefit
at what time.
Two famous sanatoria we visited were Alupka and Livadia.
The palace at Alupka was built by Catharine the Great for Count
Vorontsov, one of her favorites. It w as here that the British del-
egation resided dming the Yalta Conference of 1945. President
Roosevelt, on tlie other hand, stayed at Livadia. We visited
the inner courtyard where the famous picture of Roosevelt,
Clmrdiill, and Stahn was taken. Opposite the iron grill gates
that lead into this courtyard is a former chapel of tlie palace,
now turned into a room for billiards.
One day we stopped at a sulpluu bath establishment and
saw some patients undergoing treatment. W'e even tried
some of the vapor inhalators ourselves.
Ironically enough, in this region of recaptured healtli, sev-
eral members of our group were stricken with digestive difficul-
ties and it became necessary to secure the services of a physician
for tlie second time. The first distresses had been individual and
hatl occurred in Moscow. The female doctor wlio attended the
patients tliere prescribed mustard plasters for colds. In Yalta,
the male physician treated upset stomachs by prescribing a spe-
cial diet consisting of cottage cheese with sour cream and por-
ridge. Both medical people seemed competent, but the)' used
equipment that was out-dated. And naturally, tlieir services
were free.
We had traveled by steamer on the Black Sea from Odessa
to Yalta, and from Yalta to Suklninii. Let me say that although
it is called black, the sea is not black at all, but ratlier grceuish-
blue anil closer to the shore it is green and even vellow-grein.
Sea gulls follow tlie steamers, diving at intervals for tlie
pieces of black bread thrown to them by tlie passengers. Dol-
phins came close to the ships, leaping out of the water.
On .ship deck there is a holiday mood. Music is constantly
emitted from loud speakers. On our trip to Yalta we had lovely
weather, so it was possible for some of the members of our group
to gatlier on one of the decks and to sing American songs for
an audience of Soviet citizens. Oiu: hosts reciprocated with
songs of their own. On tlie uppermost deck a moonliglit d;uice
was held. Imagine diuicing with a Soviet citizen on the Black
Sea to the strains of the "Beer Barrel Polka"! On our second
steamer we were more confined because of inclement weather.
Tlie steamer had two swimming pools, but because of the rain,
tliey could not be used.
Both steamers had libraries, and both were in use when we
visited them. Soviet citizens use tlieir passports to check out
mati'rials. These passports are used internallv — the)' are not for
foreign travel ;md thev- resemble double-faced identification
cards. We, of course, h;id nothing like these in our possession;
but we, too, were able to check out materials. I liorrowed
Krokoilil, the Soviet humor magazine, and found an English-
speaking citizen to translate it for us. In reading tlie captions
under some caricatures that were not flattering to us, he explain-
ed that these dr;iv\ iiigs depicted only certain tvpes of people and
were not meant to represent everyone.
Once more we Hew— this time by regular plane— from Soclii
to Ibilisi. We spent only 12 hours in Tbilisi, partly because four
of us had remained behind in Sochi for an extra day due to lack
of seats on our scheduled flight, and partly because we left Tbilisi
earl> so that we could IK' again instead of going by .sleeper to
Kharkov. We did have time to get in a bit of sightseeing, to
stroll around the town, and to enjov a delicious meal of beef
stragonolf. For the first time we saw some "stilyagi"— the Soviet
version of the zoot-sniter. They wear dark suits with tight
trousers.
For some reason, some of my most nostalgic memories are of
the city of Kharkov. Perhaps it was because we did such a
variety of things— visited a factory, another library, a school, a
fann, and rode on the Children's Railroad. Perhaps it was be-
cause we enjoved Mich beautiful fall weather. Or maybe our
guide was especially adept at his job. Or maybe our group had
gotten to know each other so well that by this time we were
"old friends" and enjoyed each other's company. Whatever it
«as, I was thoroughly delighted with our stay in Kliarkov.
The Children's Railroad is a miniature railroad run entirely
bv children. The most outstanding students between the ages of
12 and 15 are permitted to participate in this program, which is
really a stage in tlieir polvtecliiiical education. The railroad has
two engines: a steam locomotive and a Diesel locomotive, which
was given to the railroad bv- the governiiient as a reward for the
scrap the children had collected.
At the book factory we learned tluit until 1917 the factory
had been privately owned and operated. Fifty workers then
produced 3,000 books. Today 1400 workers produce 100,000
books per day. Seventv- per cent of the workers are women.
Unskilled workers receive 700 rubles pi-r month; skilled workers,
1500. The director receives 2000.
This factory is under the Ministry of Culture. Phe trade
union of the factorv' and the administrator agree to a contract
with the ministry. The role of the trade union in the Soviet
Union is different than that of unions in the U. S. In the
USSR, the tr;ide iiiiion urges tlie workers to attend periodic
mei'tings with the administrator for an exchange of suggestions
iuid criticisms. It helps the workers to meet the factory's goal.
.\ii<l it provides fcir the cultural activities and vacations of the
workers.
One striking example of the hidden unemployment of the
Soviet Union was in evidence in this factor)-, .\fter books are
pasted, they are placed in presses and carried by overhead con-
veyors until they are drv-. At the end of their trij) the books are
pushed onto a counter to be released. Instead of waiting for
the conveyor to phic-e the books on the counter, two men disen-
gaged the press iiiid liooks and lifted them from the conveyor
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to the counter. Tlie second man stood by wliile the first releas-
ed the press. Dividing the tasks of reniovinj; the books and dis-
posing of the press produced extra time in which tlie men simpl\'
waited for tlie next set of books. One man could have performed
tliis operation, but that would lia\e meant a second man wimld
not have had a job.
In all factories, schools, and farms, there is a bulletin board
provided for the pictures of outstanding workers and their re-
cords. At this factory, our guide explained that there were
empty spaces because certain outstanding workers liad admirers
among tlie workers.
-At the Korolenko Library we learned wh>' some libraries
cannot bu>- foreign books. In order to buy books abroad, the
library must be issued gold currency from the state. This library
does not receive such currency and therefore cannot buy foreign
books. Our guides assured us, tliough, that Ixioks can be bor-
rowed from the Lenin State Librar>' and from the Library of
Foreign Literature, both in Moscow.
One of the best English-.speaking Soviet citizens I met was
X'ladimir I\ano\icli Bezugly, an employee of the Korolenko Li-
brar\'. At one point during our visit to the library he corrected
the translation of our tour leader. One of the library's employees
was telling us about the rare book collection, and our leader
translated: "He is apologizing for the poor quality of paper. . ."
Whereupon Mr. Bezugly said, "He is not apologizing. He is ex-
plaining wliy. Such a way to translate it!"
At tlie school some of us sat through part of an algebra
class. The letters A, B, C, and D are used, not because they arc
the first four letters of the Russian alphabet, but because this is
tlie imiversal language of algebra. The Soviet citizen would
pronounce them a, v, s, d.
In the school we saw many red bandaimas around the necks
of tlie children, signifying that they were members of tlie Young
Pioneers. It took us awhile to realize that when they brought
their amis briskly up with the hands flat and almost perpendicu-
lar to their faces tliey were giving us the Young Pioneers salute.
The fann we visited was a state farm— a "solkhoz." From
the director of this farm we learned the basic differences be-
tween it and a collective farm— a "kolkhoz." The state farm is
more mechanized than the collective farm. The director and
administrative officers are appointed by the ministry. The offic-
ers of the collective fanu are chosen at a general meeting. At
tlie "solklioz " the plan comes from the higher govermiiental unit;
at the "kolklioz ' the people approve the plan for the farm. TJie
workers at tlie state farm are paid salaries; tlie workers of tlie
collective were paid in kind and case, but are now being paid
more and more in money. Since the elimination of the motor-
tractor stations, the collective faniis have begun to own their
own tractors. The state fanii sells its produce in the state market;
the collective may sell in the open market. Although there is a
10-L5 kopek difference between the markets, operating in favor
of die open market, the difference is nullified by the state's pro-
viding transportation for the produce when it is sold to the state.
The director told us that he received an additional premium
for overfulfilling the plan. Last year he received 3600 rubles,
or two months' salary. He said that a director may charge the
norms set for his fanu depending on the vagaries of the weather.
In the Kliarkov area there are no natural pastures. The
cattle ;ire therefore never put out to pasture, but instead fed by
fodder all year.
The director cited for us tlie famous story of the Soviet
government's plan for milking cows three times per day instead
of the usual tw^o. He said that not milking three times loses 17
per cent of productivity. Soviet citizens believe that Americans
do not milk more often because tliey do not want to add anotlier
worker. The "milk maid" formerl>' received 35-40 rubles for her
work. Now that mechanization has set in she is called "master
milker" and receives 800-900 rubles.
After Kharkov we returned to Moscow by sleeper for our
last few days in the Soviet Union. Upon special request we saw
samples of tlie new apartments that are being built on a gi-
gantic scale. To eliminate the overcrowding that exists in the
old apartment hou.ses, the government h;is passed a law that only
one f;unily mav' inhabit tuich apartment. As sot)n as a family
plans to bring in another relative or friend, it must leave its lodg-
ings. Each apartment has its own bath and kitchen and from
one to three rooms besides. The kitchen is poorly equipped,
even in tlie most modern apartment, and the rooms are small.
But tlie cost of the apartment is 1 iw-only 4-5 per cent of the
worker's salary.
The people of the Soviet Union are simple, unsophisticated,
lionest, curious and highly enthusiastic about the development
of their countrv'. They take themselves and their country ser-
iouslv-, but tlie>' also have a sense of humor. One midnight in
Moscow we went to Red Square to see tlie changing of the
guards at the Mausoleum. A militiaman was standing nearby
and said to some youths who were lounging on the railing sur-
rounding tlie Mausoleum, "Stand up, stand up! '\ou came to
look, so look — do not sit down." Several minutes later the new
duet of guards took over its position by the door of the Maus-
oleum. Clump, clump, clump, for the length of a block tlicy
marched, stamping each foot with great force. And clump,
clump, clump went one of the Soviet citizens in imitation. After
what the militiaman had said a few minutes ago, I thought
surely he would reward this bit of mimicry in similar fashion;
but no, all I heard was tlie laughter of tlie man's companions.
On another occasion, one of the members of our party left
her camera on tlie seat of the funicula as she alighted. Tlie
guide and I discovered it at the same time, but she said, "Sh-h,
we will have a joke." She planned not to tell the owner about
her loss until the owner discovered she no longer had a camera,
or until we returned to our hotel where the guide was going to
produce it magically.
The Soviet citizens love anecdotes and sayings. An In-
tourist guide told us, "There are three kinds of lies: the small
lie, the large lie, and statistics." And she went on to illustrate,
"If you have two chickens, and I have none, the ;ivcrage is one
apiece. But you are full and I am hungry."
The people are not very well groomed. Their clothes hang
limply and look bedraggled— even new clothes in sliops look
second-hand. They combine colors and prints indiscriminately
in their costumes.
Women wear little make-up, although younger women wear
lipstick. It is possible to find those who use powder and mas-
cara, but they are the exception rather than the rule. Nail polish
is frequently worn, but it is almost always chipped and in need
of repair. Perfume is cheap and not pleasing to the senses.
One distinct impression of Soviet life which did not present
itself to my conscious mind until I returned to the U. S. and was
confronted with American advertising, books and movies once
more, was that in public life, at least, tlie Soviet Union is moral.
Nowhere did I see or hear immoral living paraded before tlie
people. The performers were all decently clad, the books, per-
iodicals and newspapers in no way glorified sex or crime; and the
themes of movies did not concern loose hving and retribution.
Our visit to the Soviet Union came to an end on Septem-
ber 13, when we left Moscow at 7:10 a. m. We spent about
eight hours in Stockholm, where we visited the palace of the
King. Tlu-n on to Amsterdam, and at midnight out over the
Atlantic.
We certainly had a unique and fascinating experience-
one I would like to repeat— but not permanently.
DECEMBER 1959
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MT. CARMEL-SHAMOKIN
S. John Price '42, 1435 Market St., Ashl;ind, I'a. President
Howard J. Wertz '30, 602 Cameron St., Shamokin, Pa. Secretary
NORTH NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK
J. M. Spanglcr Jr. '52, 4 Dcnipstei Ho.ul, Cliath.ini, X. J. President
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Zeidler '48, 48 Raniapo Rd., Pompton Plains, N. J. Vice Presidents
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cook '53-'56, 19 Bruce Hoatl, Upper Montelair, N. J. Secritiiry-Trca.stircr
PHILADELPHIA
Mrs. Alice Greeger Pfeffer '51, 515 Oxford Hoad, Ha\erto\vn, Pa. President
Paul Nestler Jr. '53, Green Lane, Pa. First Vice President
Fred A. Auman Jr. '50, 106 Dallas Road, Willow Gro\e, Pa. Second Vice President
Mrs. Ruth LaRuc Thompson x'21, ParkwcKid Manor Apt. 509, Upper Darby, Pa. Secretary
Paul A. Wagner '50, 1007 E. Cliveden St., Pliiladrlphia, Pa. Treasurer
PITTSBURGH
Dr. Reed Speer '32, Wintlirop Road, Rosslyn Farms, Carnegie, Pa.
Frank C, Knorr '21, R. D. i^2, Corapolis, Pa.
President
Vice President
READING-LANCASTER
Ralph C. Geigle '35, Administration Bldg., .Stii & Wasliington Sts., Reading, Pa. President
\V. F. Laudenslayer '.39, 632 Washington St., Reading, Pa. Vice President
Mrs. Mark Outline "39, 133 Lester Ave., Shillington, Pa. , Secretary
Mrs. Christ J. Bueolo x'57, R. D. #1, Box 254, Mohnton, Pa, Treasurer
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
The Rev. David G. Volk '52, 112 \. 1 Itli St., Suijl)ury, Pa.
Douglas A. Portzline '41, 8th and Bridge Sts., Selinsgrove, Pa.
WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE
George F. Davis '32, 3423 01i\er St., W aslimgton 15, D. C.
Howard L. Lukehart '31, 1135 Wakefield Drive, Alexandria, \'a.
WILKES-BARRE - SCRANTON
John E. Noonan '28, 7 Terrace St., WiLkes-Barre, Pa.
Mrs. George B. Backer '54, 160 Price St., Kingston, Pa.
WILLIAMSPORT
Preston H. Smith '38, 917 Market St., W^illiamsport, Pa.
LaRue Shemp '36, 924 Third St., Williamsport, Pa.
Mrs. Glen Russell '36, 812 Lincoln Ave., Williamsport, Pa.
YORK-HANOVER-LANCASTER
The Rev. Lester J. Karschner '37, Abbottstown, I'a.
Walter M. Hertz '36, 67 Spencer Ave., Lancaster, Pa.
Mrs. Dorothy Strine Bowers '30, 399 Boundary Ave., Red Lion, Pa.
Patricia Heathcote '52, 220 E. Cottage Place, York, Pa.
President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice President
President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary-T reasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
POSTMASTER: Please notify if undelivered.
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office
as Second Class Matter.
MARCH 1960
SUSQUEHRNM
RLUMmS
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LIBRARY
SUSQUEHANNA UNfYEKfTY
r.
President Weber -on reasons for coming hack
Deak Friknds:
A year ago \\e spoke to tlu- alimini about iiian\ plans in pros-
pect for Susquehanna University. Since that day we have been busy
bringing some of these to fruition. Total undergraduate eiirolhnent
this year was 572 and plans for next year set this figure at 665. Our
hcautilul Landes Gateway is finished. Faculty and administrative
staffs iia\e been enlarged and strengtiiened. Our catalog has been
compk'teh restyled and rewritten. The ^iisqiichonna Sotc has been
launched. Both these publications ha\e received widespread ac-
claim. Selinsgro\e Hall has been largeh rebuilt with new offices
downstairs, new entrances, lavatories, stairwells and offices upstairs
refurbished. Additional houses have been purchased for expansion
purposes. All this you will want to see on .\lumni Day, and more.
Cornerstone laying for new Theta Chi and Lambda Chi .\lpha houses
will be held. Most important, we will break ground for two new
dormitories, one for women and one for men, a tremendous stride
forward for your Alma Mater. You will certainh- want to be present
on this momentous day.
Opportunity is being provided for \ou to sit down w itii adnnii-
istrative officers of the university to discuss ways that you can help
S.U. All in all, this promises to be an exciting and long-remembered
day. We hope you 11 come back and reli\e your college da\s as you
greet classmate and friend. Your presence alone will make the day
a success.
CordialK',
GusT.WE \\'. Weber
Dr. Weber discusses fine points of new men's and women's dorm-
itories with John C. Horn, vice president of the Board of
Directors; and Bernard W. Krapf, assistant to the president and
business manager. Ground will be broken for both residence units
on Alumni Day, May 7.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ON OUR COVER
Chester Rowe 52 and Marsh Bogar
■51. presidents respeeti\el\ of the akim-
ni groups of Theta Clii and Lambda Chi
Alpha, were on hand March 1 for col-
crful ground-breaking ceremonies for tlie
two fraternities' new houses being built
in the orchard section of the campus. In
the photo they are tossing two of the
first sho\elsful of earth.
Directly behind the alumni represen-
tatives are other participants: Gilbert
Askew '61 of Baltimore, president of
Theta Chi; S. U. President Weber; Frank
Procopio '61 of Kulpniont, Pa., president
of Lambda Chi Alplia; George Gopie 60
of British Guiana; Dr. John J. Houtz.
professor of chemistry.
The two houses, to cost $215,950, are
scheduled to be completed for occupan-
cy ne,\t September. Each will contain
domiitory, dining, study and recreation-
al facilities for 40 acti\e members.
AND INSIDE
Special feature this month is a report
on you. The Alumnus/a — "one of the
most important persons in .\merican ed-
ucation today." This is "Moonshooter"'
for 1960, the supplement in which we
each year cooperate with alumni organ-
izations at nearly 350 colleges and uni-
\ersities.
B\ thus pooling our resources with
many others' we have been able to en-
gage the talents of first-rate authors and
editors. Editorial Projects for Educa-
tion, Inc., the publisher, is a non-profit
organization associated with the Ameri-
can Alumni Council.
The Alumnus/a is about you. It be-
gins following page 6.
Director of Alumni Relations
Donald E. Wissinger '50
Editor of Susquehanna Alumnus
George R. F. Tamke
The SUSQUEHRMR RLUMNUS
Vol. 29
March 1960
No. 3
CONTENTS
President \\'ehcr i.nsiuk fro.m coxkr
... on reasons for coming back
Prison Chaplain ........ 4
/)(/ Kafhcriiic Bcnion '41
Alumni Givers 6
The Alumnus a ........ 7
a special report
Sports 23
Club News ......... 24
S. U. Weddings
Born Crusaders
Susquehannans on Parade
Deaths
25
25
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Alumni Da\' Schedule of Events .... b.\ck co\eh
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fice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912. Published
four times a \ear by Susquehaiuia Uniscrsity, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
montlis of September, December, March and June.
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PRISON CHAPLAIN
by KATHERINE BENION
Katherine Dietterle Benion '41 is
a frequent writer for The Luth-
eran. She is the wife of Harold
H. Benion 39.
Chaplain Cassler in his prison pulpit
Few pa.stors ha\e had .sueh unusual and constanth
changing parishes as die Rev. Henr\- H. Cassler (S. U.
'34). For the 23 years of his ministry he has served as
prison chaplain at such well-known federal penal insti-
tutions as Fort Lea\enworth. Alcatraz, Chillicothe.
L'. S. Medical Center for Federal Prisons, and Lewis-
burg.
In December 1959 Cassler was one of four Luth-
eran pastors cited for their long terms of ser\ice as
chaplains at federal institutions. At the Federal Insti-
tutional Chaplains Conference a certificate of recogni-
tion was presented to him by the National Lutlierau
Council Division of Welfare.
At Lewisburg, where Cassler has been serving
during the past year, inmates number L80(). About
si.\ty percent are Protestant. The Catholic prisoners
have their own chaplain.
"Many people regard prisons witii fear and look
at work within them as loneh and dreary," says Chap-
lain Cassler. "I find the work satisf\ing and very in-
teresting."
His biggest single task is personal counseling, and
he estimates that over three-fourths of his time is util-
ized for that purpose. "The faith I try to teach these
men is something that gets inside a man and changes
him," explains Cassler. "It is not something \ou can
spread on top of a heartsick man to cure him.
"There is no other wa\- to iKmI with tlicst- men
but individually. You must let them come to you
privateK' and talk o\er their problems. Of course, I
also visit them in the hospital, in the shops and factor-
ies and other places where the\- are at work. Fre-
quently wi\es, mothers and other relatives come to me
for advice and counsel."
Chaplain Cassler has >et to find the man with
whom he could not talk. This fact he clarifies with
these words; "Tlic chaplain is tiic onl\' person to whom
a prisoner can talk ant! tell all. assured that anything
he tells him will not go further or ever be used against
him. I ne\'er take a note, and I have \'et to experience ,
a warden or any prison personnel question me about i
anything a prisoner may tell me."
As chaplain, Cassler is automatically a member of
tiie prison stafl^ and when it meets each Thursday, he ]
attends. Man\ \ital things come up concerning the i
inmates personal adjustment. He xotes according to
what he knows from his counseling is best for the man.
but no one c\er asks him why. ]
During the past year Cassler has introduced clin-
ical training for \oung pastors at Lewisburg. lie is
now training two young Lutheran men: the Rev. Jack
Lose (ULC) of Sunbury, and the Re\-. Harold Lind-
berg ( ELC ) of Minneapolis. Shortly a third from the
Missouri Synod will arrive.
.\ctually Cassler is an old hand at chaplain train-
ing, ha\ing started this work while at his assignment
at Chillicotlu', Ohio in 1942. He believes e\ery pastor,
whether or not he plans to go into chaplaincy work,
should have a years training in one or more institu-
tions. "One of the primar\ duties of a pastor is to
counsel and unless he has a good practical underst;uid-
ing of all t\pi'S of people he can"t be good at it." he
says.
There arc far too few chaplains today. "We could
place at least 100 chaplains immediatcK." said Cass-
ler. "'Since NoM-mber 19.59, when newspapers carried
the news release telling of tlu- starting of clinical pas-
toral training at Lewisburg. I'xc reci'ixed o\er 100 re-
quests for training from pastors from coast to coast
and fm still rccei\ing them. This shows pastors are
\er\' much interested."
He has found from his instructing that not all who
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
wduld he chaplains can sncoeed. ]\c lias had to send
home scleral students. "One could not stop asking
men such questions as Why did \()u steal?" rather than
takin<; the patience to get inside the man to find out
\\h\ lu> did. Oh\iousl\ it the man knew," explains
Gassier, "he would prohahK not he here. Again,
another was too gullible. He helie\-ed ever\thing
exeryone told him. He could not realize these men
and here because of a reaction to life that is different,
and that they are experts in deception."
He pointed out that this situation was emphasized
back in 1936 when the Department of Justice told the
National Council of Churches: "Unless you give us
trained men and a religious program geared to the
prison program so that the chaplain and staff work as
a team, we are going to close our doors to chaplains."
At that time Cassler was training at the state hos-
pital at Greystone Park, New Jersey and was pre\'ailed
upon to enter the prison chaplaincy. He clarified how
a pastor becomes a chaplain in this way:
"All new federal chaplains are recommended first
by their own church and approved b\' the National
Council of Churches. Then they are approved and ac-
cepted by the Department of Justice which pays their
salaries. Seeing the tremendous need for more chap-
lains, this Department recently passed a ruling which
enables them to pay a student chaplain $4040 for one
year while he trains under a chaplain. "It is m>' feel-
ing," says Cassler, "that the training of chaplains should
be a responsibility of the church."
Innumerable small tasks are also a part of Cassler's
routine. A man may come to him and ask him to write
a letter to his wife, son, fiancee, etc. If the man can
write, Cassler will tell him to w^rite the letter and bring
it to him, and then he will help him improve anything
that doesn't quite say what the prisoner meant. "I
ne\er do for a man what he can do for himself," says
Cassler. "This teaches him responsibilitv."
Lighter moments also come along. An example is
the prisoner who will seek his office out as soon as he
can after admittance. The conversation might go like
this: "I said to the fellows I was glad 1 was coming
up here this time because I'd get to see you again,
Chaplain. RemembtM-, wc^ were at Leavenworth to-
gether?"
M Lew isburg the chaplain deals with such federal
offenders as post office or bank robbers, armed ser\ ice
violators, drug peddlers, thieves of government prop-
erty, murderers, and so on.
But no matter how serious the offense or how often
the man has been in trouble, the chaplain never stops
believing a man will change. Not long ago a fre-
quent repeater said to him, "\Vhy didn't you tell me
that when I came to you during my first sentence"?
Then he smiled and added, "I guess you did, dicbi't
you? But then I couldn't see it. Now I do."
"It often takes a man a long time to change" says
the chaplain, "but I believe this man at last is chang-
ing."
Cassler believes a wife's understanding of her
chaplain-husband's work does much to help him. A
former government typist, Mrs. Cassler acts as secre-
tary of the federal p;u()le board when it visits Lewis-
burg and from this experience she has gained much
insight into her husband's work. The Casslers' only
child, Henry III, is now 14 years old.
Chaplain Cassler has many friends in the chap-
laincy. The student chaplains always become close
friends with the chaplain and his family and the re-
lationship continues throughout the years.
Cassler believes that colleges should make a liet-
ter effort to aid in a preventive program which would
Af Lewisburg Penitenfiary during recent visit: Alumni Director
Don Wissinger '50, Chaplain Cassler '34, Dr. John I. Woodruff
'88, Prison Warden Hagan.
Chaplain Cassler's "biggest single task is personal counseling, and
he estimates that over three-fourths of his time is utilized for
that purpose."
MARCH 1960
help to keep students on an e\en mental keel. "As a
whole students do not feel free to diseuss their deepest
problems with a professor, and the professors don't ieel
they are prepared or employed to handle persona!
problems," he sa\s. "Every college should haxc a
chaplain who has been clinicalh- trained for iiis work."
The mention of days at Susquehanna brings a
happy gleam into Pastor Cassler's dark e\es. lie lo\es
to reminisce about them, especially about debating
under Dr. Russell Gilbert and about his job as the
school's first photographer. "I ran after the teams, al-
ways looking for a chance to take a picture that would
sell," he says, "lor those were none too prosperous
days."
One of Chaplain Cassler's recent delightful exper-
iences has an S.U. tinge. He spent a day gi\ ing Don
Wissinger, alumni director, and 96-year-old Dr. John
Woodruff, his former professor, an idea of what goes
on inside the penitentiary. "I was amazed," said Chap-
lain Gassier, "he remembers e\erything. He said, "I
remember sou had a sister Ruth; she used to work for
Dr. Aikens.'
"Ry the time we had completed a tour of the
buildings with pi;:tiirc taking, dinner with the war-
den, etc. I was (|uitc tireii, l)ut as 1 was about to liid
my \ isitors goodbye. Dr. Woodruff iucniiicd about tlic
library and said he wanted to si'c it. "
"i^iit it s on the sciniid floor, said (^assk-r. I'on-
cerned about the additional step ciiTubing.
"I want to go any\\ay," said Dr. W Ooclniff . "ive
always wanted to get inside a penitentiary; now tliat
I'm here, I'm not going to miss ;inything."
So CHiaplain Gassier watched ;is Dr. \\ oodruff ex-
amined the books. "A fine libran," said Dr. \\'oodrufI.
"1 will gi\e you a book of my poems. "
ihis again brought fond memories. Gassier re-
called many of the poems lie luid ieiuucd by having Dr.
WOodruff recite them in his classes. "1 wonder." he
thought, "if 'A Flower In a Crannied Wall' is in it."
"Sure enough," says Gassier, "when I looked, there
it w-as." Then he added, "Now as I think of the \isit
one thing keeps coming to my mind. Dr. \\ Oodruff is
typical of Stiscjuehanna teachers. They're as inspiring,
intellectual, ;ind fun-filled ;is in\ d;ivs were at S. U."
ALUMNI GIVERS . . . since our last published lisf
1S99
J.D. Bogarjr.
L. C. Hassinger
1909
J. Banncn Swope
1910
Artliur C. Harris
1911
\V. R. Fitzgerald
1914
Amnion \V. Smith
Eupliemia Brow n Kerns
1916
Irene Bander R<)l)inson
J. Paul Harman
1917
Pliocbe Herman
S. M. Stouder
1919
Harry J. Grouse
1921
Manriec R. Gortner
Mal>el StefTen Broscious
192.3
Stella Risscr Gole
John 1. Gole
1924
Glenn E. Kisher
W. John Derr
Mabel Mumma McLain
Joseph G. MeLain
Rachel Bnibaker Whited
192.5
\. R. Runner
Marlin M. Knders
J. Edgar Bishop
1926
Barbara E. UeReiner
1927
Katlierine Kleinfiauer
1928
Helen Ott Soper
Margaret H. Buyers
1930
Paul M. Bishop
Dorothy Heiser Fisher
1931
L. H. Lukeliart
Franlc G. Gill
Helene E. O'Gonnell
Paul M. Haines
H. Vernon Bloiigh
1932
H. R. Fenstermacher
A. \'. Kozak
Michael L. Rachunis
Samuel Brosius
1933
Marian W'alborn W'orthington
Bruce W'orthington
1934
Aberdeen Phillips Hutchison
D. Edgar Hutchison
1935
Hollis A. Mnir
1936
James A. Grossman
H. Vernon Ferster
1937
John C. McGune
1938
Elizabeth Fry Vogel
1939
Isabel Tewkesbury
I .audenslayer
Frank Laudenslayer
Eleanor Sa\'eri Wise
1940
J. Leon Haines
Elizabeth Jane Barnhart
1941
Elaine Miller Hunt
Glenn L. Musser
D. S. Kcim
1942
Mildred Bittner
MeKin E. Haas
Philip R. Tcmplin
1943
Lawrence M. Isaacs
Marjorie Wolf McCunc
1945
John J. Kocsis
1946
Marie Klick Hodick
1947
Eugene P. Erandolini
Richard D. Moglia
Hilda Markey Kocsis
1948
Allan B. Packman
Eleanor Steele Lady
Gharles L. Lady
1949
Nevin G. T. Shaffer
Ella Fetherolf Ranp
Golnmbns H. Ranp
James B. Reilly
1950
Aima Mae 0>ster
John J. W'itowski
1951
Marilyn Beers Reilly
1952
Patricia Heatlicote
L\nne l.ightfoot
John H. Momrow Jr.
19.53
Helen Spaeth Gluirch
Robert J. MacNamara Jr.
1954
Ciraydon 1. Lose
William G. Ghurch
John H. Schraeder
Joyce K. Gilbert
Irene K. Oldt
Lucian Smith Leach
N'ancN Krieg Stacks
Marih n J. Huxett
19.55
Frederick L. Shilling
19.56
Ghnton E. Leach Jr.
Glvde R. Kauffman
1957
Jack K. Bishop
lohn .\llen Roshon
xl958
Janice Paul
19,59
N'ancy Zimmennan Roshon
Glaudette Bedeaux
Cleorge H. Thics
xl960
Edith Parr Koenighaus
Alumni Giving emphasis is this year to be concentrated in
the months of Way and June. Susquehanna will, of course,
be \-er)' happ\ to hear from givers at any time. In the
meanwhile, e\planator\- literatme is being prepared and
will be distributed shortly.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
THE
ALUMN
us
'A
As student, as
alumna or alumnus: at
both stages, one
of the most important persons
in higher education.
ALAN BEABDEN, JON BBENNEI8
a special report
a Salute . . .
and a
declaration of
dependence
THrs IS A SALUTE, an acknowledgment of a partner-
ship.and a declaration of dependence. It is directed
to you as an alumnus or alumna. As such, you are
one of the most important persons in American education
today.
You are important to American education, and to your
alma mater, for a variety of reasons, not all of which may
be instantly apparent to you.
You are important, first, because you are the principal
product of your alma mater — the principal claim she can
make to fame. To a degree that few suspect, it is by its
alumni that an educational institution is judged. And few
yardsticks could more accurately measure an institution's
true worth.
You are important to American education, further,
because of the support you give to it. Financial support
comes immediately to mind: the money that alumni are
giving to the schools, colleges, and universities they once
r^ife
attended has reached an impressive sum, larger than that
received from any other source of gifts. It is indispensable.
But the support you give in other forms is impressive
and indispensable, also. Alumni push and guide the legis-
lative programs that strengthen the nation's publicly
supported educational institutions. They frequently act
as academic talent scouts for their alma maters, meeting
and talking with the college-bound high school students
in their communities. They are among the staunchest de-
fenders of high principles in education — e.g., academic
freedom— even when such defense may not be the "popu-
lar" posture. The list is long; yet every year alumni are
finding ways to extend it.
To THE HUNDREDS of Colleges and universities and
secondary schools from which they came, alumni
are important in another way — one that has nothing
to do with what alumni can do for the institutions them-
selves. Unlike most other forms of human enterprise,
educational institutions are not in business for what they
themselves can get out of it. They exist so that free people,
through education, can keep civilization on the forward
move. Those who ultimately do this are their alumni.
Thus only through its alumni can a school or a college
or a university truly fulfill itself.
Chancellor Samuel B. Gould, of the University of Cali-
fornia, put it this way:
"The serious truth of the matter is that you are the
distilled essence of the university, for you are its product
and the basis for its reputation. If anything lasting is to
be achieved by us as a community of scholars, it must in
most instances be reflected in you. If we are to win intellec-
tual victories or make cultural advances, it must be
through your good offices and your belief in our mission."
The italics are ours. The mission is yours and ours
together.
Alma Mater . . .
At an alumni-alumnae meeting in Washington,
members sing the old school song.
The purpose of this meeting was to introduce
the institution to high school
boys and girls who, with their parents,
were present as the club's guests.
™^-ALUMN^yA
Alumnus + alumnus
Many people cling to the odd notion that in this ca
THE POPULAR VIEW of you, an alumnus or alumna,
is a puzzling thing. That the view is highly illogical
seems only to add to its popularity. That its ele-
ments are highly contradictory seems to bother no one.
Here is the paradox;
Individually you, being an alumnus or alumna, are
among the most respected and sought-after of beings.
People expect of you (and usually get) leadership or in-
telligent followership. They appoint you to positions of
trust in business and government and stake the nation's
very survival on your school- and college-developed
abilities.
If you enter politics, your educational pedigree is freely
discussed and frequently boasted about, even in precincts
where candidates once took pains to conceal any educa-
tion beyond the sixth grade. In clubs, parent-teacher
associations, churches, labor unions, you are considered
to be the brains, the backbone, the eyes, the ears, and the
neckbone — the latter to be stuck out, for alumni are ex-
pected to be intellectually adventurous as well as to ex-
ercise other attributes.
But put you in an alumni club, or back on campus for a
reunion or homecoming, and the popular respect— yea,
awe — turns to chuckles and ho-ho-ho. The esteemed in-
dividual, when bunched with other esteemed individuals,
becomes in the popular image the subject of quips, a can-
didate for the funny papers. He is now imagined to be a
person whose interests stray no farther than the degree of
baldness achieved by his classmates, or the success in
marriage and child-bearing achieved by her classmates, or
the record run up last season by the alma mater's football
or field-hockey team. He is addicted to funny hats deco-
rated with his class numerals, she to daisy chainmaking
and to recapturing the elusive delights of the junior-class
hoop-roll.
If he should encounter his old professor of physics, he is
supposedly careful to confine the conversation to remi-
niscences about the time Joe or Jane Wilkins, with spec-
tacular results, tried to disprove the validity of Newton's
third law. To ask the old gentleman about the implica-
tions of the latest research concerning anti-matter would
be, it is supposed, a most serious breach of the Alumni
Reunion Code.
Such a view of organized alumni activity might be dis-
missed as unworthy of note, but for one disturbing fact:
among its most earnest adherents are a surprising number
of alumni and alumnae themselves.
Permit us to lay the distorted image to rest, with the aid \
of the rites conducted by cartoonist Mark Kelley on the i
following pages. To do so will not necessitate burying the ;
class banner or interring the reunion hat, nor is there a j
need to disband the homecoming day parade.
The simple truth is that the serious activities of organ- j
ized alumni far outweigh the frivolities — in about the
same proportion as the average citizen's, or unorganized |
alumnus's, party-going activities are outweighed by hisi
less festive pursuits.
Look, for example, at the activities of the organized!
alumni of a large and famous state university in the Mid-i
west. The former students of this university are often j
pictured as football-mad. And there is no denying that, to|
many of them, there is no more pleasant way of spending;
an autumn Saturday than witnessing a victory by the.
home team. i
But by far the great bulk of alumni energy on behalf of I
the old school is invested elsewhere: ,
► Every year the alumni association sponsors a recog-'
nition dinner to honor outstanding students — those with:
a scholastic average of 3.5 (B + ) or better. This has proved ;
to be a most effective way of showing students that aca- '
demic prowess is valued above all else by the institution \
and its alumni. i
► Every year the alumni give five "distinguished teach- 1
ing awards" — grants of $1,000 each to professors selected |
by their peers for outstanding performance in the class-
room.
► An advisory board of alumni prominent in various!
fields meets regularly to consider the problems of the!
university: the quality of the course offerings, the caliber |
of the students, and a variety of other matters. They re- i
port directly to the university president, in confidence. \
Their work has been salutary. When the university's
school of architecture lost its accreditation, for example, .
the efforts of the alumni advisers were invaluable in get-
ting to the root of the trouble and recommending meas- '
ures by which accreditation could be regained.
► The efforts of alumni have resulted in the passage of
urgently needed, but politically endangered, appropria-^
tions by the state legislature.
► Some 3,000 of the university's alumni act each year as
volunteer alumni-fund solicitors, making contacts with I
30,000 of the university's former students.
Nor is this a particularly unusual list of alumni accom-
plishments. The work and thought expended by the alum-
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ELLIOTT EBWITT. MAGNUM
Behind the fun
of organized alumni activity — in clubs, at reunions — lies new seriousness
nowadays, and a substantial record of service to American education.
ni of hundreds of schools, colleges, and universities in
behalf of their alma maters would make a glowing record,
if ever it could be compiled. The alumni of one institution
took it upon themselves to survey the federal income-tax
laws, as they affected parents' ability to finance their
children's education, and then, in a nationwide campaign,
pressed for needed reforms. In a score of cities, the
alumnae of a women's college annually sell tens of thou-
sands of tulip bulbs for their alma mater's benefit; in
eight years they have raised $80,000, not to mention
hundreds of thousands of tulips. Other institutions' alum-
nae stage house and garden tours, organize used-book
sales, sell flocked Christmas trees, sponsor theatrical
benefits. Name a worthwhile activity and someone is
probably doing it, for faculty salaries or building funds or
student scholarships.
Drop in on a reunion or a local alumni-club meeting,
and you may well find that the superficial programs of
yore have been replaced by seminars, lectures, laboratory
demonstrations, and even week-long short-courses. Visit
the local high school during the season when the senior
students are applying for admission to college — and try-
ing to find their way through dozens of college catalogues,
each describing a campus paradise — and you will find
alumni on hand to help the student counselors. Nor are
they high-pressure salesmen for their own alma mater and
disparagers of everybody else's. Often they can, and do,
perform their highest service to prospective students by
advising them to apply somewhere else.
THE ACHIEVEMENTS, in short, belle the popular image.
And if no one else realizes this, or cares, one group
should: the alumni and alumnae themselves. Too
many of them may be shying away from a good thing be-
cause they think that being an "active" alumnus means
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WITHOUT THE DOLLARS that their alumni contrib-
ute each year, America's privately supported
educational institutions would be in serious
difficulty today. And the same would be true of the na-
tion's publicly supported institutions, without the sup-
port of alumni in legislatures and elections at which
appropriations or bond issues are at stake.
For the private institutions, the financial support re-
ceived from individual alumni often means the difference
between an adequate or superior faculty and one that is
underpaid and understaffed; between a thriving scholar-
ship program and virtually none at all; between well-
equipped laboratories and obsolete, crowded ones. For
tax-supported institutions, which in growing numbers are
turning to their alumni for direct financial support, such
aid makes it possible to give scholarships, grant loans to
needy students, build such buildings as student unions,
and carry on research for which legislative appropriations
do not provide.
To gain an idea of the scope of the support which
alumni give — and of how much that is worthwhile in
American education depends upon it — consider this sta-
tistic, unearthed in a current survey of 1,144 schools,
junior colleges, colleges, and universities in the United
States and Canada: in just twelve months, alumni gave
their alma maters more than $199 million. They were the
largest single source of gifts.
Nor was this the kind of support that is given once, per-
haps as the result of a high-pressure fund drive, and never
heard of again. Alumni tend to give funds regularly. In
the past year, they contributed $45.5 million, on an annual
gift basis, to the 1,144 institutions surveyed. To realize
that much annual income from investments in blue-chip
stocks, the institutions would have needed over 1.2 billion
more dollars in endowment funds than they actually
possessed.
A NNUAL ALUMNI GIVING is not a new phenomenon on
t\ the American educational scene (Yale alumni
■^ -^ founded the first annual college fund in 1890, and
Mount Hermon was the first independent secondary
school to do so, in 1903). But not until fairly recently did
annual giving become the main element in education's
financial survival kit. The development was logical. Big
endowments had been affected by inflation. Big private
philanthropy, affected by the graduated income and in-
heritance taxes, was no longer able to do the job alone.
Yet, with the growth of science and technology and
democratic concepts of education, educational budgets
had to be increased to keep pace.
Twenty years before Yale's first alumni drive, a pro-
fessor in New Haven foresaw the possibilities and looked
into the minds of alumni everywhere:
"No graduate of the college," he said, "has ever paid
in full what it cost the college to educate him. A part of the
expense was borne by the funds given by former bene-
factors of the institution.
"A great many can never pay the debt. A very few can,
in their turn, become munificent benefactors. There is a
very large number, however, between these two, who can,
and would cheerfully, give according to their ability in
order that the college might hold the same relative posi-
tion to future generations which it held to their own."
The first Yale alumni drive, seventy years ago, brought
in $11,015. In 1959 alone, Yale's alumni gave more than
$2 million. Not only at Yale, but at the hundreds of other
institutions which have established annual alumni funds
in the intervening years, the feeling of indebtedness and
the concern for future generations which the Yale pro-
fessor foresaw have spurred alumni to greater and greater
efforts in this enterprise.
A ND MONEY FROM ALUMNI is a powerful magnet: it
Za draws more. Not only have more than eighty busi-
■*- -^ ness corporations, led in 1954 by General Electric,
established the happy custom of matching, dollar for dol-
lar, the gifts that their employees (and sometimes their
employees' wives) give to their alma maters; alumni
giving is also a measure applied by many business men
and by philanthropic foundations in determining how
productive their organizations' gifts to an educational in-
stitution are likely to be. Thus alumni giving, as Gordon
K. Chalmers, the late president of Kenyon College, de-
scribed it, is "the very rock on which all other giving must
rest. Gifts from outside the family depend largely — some-
times wholly — on the degree of alumni support."
The "degree of alumni support" is gauged not by dol-
lars alone. The percentage of alumni who are regular
givers is also a key. And here the record is not as dazzling
as the dollar figures imply.
Nationwide, only one in five alumni of colleges, uni-
versities, and prep schools gives to his annual alumni
^ceived more of it from their alumni than
3w education's strongest financial rampart
fund. The actual figure last year was 20.9 per cent. Allow-
ing for the inevitable few who are disenchanted with their
alma maters' cause,* and for those who spurn all fund
solicitations, sometimes with heavy scorn, f and for those
whom legitimate reasons prevent from giving financial
aid,§ the participation figure is still low.
WHY? Perhaps because the non-participants imag-
ine their institutions to be adequately financed.
(Virtually without exception, in both private and
tax-supported institutions, this is— sadly— not so.) Per-
haps because they believe their small gift— a dollar, or
five, or ten— will be insignificant. (Again, most emphati-
cally, not so. Multiply the 5,223,240 alumni who gave
nothing to their alma maters last year by as little as one
dollar each, and the figure still comes to thousands of
additional scholarships for deserving students or sub-
stantial pay increases for thousands of teachers who may,
at this moment, be debating whether they can afford to
continue teaching next year.)
By raising the percentage of participation in alumni
fund drives, alunmi can materially improve their alma
maters' standing. That dramatic increases in participation
can be brought about, and quickly, is demonstrated by
the case of Wofford College, a small institution in South
Carolina. Until several years ago, Wofford received
annual gifts from only 12 per cent of its 5,750 alumni.
Then Roger Milliken, a textile manufacturer and a Wof-
ford trustee, issued a challenge: for every percentage-
point increase over 12 percent, he'd give $1,000. After the
alumni were finished, Mr. Milliken cheerfully turned over
a check for 562,000. Wofford's alumni had raised their
participation in the annual fund to 74.4 per cent— a new
national record.
"It was a remarkable performance," observed the
American Alumni Council. "Its impact on Wofford will
be felt for many years to come."
And what Wofford's alumni could do, your institution's
alumni could probably do, too.
* Wrote one alumnus: "I see that Stanford is making great prog-
ress. However, I am opposed to progress in any form. Therefore I
am not sending you any money."
t A man in Mempliis, Tennessee, regularly sent Baylor University
a check signed "U. R. Stuck."
§ In her fund reply envelope, a Kansas alumna once sent, without
comment, her household bills for the month.
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► Women's colleges, as a group, have had a unique
problem in fund-raising— and they wish they knew how
to solve it.
The loyalty of their alumnae in contributing money
each year— an average of 41.2 per cent took part in 1959
— is nearly double the national average for all universi-
ties, colleges, junior colleges, and privately supported
secondary schools. But the size of the typical gift is often
smaller than one might expect.
Why? The alumnae say that while husbands obviously
place a high value on the products of the women's col-
leges, many underestimate the importance of giving wom-
en's colleges the same degree of support they accord their
own alma maters. This, some guess, is a holdover from
the days when higher education for women was regarded
as a luxury, while higher education for men was consid-
ered a sine qua non for business and professional careers.
As a result, again considering the average, women's
colleges must continue to cover much of their operating
expense from tuition fees. Such fees are generally higher
than those charged hymen's or coeducational institutions,
and the women's colleges are worried about the social and
intellectual implications of this fact. They have no desire
to be the province solely of children of the well-to-do;
higher education for women is no longer a luxury to be
reserved to those who can pay heavy fees.
Since contributions to education appear to be one area
of family budgets still controlled largely by men, the
alumnae hope that husbands will take serious note of the
women's colleges' claim to a larger share of it. They may
be starting to do so: from 1958 to 1959, the average gift
to women's colleges rose 22.4 per cent. But it still trails
the average gift to men's colleges, private universities, and
professional schools.
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ERICH HARTMANN. MAQNUM
for the Public educational institutions,
a special kind of service
PUBLICLY SUPPORTED educational institutions owe a
special kind of debt to their alumni. Many people
imagine that the public institutions have no finan-
cial worries, thanks to a steady flow of tax dollars. Yet
they actually lead a perilous fiscal existence, dependent
upon annual or biennial appropriations by legislatures.
More than once, state and municipally supported institu-
tions would have found themselves in serious straits if
their alumni had not assumed a role of leadership.
► A state university in New England recently was put in
academic jeopardy because the legislature defeated a bill
to provide increased salaries for faculty members. Then
the university's "Associate Alumni" took matters into
their hands. They brought the facts of political and aca-
demic life to the attention of alumni throughout the state,
prompting them to write to their representatives in sup-
port of higher faculty pay. A compromise bill was passed,
and salary increases were granted. Alumni action thus
helped ease a crisis which threatened to do serious, per-
haps irreparable, damage to the university.
► In a neighboring state, the public university receives
only 38.3 per cent of its operating budget from state and
federal appropriations. Ninety-one per cent of the uni-
versity's $17 million physical plant was provided by pri-
The Beneficiaries:
Students on a state-university campus. Alumni support is proving
invaluable in maintaining high-quality education at such institutions.
vate funds. Two years ago, graduates of its college of
medicine gave $226,752 for a new medical center — the
largest amount given by the alumni of any American
medical school that year.
► Several years ago the alumni of six state-supported
institutions in a midwestern state rallied support for a
$150 million bond issue for higher education, mental
health, and welfare — an issue that required an amend-
ment to the state constitution. Of four amendments on
the ballot, it was the only one to pass.
► In another midwestern state, action by an "Alumni
Council for Higher Education," representing eighteen
publicly supported institutions, has helped produce a $13
million increase in operating funds for 1959-61 — the most
significant increase ever voted for the state's system of
higher education.
s
OME ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONS are forbidden to engage
in political activity of any kind. The intent is a good
one: to keep the organizations out of party politics
and lobbying. But the effect is often to prohibit the alumni
from conducting any organized legislative activity in be-
half of publicly supported education in their states.
"This is unfair," said a state-university alumni spokes-
man recently, "because this kind of activity is neither
shady nor unnecessary.
"But the restrictions — most of which 1 happen to think
are nonsense — exist, nevertheless. Even so, individual
alumni can make personal contacts with legislators in
their home towns, if not at the State Capitol. Above all,
in their contacts with fellow citizens — with people who
influence public opinion — the alumni of state institutions
must support their alma maters to an intense degree. They
must make it their business to get straight information
and spread it through their circles of influence.
"Since the law forbids us to organize such support,
every alumnus has to start this work, and continue it, on
his own. This isn't something that most people do natu-
rally— but the education of their own sons and daughters
rests on their becoming aroused and doing it."
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ANY WORTHWHILE INSTITUTION of higher education,
ZA one college president has said, lives "in chronic
-*- -*- tension with the society that supports it." Says
The Campus and the State, a 1959 survey of academic free-
dom in which that president's words appear: "New ideas
always run the risk of offending entrenched interests
within the community. If higher education is to be suc-
cessful in its creative role it must be guaranteed some pro-
tection against reprisal. . ."
The peril most frequently is budgetary: the threat of
appropriations cuts, if the unpopular ideas are not aban-
doned; the real or imagined threat of a loss of public —
even alumni — sympathy.
Probably the best protection against the danger of
reprisals against free institutions of learning is their
alumni: alumni who understand the meaning of freedom
and give their strong and informed support to matters of
educational principle. Sometimes such support is avail-
able in abundance and offered with intelhgence. Some-
times— almost always because of misconception or failure
to be vigilant — it is not.
For example:
► An alumnus of one private college was a regular and
heavy donor to the annual alumni fund. He was known to
have provided handsomely for his alma mater in his will.
But when he questioned his grandson, a student at the
old school, he learned that an economics professor not
only did not condemn, but actually discussed the necessity
for, the national debt. Grandfather threatened to withdraw
all support unless the professor ceased uttering such
heresy or was fired. (The professor didn't and wasn't. The
college is not yet certain where it stands in the gentleman's
will.)
► When no students from a certain county managed to
meet the requirements for admission to a southwestern
university's medical school, the county's angry delegate to
the state legislature announced he was "out to get this
guy" — the vice president in charge of the university's
medical affairs, who had staunchly backed the medical
school's admissions committee. The board of trustees of
the university, virtually all of whom were alumni, joined
other alumni and the local chapter of the American
Association of University Professors to rally successfully
to the v.p.'s support.
► When the president of a publicly supported institu-
tion recently said he would have to limit the number of
students admitted to next fall's freshman class if high
academic standards were not to be compromised, some
constituent-fearing legislators were wrathful. When the
issue was explained to them, alumni backed the presi-
dent's position — decisively.
► When a number of institutions (joined in December
by President Eisenhower) opposed the "disclaimer affida-
vit" required of students seeking loans under the National
Defense Education Act, many citizens — including some
alumni — assailed them for their stand against "swearing
allegiance to the United States." The fact is, the dis-
claimer affidavit is not an oath of allegiance to the United
States (which the Education Act also requires, but which
the colleges have not opposed). Fortunately, alumni who
took the trouble to find out what the affidavit really was
apparently outnumbered, by a substantial majority, those
who leaped before they looked. Coincidentally or not,
most of the institutions opposing the disclaimer affidavit
received more money from their alumni during the con-
troversy than ever before in their history.
IN THE FUTURE, as in the past, educational institutions
worth their salt will be in the midst of controversy.
Such is the nature of higher education: ideas are its
merchandise, and ideas new and old are frequently con-
troversial. An educational institution, indeed, may be
doing its job badly if it is not involved in controversy, at
times. If an alumnus never finds himself in disagreement
with his alma mater, he has a right to question whether
his alma mater is intellectually awake or dozing.
To understand this is to understand the meaning of
academic freedom and vitality. And, with such an under-
standing, an alumnus is equipped to give his highest serv-
ice to higher education; to give his support to the princi-
ples which make. higher education free and effectual.
If higher education is to prosper, it will need this kind
of support from its alumni— tomorrow even more than in
its gloriously stormy past.
T J are the merchandise of education, and every worthwhile educational institution must provide and
XQC3S guard the conditions for breeding them. To do so, they need the help and vigilance of their alumni.
Ahead:
BOLAND READ
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han ever by a
growing alumni-alma mater relationship.
WHITHER THE COURSE of the relationship between '
alumni and alma mater? At the turn into the '
Sixties, it is evident that a new and challenging'
relationship — of unprecedented value to both the institu-;
tion and its alumni — is developing. ]
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► Ifalw7ini wish, their intellectual voyage can be '
continued for a lifetime.
There was a time when graduation was the end. Youi
got your diploma, along with the right to place certain I
initials after your name; your hand was clasped for an ,
instant by the president; and the institution's business!
was done. !
If you were to keep yourself intellectually awake, the!
No-Doz would have to be self-administered. If you were,
to renew your acquaintance with literature or science, the '
introductions would have to be self-performed. |
Automotion is still the principal driving force. The ■
years in school and college are designed to provide the i
push and then the momentum to keep you going with ■
your mind. "Madam, we guarantee results," wrote a col- '
lege president to an inquiring mother, " — or we return;
the boy." After graduation, the guarantee is yours to ;
maintain, alone.
Alone, but not quite. It makes little sense, many edu- '■
cators say, for schools and colleges not to do whatever '
they can to protect their investment in their students — :
which is considerable, in terms of time, talents, and j
money — and not to try to make the relationship between I
alumni and their alma maters a two-way flow. i
As a consequence of such thinking, and of demands I
issuing from the former students themselves, alumni i
meetings of all types — local clubs, campus reunions — are
taking on a new character. "There has to be a reason and |
a purpose for a meeting," notes an alumna. "Groups that
meet for purely social reasons don't last long. Just be- j
cause Mary went to my college doesn't mean I enjoy J
being with her socially— but I might well enjoy working '
with her in a serious intellectual project." Male alumni :
agree; there is a limit to the congeniality that can be main- i
tained solely by the thin thread of reminiscences or small- i
talk. '
But there is no limit, among people with whom their 1
a new Lyhallenge,
a new relationship
education "stuck," to the revitalizing effects of learning.
The chemistry professor who is in town for a chemists"
conference and is invited to address the local chapter of
the alumni association no longer feels he must talk about
nothing more weighty than the beauty of the campus
elms; his audience wants him to talk chemistry, and he is
delighted to oblige. The engineers who return to school
for their annual homecoming welcome the opportunity to
bring themselves up to date on developments in and out
of their specialty. Housewives back on the campus for
reunions demand — and get — seminars and short-courses.
But the wave of interest in enriching the intellectual
content of alumni meetings may be only a beginning.
With more leisure at their command, alumni will have
the time (as they already have the inclination) to under-
take more intensive, regular educational programs.
If alumni demand them, new concepts in adult educa-
tion may emerge. Urban colleges and universities may
step up their oiTerings of programs designed especially for
the alumni in their communities — not only their own
alumni, but those of distant institutions. Unions and
go\ernment and industry, already experimenting with
graduate-education programs for their leaders, may tind
ways of giving sabbatical leaves on a widespread basis —
and they may profit, in hard dollars-and-cents terms, from
the results of such intellectual re-charging.
Colleges and universities, already overburdened with
teaching as well as other duties, will need help if such
dreams are to come true. But help will be found if the
demand is insistent enough.
► Alumni partnerships with their alma mater, in
meeting ever-stiffer educational challenges, will grow-
even closer than they have been.
Boards of overseers, visiting committees, and other
partnerships between alumni and their institutions are
proving, at many schools, colleges, and universities, to be
channels through which the educators can keep in touch
with the community at large and vice versa. Alumni trus-
tees, elected by their fellow alumni, are found on the gov-
erning boards of more and more institutions. Alumni
"without portfolio" are seeking ways to join with their
alma maters in advancing the cause of education. The
representative of a West Coast university has noted the
trend: "In selling memberships in our alumni associa-
tion, we have learned that, while it's wise to list the bene-
fits of membership, what interests them most is how they
can be of service to the university."
► Alumni can have a decisive role in maintaining
high standards of education, even as enrollments
increase at most schools and colleges.
There is a real crisis in American education: the crisis
of quality. For a variety of reasons, many institutions find
themselves unable to keep their faculties staffed with high-
caliber men and women. Many lack the equipment
needed for study and research. Many, even in this age of
high student population, are unable to attract the quality
of student they desire. Many have been forced to dissipate
their teaching and research energies, in deference to pub-
lic demand for more and more extracurricular "services."
Many, besieged by applicants for admission, have had to
yield to pressure and enroll students who are unqualified.
Each of these problems has a direct bearing upon the
quality of education in America. Each is a problem to
which alumni can constructively address themselves, indi-
vidually and in organized groups.
Some can best be handled through community leader-
ship: helping present the institutions' case to the public.
Some can be handled by direct participation in such ac-
tivities as academic talent-scouting, in which many insti-
tutions, both public and private, enlist the aid of their
alumni in meeting with college-bound high school stu-
dents in their cities and towns. Some can be handled by
making more money available to the institutions — for
faculty salaries, for scholarships, for buildings and equip-
ment. Some can be handled through political action.
The needs vary widely from institution to institution —
and what may help one may actually set back another.
Because of this, it is important to maintain a close liaison
with the campus when undertaking such work. (Alumni
offices everywhere will welcome inquiries.)
When the opportunity for aid does come — as it has in
the past, and as it inevitably will in the years ahead-
alumni response will be the key to America's educational
future, and to all that depends upon it.
alumni-
ship
J
OHN MASEFiELD WES addressing himself to the subject
of universities. "They give to the young in their impres-
sionable years the bond of a lofty purpose shared," he
said; "of a great corporate life whose links will not be
loosed until they die."
The links that unite alumni with each other and with
their alma mater are difficult to define. But every alum-
nus and alumna knows they exist, as surely as do the
campus's lofty spires and the ageless dedication of edu-
cated men and women to the process of keeping them-
selves and their children intellectually alive.
Once one has caught the spirit of learning, of truth, of
probing into the undiscovered and unknown — the spirit
of his alma mater — one does not really lose it, for as
long as one lives. As life proceeds, the daily mechanics
of living — of job-holding, of family-rearing, of mortgage-
paying, of lawn-cutting, of meal-cooking — sometimes
are tedious. But for them who have known the spirit of
intellectual adventure and conquest, there is the bond of
the lofty purpose shared, of the great corporate life
whose links will not be loosed until they die.
This would be the true meaning of alumni-ship, were
there such a word. It is the reasoning behind the great
service that alumni give to education. It is the reason
alma maters can call upon their alumni for responsible
support of all kinds, with confidence that the responsi-
bility will be well met.
THE
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DAVID A. BURR i
The University of Oklahoma \
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Edwin M. Brungart '00
Prof. Brungart
Dies at 88
Professor Edwin M. Brungart '00
of Selinsgr()\e died Marcli 15 at
Community Hospital, Sunbury. He
was 88 years of age.
A native of Rebersburg, Centre
County, Pa.. Brungart was a gradu-
ate of the Select School (equivalent
to a Nonnal School) and had
taught in public schools before en-
tering Susquehanna. After grad-
uation in 1900 he established the
first rural high school at Cross
Roads, Potter County, and was
school principal in Mifflinburg. He
received his master's degree from
the University of Pennsylvania.
The octogenarian first joined the
Susquehanna faculty in 1904, spent
some 47 years teaching education
and Latin, and retired about 10
years ago.
Professor Brungart was a lo>'al
member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Selinsgrove; Pi Gamma
Mu Fraternit)-; Snyder County His-
torical Society; and treasurer of
Selinsgrove Building and Loan As-
sociation.
He is sur\ ived by his wife, the
former Winifred Sarah Wolfe; a
daughter, Mrs. Lois W. Bendigo '31
of Clarksburg, Md.; and two broth-
MARCH 1960
Basketball Team Posts Surprise
Record; Wins Last 7 Straight
I960 Coach John Barr's basketballers.
Spring Sports Schedules "■'^" "^""Ifl'i't ^^i" foi" losing before
„. the holidass, reversed their ijer-
BASEBALL . , , , '^
.^pr. 2()-Lyc<)inin!z A rormance and won tile last seven,
Apr. 22-\Vilkcs A ;uid nine of their last 11 games
a''"' o^?u''"VT •) since Januarv 1. The last victory
Apr. 28- Albright A ^
Apr. 30-Lycoining H ^^''^ "*^ special Significance ;is the
May 4-Straiiton A Crusaders beat Mansfield State
lY- -"ll'Mf ' " College bv 72-66. Mansfield just
May (-Wilkes H • i i ' i i
May 11 -Lebanon Valley H missed by one point being the
May 13-Bueknell II Penns\lvania representative in the
May H-Gettysburg A ^^lA tournami'nt.
.,„ ,,..„ „ The winning combination in-
Apr. 20— \\ likes H i i i • . r. i t^ i
Apr. 23-Lycmiiing A eluded just one senior-Bob Prob-
Apr. 25-Dickin.sxm A ert, co-captain and four-year letter
Apr. 28-Albright A winner from West Ilazleton, Pa.
May 5— Juniata H ^,, . . .....
May 7-Wilkes A Other starters were juniors Maurice
May 11— Lebanon Valley H Bobst and George Moore (who won
May 14-\\'a,shington A honorable mention on the Lutheran
May 16- Lycoming H „ ,, . u a • ^ n i
College All-America team) and
TRACK freshmen Bill Moore and Clark
Apr. 28— Lebanon X'allev at Annville \ i • i i ■.
A in on D D 1 ^ m 1 1 1 I • Mosier, who were one and two re-
Apr. 29-30— Penn Relays at Philadelphia '
May 3-Albright & Lebanon Valley at spectively in individual scoring. In
Reading winning 9 out of 20 the round-ball
May 5-\\'estern Maryland & Washing- specialists posted the second high-
Ion at Chestertown '- i r r
Ma\ lO-Dickinson at Selinsgrove est number of wins for Susque-
May 13-14-MAC Meet at Gettysburg hanna since 1946-47. The 1955-56
squad, led by Frank Romano, won
Three Sports on lo and lost s.
Spring Schedule ^J^^ ^":"' f'-l™"^ ;«^«rves on
■^ ^ the varsity and talented replace-
The traditionally short collegiate ments from Blair Ileaton's JV
spring sports season shapes up as team should add depth for 1960-61
a really busy one for tliree Cru- — already regarded with optim-
sader teams— baseball, tennis and ism.
track. Schedules reveal no less
than 26 separate intercollegiate
events to take place between ^ause of weather conditions, lias
April 20 and May 16. hjs eye on a couple of freshmen to
Thiity-three baseball candidates Help fill the shoes of last year's only
were w'orking out indoors during letter winner Gene \\'itiak, who
March snowfalls under Coach Bob graduated in June.
Bastress '39, who guided the swat- ^,.,^^,], ,.^,j„,.,^^ j,, Susquehanna
ters' destinies during 1947-53 and ^^.^ ^^^-^^^ ,^jj^,,. .^^^ absence of 17
is back on campus teaching educa- ^^^^^^^ ^^j^j^^j. fi,^. tutelage of Blair
tion. Hopes are high for emerg- Heaton '42, one of S.U.'s greatest
ence of a strong nine. ail-around athletes. Starting from
Tennis Coach A. A. Stagg Jr., scratch, the coach reports a nucle-
unable to start practice early be- us of 22 men practicing indoors.
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CLUB NEWS
ALTOONA
Dr. Millard Fisher "50, presi-
dent, iinnounces a Spring Banquet
ti) be held in April. All alumni are
being contacted by letter and
phone.
BALTIMORE
Friday, February 5, was a red
letter day for the alumni in ami
around Baltimore, as five interest-
ed alumni met with the Alumni
Director to discuss plans for the
Formation of a Baltimore Club.
The Ke\-. J. Leon Haines '40 was
appointed temporary chaiiinan to
organize committees and make
definite plans for a meeting Friday,
April 29. Other alumni present
were Dr. I. Wilson Kepner '24, Bob
Schuck '40, and Frank "52 and Gay
\\agoner Compton "48. All alumni
in the area will be notified of de-
tails by mail and telephone.
HARRISBURG
Thursday, April 21 is set as meet-
ing date for the Harrisburg Club,
with other details scheduled for re-
lease shortly. Preliminary commit-
tee meeting was attended by Les
Heilman '51, president; Marjorie
Stapleton Deibert "46, secretary;
Marsh Bogar "51; and Don Wissing-
er "50.
LEHIGH VALLEY
Tlie E.\ecuti\e Board met March
1 to make plans for a "covered dish
social" to be held Saturday, April
2.3 at the home of Larr\- '39 and
Louise Kresge Isaacs "40, 242 Flag-
stone Driv-e, Bethlehem, Pa.
LEW I STOW N
Attorne\- Ilarr\- B. Thatcher "41
called a meeting of officers and
other ke\- leaders for Frida>', Nhuch
18 to discuss reacti\ation of the
Lewistown Club. According to
ahunni records there are more
than 90 alumni li\ing within a 25
mile radius of Lewistown.
NORTH JERSEY-NEW YORK
A Spring Dinner Dance is being
held April 2 at the Peacock House,
Route 46. .\ large crowd is ex-
pected to share in an evening of fun
and friendship.
PHILADELPHIA
The spring meeting will be held
Saturday, April 22 at the Poor
Richard Club. A social dance was
held March 19.
PITTSBURGH
The alumni of Pittsburgh took a
tremendous stride in reactivating
the club when 43 alumni and
friends met at the Pittsburgh air-
port to hear Dr. Weber explain
the administration's plans for the
future. A li\'ely cjuestion and an-
swer period followed his presenta-
tion. Don ^^'issinger complimented
the group on its response and ex-
tended particular thanks to Dr.
and Mrs. John Learn and Peter
Shuty for their part in organizing
CLASS REUNION CHAIRMEN
Emeritus Dr. John I. Woodruff '88, 305 University Ave., SelinsRroNc, Pa.
(E\a P. Herman, 114 Independence St. Selinsgrove, Pa.
(Ethel Sniyser Kemble, 219 S. Hish St., Selinsgrove, Pa.
191.5 i\. A, Danowsky, 2817 Deny St., Harrisl)ur.u, Pa.
1920 Dr. Joseph I.. Hacketihers;. 1511 Kadel Dri\c. BetliUhciii, Pa
1925 Wilhani Earl Thnnias, 2.37 Cliestnut St., Miffhnhurg, Pa.
1930 Majorie Pliilhps Mitelicll, 101 iN. Broad St., Schnsyrove. Pa.
19.35 Erie I. Shobert, II, 234 North St., St. Mary's, Pa.
1940 Anna Hill Groee, 428 N. OranRe St.. Selinssrove, Pa.
1945 La\'tme Kohn Mahonx, Jr., 1344 Chestnut Ave., Haddon
Heights, \. J.
1950 Marjorie L. Spogen, P. O. Box 107, Tiirlxitsille. Pa.
1955 Claire Hosengarten Albert, Ui Ash Ave., Creenfields \'illage,
Woodbury, N. J.
At Pittsburgh Club meeting: George
Bantley '41, president; Helen Hisdorf
Dauberman '38, secretary-treasurer; Jim
Hazlett '52, vice president.
tlie meeting. George Bantle\- was
elected as the club's new president
and Jim Hazlett and Helen Hisdorf
Dauberman were elected vice pres-
ident and secretary-treasurer res-
pectively. Many friendships were
renewed and old times discussed
at this enjoyable evening. Alumni
present were:
Dr. Heed Speer '32
Mildred Arbnyast Speer '32
Robert Fiseus '59
H. \ernon Blough '31
Peter Slnit>' '38
Jim Ha/lctt '52
Jolin Takaeh '52
Sam Porter '52
George Bantley "41
W. Lee V'orlage '28
Dr. John Leani '40
Eleanor Croft Leani '40
Christine Sclioeh Cassler '19
Martha Tribby Dye '41
How ard D\t> x43
Adelaide Hostetter x.39
J. W. Hostetter .x.39
Mar>- Anna Cressnian '35
Helen Hisdorf Dauberman '38
Nora Goff Manley '22
Frances Hubler Nuerenberg '35
Dr. George Riegel '47
Harry G. McBride '39
Pauline Crow Moimt '34
Walter Brvan '21
READING-LANCASTER
The spring meeting w ill be held
Saturday, May 14. Details will be
amioimced later. The alumni of
tlie area graciously accepted the
opportunity to assist the Susque-
hanna Symphonic Band ( which
was touring Berks and Lancaster
Counties) meet its financial obli-
gations b\- pro\iding a meal at St.
John's Lutheran Church of Sinking
Springs.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Ten int'iiibt'i's ot the club met at
the home of president Dave Volk
"52 to discuss futine acti\ ities of the
club. Arrangements ha\e been
made for a meeting April 4 at the
Blue Hill Restaurant. Committee
chairmen for the meeting are:
Jolin Auten '28, program; Kathar-
ine Dietterle Benion "41, publicity
and hospitality; Mar\ B. Shipe "42.
telephone.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Se\en alumni living in tlie area
met Februar) 26 to plan an organ-
ization meeting of a \\'ashington
Alumni Club. Paul Haines .31, Al
Barker "31, Donald Derr "50, How-
ard Lukehart '31, Charles '53 and
Ruth Mason, and George Oberdorf
'34 announced plans for a meeting
to be held April 8 at the Hot
Shoppe, College Park, Md. Dr.
\\'eber will be present to reveal
plans for Susquelianna's future and
Don Wissinger will discuss briefh-
what the alumni are doing to help
in this new venture. All alumni in
the area will be contacted b\- letter
and telephone.
WILLIAMSPORT
Preston Smith '38, president;
Mai-y Landon Russell '36, secretary;
Dave Bennett '53, and Don Wiss-
inger met at the Ross Club to la\-
tentative plans for a spring meet-
ing. The date announced was
Tuesda>-, April 19, when George
Tamke, director of public relations,
will discuss with the group his
work and its part m the college
program.
YORK-HANOVER-LANCASTER
The e\ecuti\ e committee met re-
centh' to make plans for the annual
spring meeting Wednesday, April
20 at Abbottstovvn. Alumni will
be informed of the details bv mail.
S. U. WEDDINGS
BOVER-KEEFER
Fern M. Keefer '58 to David R. Boijcr
56 May 16, 1959. They are living at
4 Dawes Ave., \\'est Orange, N. J.
Nancy Bumharger '58 served as maid of
honor. Richard H. Love '57 was best
man and Louis Heinze '58 served as ush-
er. Gloria Myers '58 presented vocal
music. Fern has completed training
and is now a registered medical tecli-
nologist. She is employed at Summit
Diagnostic Laboratorv' in Simimit, N. J.
Da\e is with tlie Prudential Insurance
Company in Newark.
MARTINEC-JONES
Thelma Jones to Stephen J. Martinec
'35 July 2, 1959. Steve is a science
teacher in Coaldale, Pa. High School.
LUCKENBAUGH-LAUVER
Gladys L. Lauver '58 to Robert Luck-
enbaugh August 7, 1959. Gladys is
teaching commercial subjects in the
Spring Grove, Pa. Area Joint High
School.
TOURING-LAUE
Janet Lane '54 to Donald E. Touring
August 25, 1959. 307 Madison Road,
Springfield, Pa.
SPROULE-VAN SCIVER
Lynne Van Sciver x'60 to Thomas J.
Sproule November 7, 1959. Lynne is
a secretary at tlie Campbell Soup Com-
pany and her husband, a graduate of
Villanova University, is an electrical en-
gineer at the Pliiladelphia Electric Co.
4752 Springfield Avenue. Pennsauken,
N.J.
PESCE-RISSER
Sandra Louise Risser x'60 to Law-
rence Dietrick Pesce December 19, 1959.
The marriage was solemnized at Christ
Ludieran Church, Elizabetlitown. Pa.
Mr. Pesce is a chemical engineer with
E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Gibbs-
town, N. J. 45B Oakland Manor, Wood-
bury, N. J.
PURNELL-MAURER
Mary Jane Maurer to Richard Purnell
'58 December 26, 1959. Tlie wedding
ceremony took place in Ashland, Pa.
Carl Shoemaker '59 served as an usher.
Dick is teaching mathematics in the
Southern Regional High School, Mana-
hawkin, N. J. as well as coaching foot-
ball.
MILLER-SMITH
Judith Ann Smith to Leroy T. Miller,
Jr. '59 Januar\- 9. 1960. in the First
Baptist Church at Milton. Leroy is a
retail credit collector in Harrisburg.
1610 N. Tliird St., Harrisburg.
STOCK-SMITH
Jessie Smith '56 to Gene Stock '56
January 23, I960 in Triiiitj Episcopal
Ciuirch, Potts\illc, Pa. Elinor Smith
Burley '53 served as matron of honor and
Martha Jane McNitt Runkle '57 and
Deborah Krai)f Bell '56 as bridesmaids.
Jessie is teaching sciiool in Lock Haven
and Gene is as.sociated witli the Bur-
roughs Corporation. 5.36,'= West Main
Street, Lock Ha\en. Pa.
VARNALL-.MURPHV
Sarah Louise Murphy x60 to William
Rogers Yarnall Januar\- 30. 1960 in
Johnstown, Pa.
YEINGST-KELLERT
Audre> Ami Kellcrt to R. Jay Yeingst
'59 February 13, 1960. The couple was
married in St. John's LutJicran Church,
Richmond Hill, New York. Ray is as-
sistant manager for Barlie Ciief, Inc.
502 Parkwa\ Road. Harrisburg, Pa.
BORN CRUSADERS
To Barbara llarfranft '56 and lUissi-ll
H. .Myers Jr., a daughter, Debra Jean,
January 23, 1959. Dcbra's brother,
Russell H. Myers, III was iioni Septem-
ber 5, 1957. 6829 Spaatz Drive, Ed-
wards, Calif.
To Maureen Ball Breda .v'5.9 and John
G. Breda, a dauglitcr, Beth Ann. June
19.59. 100 Parkway, Point Pleasant. N.J.
To Suzanne Snyder Roof x'56 and
Erdman N. Roof, a son, Kreig Douglas.
July 21, 19.59. 2117 Wentworth Drive,
Camp Hill, Pa.
To M. Helen Smith Sanders '49 and
Roix-rt Wade Sanders Jr., an adopted
son, Robert Wade Sanders, III, at tlie
age of three weeks, Decemlier 3, 1959.
2909 BeltUne Boule\ard, Columbia, S, C.
To Judi Anderson Zucker x'59 and
George Zucker, a daughter, Susan Lee,
December 7, 1959. 234!-i Central Ave-
nue, Indianapolis, Ind.
To Jean Wheat Schramm '46 and
Raymond R. Schramm '44, a son, Robert
Wade, December 9, 1959. Bab>' Rob-
ert's sisters Ellen Louise 5 and \'irginia
Jean 2 are very happ>' about tlieir little
brother. Haller Drive, Cedar Grove,
N.J.
To Jean McDonald Joyce '51 and the
Rev. William Gordon Joyce '52, a sec-
ond .son, Michael Richard, December .30,
1959. Brotiier Philip Gordon was 4 in
March. 329 South Street. Ridgway, Pa.
To Mary .\nn Getsinger Iloman '49
and Charles S. Honian, a tliird daugli-
MARCH 1960
25
tcr, Cliarla Shannon, January 4, 1960.
214 Kings Highway, Swedesboro, \. J.
To Marilyn Beers Reilly '51 and James
B. Reilly '49, a daughter, C\nthia Joan,
January 13, 1960. 432 S. Meadow-
Road, West Coxina, Calif.
To Mr. '40 and Mrs. William Fritch-
ard, tlieir second daughter, K>Tnberly
Ann, January 19, 1960. 41 Poplar St.,
Kingston, Pa.
To Betty Ann Ormond Scully '58 and
Joseph ]. Scully .57, a son, Joseph
Pierce, January 21, 1960. 65 N. Main
Street, Mulica Hill, N. J.
To the Rev. '37 and Mrs. Woodrow
J. Klinger, Conway-Wallrose Road, R.
D. 1, Freedom, Pa., a daughter, January
23, 1960. Pastor Klinger is serving Re-
hobotli Lutheran Church, Economy Boro.
To Ruth Freed Bosch '53 and William
H. Bosch '51, a son, Henry William,
February 3, 1960. 8 Map Lane, Com-
mack, N. Y.
To Jacqueline Braveman Maijpcr '47
and Mxron L. Mayper, a son, Lawrence
Clare, February 10, 1960. 1275 Martin
Drive, Wantagh, N. Y.
To Edith M. Wegner Hehel '19 and
the Rev. 11. Lee Hehel '48, a daughter.
Ruth Ann, February 10, 1960. Pastor
Hebel serves St. Mattliew Lutheran
Church, Schellsburg, Pa.
To Nancy Lockett Savage x'58 and
William Savage, a daughter, Cydney
Kirk, February 18, 1960. 1319 Wake-
ling Street, Philadelpliia 24, Pa. Nancy's
sister Sally is a sophomore at Susque-
hanna.
To Lois Gordon Steiger '52 and John
R Steiger '51, a daughter, Karen Louise,
February 22, 1960. 313 Franklin Ave-
nue, Route 24, New Brunswick, N. J.
To Claire Rosengartcn Albert .r"56 and
Walter C. Albert Jr. '55, a daughter,
Gail Suzanne, February 27, 1960. Wal-
ter is a division manager at Sears, Roe-
buck & Co. in Camden. 16 Ash Ave-
nue, Greenfields Village, Woodbury, N.J.
To Cecile Ann Yeaklcy Ohl '59 and
Thomas Ohl, a daughter, Pamela Dawn,
March 1, 1960. Paxtonville, Pa.
'23
Susquehannans on Parade
Space limitations this month make it impossible
to include all the news items collected in the
alumni office. We'll catch up with a BIG sus-
quehannans ox p.'VRADE i>i the June issue.
'13
Prof. Newton Kersletter was given
recognition in the 1959-60 edition of
"Wlio's Who in American Education."
He is currently serving as executive di-
rector of the Lower Susquehanna Branch,
Pennsylvania Association for the Blind.
He is the author of "History and Organ-
ization of Education in Pennsvlvania."
Trinity Lutheran Church, Hazleton, Pa.
He is now pastor emeritus.
'21
'16
A. Bahner Portzline, deceased, was
honored by the Tall Cedars of Lebanon,
Sunbury Forest 65 and by Harry H.
Haddoii, editor and publisher of the
Sunhviry Daily Item, who had memorial
books placed in the John R. Kauffman
Jr. Public Library in his memory.
'17
The Rev. H. Clay Bergstresser, D.D.
and Mrs. Algetha Sthare Bergstresser
'33 were presented with a cash testi-
monial gift at a reception marking Dr.
Bergstresser's retirement as pastor of
Attorney Ernest F. Walker, a veteran
of World Wars 1 and II, has been ad-
vanced to the rank of brigadier general
( retired ) in the Pennsylvania National
Guard. His appointment was effective
January 1. A resident of 1700 Sunshine
Avenue, Johnstown, Pa., Gen. Walker
now is serving as state senator from
Cambria County. He was discharged
after \V'orld War I service as a private,
entered World War II as a major and
completed service in tliat war as a full
colonel with overseas service in the Pa-
cific Theater of Operations. His son
Mike "53 and daughter Betsy "59 are
alsx) S.U. alumni.
Dr. Mildred E. Win.sfoii is listed in
the 19.59-60 edition of "Who's Who in
American Education." She is a.ssociate
secretary of the Board of Higher Educa-
tion, United Lutheran Church in Amer-
ica, witli headquarters in New York
City. She is a former teacher in tiie
Sunbury, Pa.. High School and is autlior
of a number of books.
John W. Biftingcr. Hummel's Wharf.
Pa., aimounced his candidacN' for tlie of-
fice of State Assemblyman of Snyder
Countv'. He will seek the Democratic
nomin;ition at the primary election Ap-
ril 26.
'27
Dewey S. Hcrrold of Selinsgrove was
elected to the Board of Directors of the
Tri-Coimty Area Girl Scout Council of
Central Pennsylvania.
Harry DeWire, retired iirincipal of
William Penn High School, Harrisburg,
was guest of lionor at a reimion of the
school's Class of 1944 at the Harrisburg
Couiitrv Club.
'30
Class Reunion Max
Tiie Rev. Luke H. Rlwads. D.D., Hol-
lidavsburg. Pa., is Superintendent of the
new Allegheny Lutheran Home, Jolms-
town. Pa., one of two such institutions
for older persons erected by East and
West Allegheny Conferences, Central
Pennsylvania Synod, L^nited Lutheran
Church in America. Mrs. Rhoads is the
former ^'irgim'a Andrews x'34. Their
daughter Helen is a junior at S.L'.
Sinuin B. Rhoads, president of Rhoads
Mill Inc., Selinsgrove, recently held an
open house to mark extensive improve-
ments made at the mill. Mrs. Kathryn
Jarrett Rhoads x'34 is vice president of
the corporation. Mr. Rlioads is also
treasurer of the Selinsgrove Area Indus-
trial Development CorporatioTi and a
director of the Swineford National Hank,
Middleburg, Pa.
'31
Ira C. Sassaman, Hummelstown. Pa.,
director, Synodical Christian Education,
Central PennsvKania S\nod. L'nited Lu-
theran Church in America, has been ap-
pointed to die Pennsylvania Board of
Motion Picture Control by Governor
David L. Lawrence. The Board, which
consists of three persons, will have re-
sponsibility for administering recent leg-
islation which regulates motion pictures
on the basis of obscenity or unfitness
for cliildrcn.
'35
class Reunion Mav
Dr. Hazel E. Naugle, who recently re-
turned to the United States from South
India, was guest speaker at the Febru-
ary meeting of Pi Gamma Mu. The
Lutlierau missionary used lier experi-
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Ten Susquehanna alumni and friends were on hand at the Shoieham Hotel, Washington,
D. C. Feb. 6 for the All-Pennsylvania Alumni Association Luncheon. Paul hiaines '31,
standing, is serving as president of the capital city association which will hold its execu-
tive committee meeting on the S. U. campus April 30. Seated at the table clockwise:
I. Wilson Kepner '24; The Rev. Luther "Dusty" Rhoads '27; Miss Gwen Haines; Mrs.
Gustave W. Weber; President Weber; Paul Lanti '42; Don Wissinger '50; Dr. Arthur P.
Coleman, president of Alliance College; Mrs. Coleman.
t-ntes to impress her interested audience
with tlie idea of true service coming
from a desire to help the receiver to help
himself without becoming dependent on
or obligated to the giver. Responding
to questions. Dr. Naugle said that birth
control is acceptable to the Indian peo-
ple; that Prime Minister Nehru is a
great man who is effectively continuing
the dream of independence of Ghandi;
and that Christians are welcome in India
as educators, not religious evangelists.
'40
Class Reunion May 7
Robert A. Gabrenya, 84 Osborne
Street, Johnstown, Pa., is assistant sec-
retarx' of the .Slo\enian Savings & Loan
-Association, one of the most recently or-
ganized and progressive financial insti-
tutions in Johnstown.
Dr. Harold Sharadin, McClure, Pa.,
is president of the McClure Chamber of
Commerce. He is practicing dentistry
in this area.
'43
Harrtj \V. Wilcox announced that lie
will seek the office of Republican State
Committeeman from Snyder County at
the April 26 Primaries. He has> tbeen
active in Republican organizations Tor
some time and maintains law offices in
Selinsgrove. His wife, the former Polly
Phillips Weeks '43, serves as a substi-
tute teacher in the Selinsgrove area
schools.
'50
Class lieimion Mav
Anna May Oyster, 8 North Fiftli
Street, Sunbury, is a cashier-clerk at the
Sunbury Branch of the Scranton-Spring
Brook Water Service Co.
Jo Ann Hort Mayer and Mary Miller
Giovenetti are associate members of the
Philadelphia Almnnae Chapter, Sigma
.\lpha Iota. Mrs. Giovenetti teaches
music in the Burlington, N. J., schools.
x'55
class Reunion Mav
Dr. William B. Templin }r. is taking
a four year residency training j)rogram in
General Surger>' at Temple Universit\-
Medical Center. He graduated from
Temple University School of Medicine
in 19.58 and completed his internship at
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital,
Johnstown, Pa. in 1959.
'59
Nicholas Kloup v\as the first Suscjuc-
hanna student to complete the five-year
chemical engineering cooperative plan
between S. U. and the University of
Pennsylvania. He is now working for
U. S. Steel Corporation in Clairton and
Monroeville, Pa. and is married to the
former Janet Broicn '56.
DEATHS
Mrs. C. Effie Breimier Dentzer '01 of
University Heights, Selinsgrove, January
S, I960. Mrs. Dentzer also graduated
from tlio Byron King School ol Oratory
in Pittsburgh. Well known as an elo-
tutionist, she directed and presented en-
tcrtainm.nts and pla\s b\ schools and
organizaitons throughout Pennsylvania
ior a number of years. Her husband
Charles O.fcar Dentzer '00 preceded her
in death November 20, 1950. She is
survived by a sister. Miss Alice Breimier
1)4 witli whom she resided.
Guy C. Latwer '1.5 of Falls Cluirdi,
\a., January 31, I960. He had been a
member of staff of tlic U. S. Budget
Bureau in Washington, D. C.
Jay Calvin BiUman of Henidon, Pa.,
January 17, 1960. Mr. Bilhnan was
tlie father of Frederic Billman '36, as-
sociate professor of Music at Susque-
hanna, and Lt. Donald J. Killman '40,
who was killed in action in World War
II, September 26, 1944. He was a mem-
ber of tlie United Church of Christ and
a teacher of the men's class for 14 years,
a teacher in the public schools for 35
years, and liad been postmaster of
Herndon for eight years. He was also
a sales representative for Roberts and
Meek school supplies.
Miss Elizabeth K. Scharf of Soutli
High Street, Sehnsgrove, February 12,
1960. She was an assistant in the Sus-
quehanna Library. Prior to coming to
Susquehanna she taught in public schools
for 41 years in Pittsburgh, Middleburg,
and Selinsgrove. Miss Scharf was a
member of Trinity Lutheran Chureii
and its Women's Guild and Women's
Bible Class. She was also a Sunday
School teaclier and a life member of
the National Association of Teachers.
Mrs. Laura Reed Swank '13, a nati\e
of Danville, Pa., Februar>' 15, I960.
Mrs. Swank had been a teacher at the
Moore School, Hyle School, and Union
Comer School, all rural schools in the
Danville area. She is survived by her
husband Percy C. Swank, two sons and
four daughters.
Mrs. Katliryn Bruch Nelson 14, a
nati\e of Muncy, Pa., March 8, I960.
Her husband the Rev. Walter Nelson
and two sisters survive.
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SUSQUEHANNA
ALUMNI DAY
Theme: S. U. Needs You
Meet old friends . . . Make new ones . . . See changes on
campus — as the\- take place . . . Hear about immediate
and long riinge plans for your Alma Mater . . . Learn
flow you can hAy) in this program.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:00-10:30 Registration, "CoflFee and," Heilman Hall
10:30-11:40 Alumni Association Meeting and Message from President Weber,
Heilman Hall
11:45-12:20 Cornerstone Laying for Theta Chi and Lambda Chi Alpha,
Groundbreaking for New Dormitories, West Campus
12:30- 1:50 Reunion and General Luncheons, Seibert Hall
2:00- 2:45 Help Sessions: (1) Good Students, how to recruit them (2) Dis-
trict Clubs, for better or worse (3) Class Reporters, what to do
(4) Our Constitution, how to improve it
3:00- 5:30 Your Choice: Campus visits; Baseball, S. U. vs. Wilkes; Symphonic
Band Concert; Student Art Exhibit
5:45- 7:30 Awards Banquet, Seibert Hall
Read President Weber's letter inside the front cover.
Find your class agent, page 24, if he hasn't alreadij found you!
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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POSTMASTER: Please notify if undelivered.
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office
as Second Class Matter.
JUNE 1960
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lUSQUtHANNA UMyWSTrT
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Unsolicited
More than $1200 lias been received in gifts
toward Susquehanna's 1960 Alumni Loyalt)' Fund.
We're shooting for $1(),()()() tliis year, and
we'll be delighted to announce "over the top"
by Homecoming on October 15.
Your Alma Mater needs about a half-million
dollars right now — to pay its share on the
two new dormitories, to pay for renovations
to Seibert and GA, to pay off the new Health Center,
and to improve parking areas and campus roads.
$10,000 is little more than a drop in the bucket
for 3500 alumni to give.
Isn't this the least we can do?
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ON OUR COVER
President Weber crowns the 1960 May
Queen, senior Susan Apgar of Roselle,
N. J., at May Day festivities on May 14.
Queen Susan was a music education
major.
More pictures from S. U.'s tliree big
May weekends (it rained on two of
them) will be found on pages 11, 12
and 13.
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
General Alumni Association
Officers
President
Lawrence M. Isaacs '43
Honorary President
Dr. John I. Woodruff '88
Historian
Dr. John J. Houtz '08
1st Vice President
Dr. Charles E. Chaffee '27
2nd Vice President
Dr. Ralph C. Geigle '35
Recording Secretary
B. Mary Shipe '42
Treasurer
W. David Gross '47
Memhers-at-Large
Paul M. Haines '31
Peter Shuty '38
Representative on the Board of Directors
Clyde R. Spitzner '37
Representatives on the Athletic Committee
Perce Appleyard x'22
Jolm M. Auten '28
Director of Ahimni Relations
Donald E. W'issinger '50
Editor of Susquehanna Alumnus
George R. F. Tamke
The SUSQUEHMM RLUMMS
Vol. 29
JUNE 1960
CONTENTS
We Remember Susquehanna's Thirteen
Along the Trail with Dr. Moldenke .
by Dick Westervelt '50
Honor Roll of 'Matching Gift" Companies
May Was a Big Month ....
Across Don's Desk .....
Deaths
Susquehannans on Parade
Lost Alumni
No. 4
4
9
10
11
14
Sports 16
Club News . 17
S. U. Weddings 19
Born Crusaders 20
20
21
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Of-
fice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912. Pubbshed
four times a year by Susquelianna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
montlis of September, December, March and June.
JUNE 1960
Wide World
A'ide World
London, May 8, 1945 . ■ . for some, the war was already over
WE REMEMBER
Susquehanna's Thirteen
VE Day in London . . . the sun was hot that 8th
of May, 15 years ago. Thousands danced in the streets,
as tliey did in other Allied cities, too. Youths climbed
lamp posts in Piccadilly Circus. Strangers embraced
each other. The double decker bus-dominated traffic
slowed to a halt in the press of a jubilant humanity.
-And overhead, Yank and RAF bombers buzzed
the celebrating British capital. The war in Europe
was over.
But it had already been over for those who made
the supreme sacrifice — among them, 12 sons of Sus-
quehanna Uni\ersity. And \\'()rid \\'ar IT wasn't yet
over for many who still had three months to fight on
the other side of the globe. Another Sus(juehannan
would la\ down his life before VJ Da\' came along.
More than 400 Susquehanna graduates and former
students ser\ed their country in the armed forces dur-
ing that w ar which ended in 1945. Thirteen ga\e their
earthly jives in freedom's cause.
Frattali, Wert, Troutman . . . Billman, Klinger,
Wolf, Chalot . . . Hugus, Richard, Bittinger . . . Mes-
zaros. Cox, Alexander.
On this 15th annixersary of the surrenders of Ger-
many and Japan, Susquehanna recalls again these val-
iant dead, and salutes their patriotism, their devotion,
and their sacrifice.
VINCENT C. FRATTALI '40
Died January 7, 1943
First Lieutenant Vincent C. Frattali, son of Mr.
and Mrs. .August Frattali of Scranton, Pa., was the first
Susquehanna alumnus to be killed in action in \\'orld
^^■ar II. A much-decorated flying officer, he participated
in the first big .Auierican raids with B-17 Fl\ ing Fort-
resses and B-24 Liberators o\ er strategic French targets
in the fall of 1942.
Later transferred from the 8th Air Force in Eng-
land to tiic 12tii Air Force in North .Africa — when' he
met his death — he was among tiie first airmen to see
action in that theatre of operations. Cited numerous
times for brax'ery, he was awarded the Air Medal w itli
Oak Leaf Cluster for several heroic and resourceful ex-
ploits as na\igator of a B-17. Major George E. Strate-
meyer. Chief of the Air Staff, characterized Lieutenant
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
LT. FRATTALI
LT. WERT
LT. TROUTMAN
LT. BILLMAN
■1 .D-A s Lis^ W
LT. KLINGER
LT. WOLF
LT. CHALOT
LT. HUGUS
LT. RICHARD
Frattali as "an eager and exceptionally trustworthy
member of the Army Air Forces."
Lieutenant Frattali was a graduate of Scranton
Central High School. At Susquehanna he was on the
varsity football squad, played in several musical organ-
izations, was a member of the debate team and a bro-
ther of Phi Mu Delta fraternity. Soon ;ifter earning his
B.A. degree in 1940 he entered the ser\ice. He tiained
at Darr-.\ero Tech in Georgia; Maxw ell Field, Alabama;
and Geiger Field, Washington; and \\<)n his wings at
Mather Field, California in May 1942.
DONALD S. WERT '39
Died May 15, 1943
First Lieutenant Donald S. Wert, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. Sparr Wert of Aaronsburg, Pa., lost his life in
an airplane crash while serving in French North .Af-
rica. He was pilot of a B-25 Billy Mitchell bomber
and completed 20 missions in the thickest of the Tun-
isian campaign, once crash-landing his badly damaged
sliip and escaping unhurt. His final resting place is a
\
SGT. BITTINGER
SGT. MESZAROS
f^.
f ')
SGT. COX
ii^ib
LT. ALEXANDER
JUNE I960
grave in the U. S. Military Cenieter\- at Carthage,
Tunisia.
A graduate of East Penns Valley High School, Lieu-
tenant Wert was active in sports at Susquehanna. He
was co-captain of the basketball team in his senior
year, a member of the track team, and first liaseman
on the baseball team. He also was a member of Phi
Mu Delta fraternity.
Receiving his B.A. degree in 19.39, Lieutenant Wert
became a teacher and soccer coach at East Penns Val-
lev High School. He enlisted in the Air Corps in July
1941 and underwent various stages of training at air
bases in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Geor-
gia. He went overseas from \\'estover Field, Massa-
chusetts in September 1942. The flyer was married to
the former Louise Musser of Millheim, Pa.
WILLIAM M. TROUTMAN '40
Died October 20. 1943
First Lieutenant \\'illiam M. Troutman of Trevor-
ton, Pa., was listed as missing in action following a
heavy bomber raid o\er Gemiany. He was a navigator
on a B-17. The aircraft was last sighted over the North
Sea off the coast of Holland. Captured German records
contam no reference to the plane or any of its crew
members so it is, therefore, concluded that it was forced
down at sea too far from land to permit rescue.
Lieutenant Troutman was awarded the Distin-
guished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf Clusters. He completed 20 bombing missions.
He was a graduate of Trevorton High School and
a leading athlete at Susquehanna, where he captained
the soccer team and co-captained the track team. He
was a member of Phi Mu Delta fraternity and the Sus-
quehanna Players, and was named to Who's Who
.\mong Students in American Colleges and Universities
in his senior year.
A one-time manager of the Governor Snyder Hotel,
Lieutenant Troutman received his B.A. degree in 1940
and was inducted into the U. S. Army in August 1941.
First attached to an armored division, he later trans-
ferred to the Air Corps, was stationed in Texas, Flor-
ida. Wyoming, Washington and Kansas, and was com-
missioned in August 1942. He was based in England
for more than a \'ear.
J. DONALD BILLMAN '40
Died September 27. 1944
First Lieutenant J. Donald Billman of Herndon,
Pa., was killed in action in France. An artillery of-
ficer, he was riding in a jeep with another officer when
a land mine exploded, killing both occupants. He had
been wounded on the Italian front several months
earlier but returned to duty after a short period in the
hospital.
Lieutenant Billman was a graduate of Herndon
High School. At the university he was a member of
the Motet Clioir and other singing groups, served as
president of Pi Gamma Mu and as a business staff
member of the Lanthorn. He was a brother of Bond
and Ke\' fraternit\'. After recei\'ing his B.A. degree he
was for two years a teacher of Latin and English at
Sonestown High School.
He entered the service with his brother. First
Lieutenant Frederic C. Billman '36 of Susquehanna's
music faculty. They trained together at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and went
abroad in March 1943. The two brothers saw service
in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.
KENNETH H. KLINGER '43
Died November 20. 1944
Second Lieutenant Kenneth H. Klinger, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry C. Klinger of Herndon, Pa., died as a
result of injuries recei\'ed in a plane crash November
17, 1944 during takeoff from George Field, Lawrence-
ville, Illinois. He was a pilot with an AAF troop car-
rier unit preparing to go to India or Burma.
He was a graduate of Herndon High School and
received his B.A. degree in JanuarN" 1943 under Sus-
quehanna's accelerated program. Acti\e on campus,
he was co-captain of the baseball team, played football
and soccer, and was house manager of Beta Kappa,
no\\- Theta Chi fraternity. He also was treasurer of
his junior class and held memberships in the Business
Society and Pre-Theological Club. The airman began
pre-flight training immediately after graduation from
S.U. and was commissioned in May 1944. He was
married and the father of two sons, Kenneth and
Chris, who are now students at Mahanoy Joint High
School.
Lieutenant Klinger came from a family of Susque-
hanna graduates which included two brothers, the Rev.
Woodrow J. '37 and Herbert C. '40, and a sister, Mrs.
Martha Reigel '.39. Also, two cousins, Mrs. Marion
Klinger Derrick "29 and Russell Klinger '29.
MICHAEL F. WOLF '41
Died December 15, 1944
Lieutenant Michael F. \^'olf of Waterville, Pa., a
ground officer in the 91st Bombardment Squadron of
the Armv Air Forces, perished aboard a Japanese pris-
on ship when it was mistakenly bombed and sunk in
Subic Bay off Luzon. .At the time he was being trans-
ported from an internment camp in Manila to one in
Japan. He had been a prisoner of war since the fall of
Bataan, where he was wounded on April 13, 1942.
Lieutenant Wolf, a graduate of Jersey Shore High
School, worked on the Lanthorn and was a member of
the German Club while at Susquehanna. He took mili-
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
■^i^
-^'■••■tiaMiaiBisa
This North American P-51 Mustang fighter was pur-
chased in 1944 by students, faculty, alumni and friends
of Susquehanna with $78,000 worth of Series E
War Bonds. The special drive for the war effort
was sponsored by the Business Society under the
direction of Miss Lenora Allison of the S. U. faculty.
tary aviation training during his >ears in college and
was gi\en his commission at graduation, when he re-
ceived his B.S. degree summa cum latide. He also was
listed in Who's Who Among Students in American Col-
leges and Universities.
After several montlis of training in Georgia and
Louisiana Lieutenant ^^'olf took up his duties at Mc-
Kiiiley Field in the Philippines just a iew weeks before
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
ROBERT R. CHALOT, JR. x'46
Died January 1, 1945
Second Lieutenant Robert R. Chalot Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert R. Chalot Sr. of Ir\ington, N. Y., was
killed when the B-26 Marauder bomber he was piloting
crashed outside a little village near Paris, France. Just
after takeoff for a raid on German}-, the plane's port
engine cut out. Lieutenant Chalot managed to avoid
hitting the village, but was forced to crash-land in a
field. Excepting for the pilot and co-pilot, the crew
was uninjured.
A graduate of Irvington High School, Lieutenant
Chalot entered Susquehanna in 1942, played end on
the varsity football team and center on the basketball
team, and joined Phi Mu Delta fraternity.
Enlisting in the Air Corps, he was stationed in
Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Indiana.
He graduated from the Army Air Force Pilot School
at Dodge City, Kansas and thence shipped overseas. He
was based in England for a short time and later went
to France with the 9th Air Force to take part in the
tactical campaign on the continent. Lieutenant Chalot
was a winner of the Air Medal.
JOHN E. HUGUS, JR., x'43
Died Jumuinj 19, 1945
First Lieutenant John E. Hugus Jr., son ol Di. and
Mrs. John E. Hugus Sr. of Selinsgrove, was killed in
action in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. Of-
ficer in a U. S. Arm\ 'I'ank Destroyer Battalion, he had
been o\erseas for nearh- two years. He is buried in
Chappelle #1 near Liege, Belgium.
Lieutenant Hug\is was a graduate of Selinsgrove
High School. At Susquehanna he distinguished him-
self on the track and soccer teams and as a member of
the Men's Student Council. He also was treasurer of
Beta Kappa, now Theta Chi fraternity'.
He entered the uni\ersit\- in 19.39 and pursued a
course in business administration. After passing a Ci-
vilian Militar\- Training Corps examination he enlisted
in the service with a direct commission in March 1942.
Lieutenant Hugus was stationed in North Carolina,
Te.xas and Louisiana before going overseas. He was
the recipient of a Bronze Star. His brother, the Rev.
Howard S. Hugus '4(S, was a sergeant in an .\ntitank
Company and served in the Anny of Occupation in
Germany. Their father is a well-known Si'linsgrove
dentist.
BURTON R. RICHARD '40
Died Jaiuuiiy 25. 1945
Second Lieutenant Burton R. Richard, son of the
Rev. and Mrs. Ralph R. Richard of Hagerstown. Md.
died aboard the Japanese prison ship Bruzil Ma.su while
at sea between Formosa and Japan. An Army Air
Force fighter pilot with the 3rd Pursuit Squadron, he
was taken prisoner b\- the Japanese upon the fall of
Corregidor and was interned in the Philippines for
about 30 months. Enroute to Japan, he survi\ed the
bombing and sinking of the Omjoku Masu on Decem-
ber 15, 1944 (the same engagement in which Lieuten-
ant Michael F. Wolf '41 was killed) and was trans-
ferred to the Enoina Masu. The second ship was
bombed in Takao Harbor, Formosa on January 9. Ser-
iously wounded this time. Lieutenant Richard was
placed on the Brazil Masu which left for Japan on Jan-
uary 13. He died of his wounds 12 days later.
A graduate of Hagerstown High School, Lieuten-
ant Richard was co-captain of Susquehanna's track
team and manager of the football team. He was ed-
itor of the 1940 Lunthorn. held offices in his class and
the Student Christian Association, and was a member
of Bond and Key fraternity. A month after receiving
his B.A. degree he was appointed a flying cadet and
proceeded to training at Tuscaloosa and Maxwell
Field, Alabama. Commissioned in April 1941, he was
ordered to the Philippines and was based at Nicholas
Field when Pearl Harbor was attacked. His sister is
Mrs. Mary Beth Richard Knight '37.
JUNE 1960
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD
WAR II
Alex J. Alexander
John Hucus
Thomas D. BiTTrxGER
Kenneth Klincer
Donald BILL^L'^.N
.\bnold Meszaros
Robert Chalot
BiHTON Richard
RoBEHT L. Cox
W'lLLWM M. Troutman
Vincent C. Frattali
Donald S. Wert
Michael
Wolf
presented by class of 1943
The names of Susquehanna's Gold Star service men
are permanently inscribed on a bronze plaque
mounted on a memorial stone near Selinsgrove Hall.
THOMAS D. BITTINGER x'44
Died l-'cbniunj 24. UJ45
Staff Sergeant Thomas D. Bittinger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Bittinger of Shamokin Dam, Pa., was
killed in action during his 35th bombing mission over
Cermany. He was a radio technician and gunner on a
B-17 of the Sth .\ir Force. Needing one more mission
to be eligible for furlough to the U. S., his crew ^'oted
voluntarily to take part in this particular raid on Bre-
men, thus bringing it one day closer to a return home.
Seven of the nine-member crew escaped injury and be-
came prisoners of war.
Several years after the war Sergeant Bittinger's
grave was discovered on the outskirts of Bremen. His
remains were later moved to an American military
cemetery in France according to the wishes of his late
father.
Sergeant Bittinger graduated from Sunbury High
School. lie enlisted in the service in October 1942,
and flew o\erseas in September 1944 with his crew
which remained intact until shot down. The flyer was
awarded the Air Medal and Bronze Star with two Oak
Leaf Clusters. A sister and brother are S. U. graduates:
Mrs. Frances Bittinger Burgess "45 and John \\". Bitt-
inger '23.
ARNOLD J. MESZAROS x'46
Died March 3. 1945
Sergeant Arnold J. Meszaros of Ardsley-on-IIud-
son, N. Y., was killed instantly from slirajMicI frag-
ments while carrying out an assignment to take terri-
tory east of Bruhlbom, Germany. He had been wound-
ed in Hurtgen Forest on the previous November 18,
and returned to his company of the 22nd Infantry
Regiment onh' three days before he died. Sergeant
Meszaros fought in 13 major battles in Europe begin-
ning with the D Day Landing and including Cher-
bourg, the St. Lo Break-Tliru, the Liberation of Paris,
the First Penetration of the Siegfried Line, and the
Danube Crossing. His body is buried in the Sleepy
1 lollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, N. Y.
.\ graduate ot lixingtou High School, he enrolled
at Susquehanna in 1942 and played in the backfield on
the \arsit\' Crusader football team. He left for service
in February 1943 and received training at Camp Croft,
South Carolina before going overseas.
ROBERT L. COX x'46
Died March 31. 1945
Sergeant Robert L. Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
E. Cox of Newport. Pa., was killed in action by a snip-
er's bullet at Aadsbach, Germany while leading a squad
in an attack on the hea\ily fortified town. He was at-
tached to an .\rrnoreil Infantr\ Battalion of the 10th
Division under General George Patton. He liad been
slightly wounded on March 9 but returned to duty in
time to be with his division when it was dispatched to
meet the German breakthrough on March 17 at the
France-Luxembourg-Belgium border. His body rests
in Newport Cemetery.
Sergeant Co.\ graduated from Union High School
in 1942 and whik- attending Susquehanna he enlisted in
the reserves. He was one of 30 Susquehannans (in-
cluding Sergeant Arnold J. Meszaros x'46) who left
their studies to go to war on February 13, 1943. He
was trained in chemical warfare in Alabama and sub-
sequently did work in engineering at Alabama Poly-
technic Institute and the University of Georgia prior
to sailing for overseas service in September 1944.
ALEX J. ALEXANDER x'46
Died May 26, 1945
First Lieutenant Alex J. Alexander, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Alexander of Atlas, Pa., lost his life when a
B-29 Superfortress on which he was serving as bom-
bardier was hit and went down in Tok\'o Bay, Japan.
His ship. The Stork, was one of three acting as path-
finders for a 500-plane mission to bomb the Japanese
capital. The Stork was discovered in the bay tliree
years later and identified by its serial number. Al-
though single identification of body fragments was im-
possible, three caskets representing the entire crew
were brought to the V. S. and buried in the National
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo., with a military funeral in
Januiu-y 1949.
Lieutenant Alexander enrolled in the music edu-
cation curriculum at Susquehanna in 1942 following
graduation from Mount (^armel Township Higii School.
He entered the Army .\ir Force in February 1943,
trained at \arious .\merican .A.AF schools, and went
abroad in December 1944. He was based on Tinian
Island in the Marianas at the time of the fateful mission.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ALONG THE TRAIL
WITH DR. MOLDENKE
by DICK WESTERVELT '50
Dick Westervelt is a copywriter
for Stanley Arnold & Associates,
New York advertising agency.
From The fjintJioru. Susquehanna Universitij, 1925—
MOLDENKE, Harold - Harold tell us he is going to
make a study of birds . . .
Some of us may chuckle when we look back on
those halcyon college days at the things we planned for
our futures. Not so with Dr. Harold Moldenke, who
has held steadfastly to his college aims . . . who today
is Director of the Trailside Museum in Mountainside,
N. J., and who this year was awarded the Alumni
Acliievement Award by Susquehanna for his outstand-
ing activities in his chosen field.
Susquehanna's Moldenke is also Supervisor of Na-
ture Activities for the Union County (N.J.) Park
Commission as well as administrator, guide imd lec-
turer at the museimi. But, even more important, he's
a man dedicated to the fight against ju\enile delin-
Dr. Moldenke, center, received Susquehanna's Alumni
Achievement award on May 7, thereby joining an
exclusive group of recognized outstanding alumni —
several of whom were on hand to congratulate him:
Dr. Jerry D. Bogar Jr. x'99. Dr. John I. Woodruff '88,
and Dr. John J. Houtz '08. Clyde R. Spitzner '37,
second from right, made the presentation.
quency. The Moldenke "Anti-Delinquency" Method
is to fight boredom, which he considers the major cause
of the problems of today's young people.
"Nature," Dr. Moldenke states, "offers much to
combat the artificiality, the materialism, diat has crept
into our modern living and confused our goals."
And a trip through Moldenke's unique nature
studio strengthens his point— especially to a city dwell-
er. For here, you'll find myriad birds, nests, — eggs!
You'll inspect sea shells, starfish and flowers, trees and
shrubs. And, you'll discover the wonderful pleasures
of nature on camping trips and along hiking trails.
Dr. Moldenke has been having a love afl^air with
"Mother Nature " for most of his life. His career in the
field of botany has been studded with honors and ac-
complishments. Prior to his present position, he was
Curator of the Herbarium at the world-famous New
York Botanical Gardens. He held a National Research
Fellowship in 1935-36 and studied in most of the bo-
tanical institutions of Europe.
Trailside — sans Moldenke — opened its doors in
1941 to 3,416 curiosit\- seekers. In 1958, through the
continual and enthusiastic activities of the Susquehanna
graduate, 150,769 \isitors poured through its doors;
last year's attendance exceeded this figure. And the
doctor predicts that with the expansion of exhibits, fa-
cilities and activities, the attendance should increase
to a minimum of 25(),0(X) people per year.
Dr. Moldenke, who first joined Trailside in 1952,
is what even the busiest New York executive would
call a busy man. In addition to his Trailside job and
the supervision of nature activities for the Union
County Park Commission, he somehow finds time for a
strenuous lecture program. On most any night of the
week. Dr. M. is out extolling the virtues of his favorite
subject, "Mother Nature." And, if he's not talking about
JUNE 1960
her attributes, he's praising lier in print. His publi-
cations embrace 1,012 titles and ccner 13,(K)() pages.
In collaboration with his wife he wrote the book
"Plants of the Bible," a work of historical significance
that took 15 years to complete and which drew wide
favorable comment.
The young Susquehanna graduate who resolutely
stated, "I'm going to study birds," went on to earn his
Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1934 . . . he's been a
member of the graduate faculty at Cohnnbia, Hunter
College and Newark State College. In 1949 he journeyed
south of the border as a delegate to the Second South
.\merican Botanical Congress at Tucamen, Mexico.
One yeiu- later he represented 17 botanical institutions
in the Seventh International Botanical CongiTSS at
Stockholm.
\()w, at Trailside, he augments the stucK of natiuc
with other activities designed to draw more men,
women and children to his museum. He has promoted
antique car shows, exhibitions of the area's finest pho-
tography and man\' colorful flower spectacles. This
kind of promotion, coupled with his ardent love of
natme. lias drawn increasingly larger nimibers of vis-
itors to liis 2.000-acr(' wooded tract in New Jersey's
beautiful W'atciuuig Mountains.
But Dr. Moldenke. not content to bask in the light
of his past accomplishments, is still looking ahead. His
latest enthusiasm is a new planetarium which will con-
sist of two tlomes constructed on the north side of the
present Trailside Museum building. "Put the Stars in
Their E\('s" is the tlieme for the fund-raising program
now in progress.
C)b\ ioush', Dr. MoldiMikc lias hitched liis own
wagon to a star. And the many natme lo\ ers w ho have
luMK'fitcd by his x'ision are glad he has. Because Har-
old Moldenke has helped tliem rediscover the sheer joy
of nature — whose wildlife provides endless delight,
and whose trees might (to borrow a phrase) wliisper
secrets grave . . . amusing, . . . and profound.
Honor Roll of ''Matching Gifts'' Companies
In last December's issue of the
Susquehanna Alumnus we report-
ed on the "Matching Gifts" pro-
gram in effect throughout much of
American business and industry.
Firms cooperating in the program
match employee contributions to
the colleges and imi\ersities where
they studied.
We listed these companies as
adding their support to the plan:
American and Foreign Power Company
Inc.
American Brake Shoe Company ( Foun-
dation)
HukIk-s Aircraft Company
International Business Machine Corp.
The Maytag Company ( Foundation Inc. )
New York Trap Rock Corp.
Sharon Steel Corp. ( Foundation Inc. )
( Sharonsteel Foimdation )
The other 69 participating firms
are listed at the right. If you work
for any of these companies, be sure
to take advantage of "Matching
Gifts." Susquehanna will be doubly
benefited.
Allegheny Lflidlum Steel Corp.
American Home Products Corp.
Bank of New York
Whitney Blake Company ( The Cook
Foundation )
Bonwit Teller
Burlington Industries (Foundation)
includes: Klopman Mills, Ely and
Walker Inc.
Godfrey L. Cabot Inc. ( Foundation )
Campbell Soui5 Company
Canadian General Electric Company Ltd.
Chase Manhattan Bank Foundation
Cleveland Electric Illmninating Company
Coknnbian Carlwjn Company
Connecticut Light and Power Company
Continental Oil Company
Corning Glassworks Foundation
Deering, Milliken & Company Inc.
Dow Cliemical Company
Dow Corning Corp.
Draper Corp.
Wilbur B. Driver Company
Ebasco Services Inc. ( Subsidiary of Elec-
tric Bond & Share Co. )
Ellectrie Bond and Share Company
Fafnir Bearing Company
General Atronics Corp.
General Electric Company ( Educational
and C;lKiritaI)Ie Fund)
General ImxxIs Cori). ( Fund hic. )
General Public UtiHties
C:ibbs & Hill Inc.
(^inn and Company
(Hidden Conip;my
B. F. Goodricli Company ( Fimd Inc.)
W. T. Grant ("oinpany
Gulf Oil Corp.
Harris-lnterl\pc Corp. (Foundation)
He>Alett-Packard Company
Hill .\cme Company
1. M. Huber Corp.
Jeflerson Mills Inc.
S. C. Johnson & Son Inc. (Foundation)
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Kaiser Steel Corp.
Walter Kidde & Compan\ ( Foundation
Inc. )
Walter Kidde Constructors ( Foundation
Inc. )
Koiled Kords Inc. (The Cook F(mndation)
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
McCormick & Co, Inc.
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
Manufacturers Trust Company
Merck & Company Inc. ( Foundaticm )
National Distillers & Cliemical Corp.
National Lead Company (Foundation)
National Supply Company
Northn)p Corp.
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Pennsalt Chemicals Coit). ( Foimdation)
Phelps Dodge Corp. (Foundation)
Pitncy-Bowes Inc.
Beliahle Electric Company (The Cook
I'Oundation )
Sclieriug Corp. (Foundation)
Seott Paper Company ( Fomidation)
Smith, Kline & Frencli l.aliiir.it.iries
( Foimdation )
Tektronix Inc. (Foundation)
Towirs. Perrin. Forster & Crosby Inc.
United C.Vdy Mines Corp.
Wailinntord Steel Company
\\ aruer Brothers Company ( Fund Inc. )
John \\'ile\ & Sons Inc.
Williams iv Company
Young &i Hubicam Inc. (Foundation)
10
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
At the Awards Banquet Dr. Gilbert seemed sur-
prised when Dr. John I. Woodruff '88 returned
with fervor the buss of May Queen Susan
Apgar '60.
MAY WAS A
BIG MONTH
Beginning with
Alumni Day on
May 7 . . .
Alumni Association President Larry Isaacs '43
presented Quarter Century faculty trophy to
Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr., professor of physical
education.
A feature of the morning program was groundbreaking cere-
mony for new men's and women's dormitories on the south-
west campus. Earth-turners were: Gil Askew '61, president
of the Student Council; Judy Brndjar '62, women's vice
president of the Student Council; S. U. President Gustave
W. Weber; Dr. Arthur H. Wilson, professor of English;
Bernard W. Krapf, assistant to the president; Larry Isaacs
'43, Alumni Association president; Dr. John F. hiarkins,
president of the Board of Directors; Dr. Albert A. Zimmer,
dean of students. Just prior to this ceremony, Theta Chi
and Lambda Chi Alpha laid cornerstones for their new
fraternity houses which will be ready for occupancy in
September.
1960 Alumni Achievement Award went to Dr. Harold N. Moldenke '29, botanist,
educator and New Jersey nature museum curator 'see story, page 9i. In photo:
President Weber; Jacquelyn McKeever '52, Broadway and TV star; Dr. Moldenke;
Clyde R. Spitzner '3 7, chairman of the awards committee.
Alumni Day was a big success with more than 200 Susquehannans registered for
luncheons and other events 'pictures of reunion classes will be found in this
issue's Susquehannans on Parade section i . Workshops on Good Students, Dis-
trict Clubs, Class Reporters, and Our Constitution proved to be of great value;
more activities of this kind will be planned for the future.
Reelected president of the Alumni Association was Lawrence M. Isaacs '43, along
with: Dr John I. Woodruff '88, honorary president; Dr. John J. Houtz '08, his-
torian; Dr. Charles E. Chaffee '27, first vice president; Dr. Ralph C. Geigle '35,
second vice president; B. Mary Shipe '42, recording secretary; W. David Gross '47,
treasurer; Paul M. fHaines '31 and Peter Shuty '38, members-at-large; Clyde R.
Spitzner '37, alumni representative on the Board of Directors; Perce Appleyard
x'22 and John M. Auten '28, alumni representatives on the Athletic Committee.
Raymond P. Garman '30 served as chairman of the nominating committee.
Banqueteers were entertained by vocalists
Dave Diehl and Joyce Bond of the Sen-
ior Class. Below: among senior alumni
who received roses from Queen Susan
was Dr. George B. Manhart '10, retired
professor of history at DePauw Univer-
sity, Greencastle, Ind.
. . . a.
88 seniors received bachelor's de-
grees at S. U.'s Commencement in
the 102nd year.
Right, top; The Rev. Henry H. Cassler '34, Protest-
ant chaplain of the Lewisburg Penitentiary, was
honored with the Doctor of Divinity. Bottom:
Ernest F. Walker '21, Pennsylvania state senator,
was awarded the Doctor of Laws.
)2
This phofo of Queen
Susan and her May
Court, forced fo take
to their umbrellas dur-
ing a spring sprinkle,
was picked up by UPI
and King Features
Syndicate, in turn re-
leased to four regions
in the U. S. and two
in Europe.
May Day guests were treated to a musical program ". . .
From All Nations" which included real French entertain-
ment by Lynn Vekassy '63 of Pico Rivera, Calif, and
Francois Engel '63 of Paris, France . . . and a Japanese
"Flower Drum Song."
continuing with May Day on May 14
ling with Commencement on May 28
Rain made it necessary to move from
Bogar Green into Seibert Hall midway in
the program.
Dr. G. Elson Ruff, editor of The
Lutheran, gave a stirring Com-
mencement address on "I am,
you are, he is."
f
and the seniors said farewell.
JUNE I960
13
ACROSS DON'S DESK
by DON WISSINGER '50
Director of Alumni Relations
It is difficult to tlumk everyone u lio lielped make
Alumni Day one of the biggest in recent years— but
special thanks are certainly due CJeorge N. Young and
his committee, who made the day's arrangements and
were on hand to help during the various e\ents; Clyde
Spitzner, who took care of plans and presented the
award to Dr. Moldenke; Rip Carman, who arranged
for \\'CAL-TV co\'erage; and all the reimion chairmen
who helped get you out.
o o o
We were honored to have Dr. G. Morris Smith
visit the dhiinni office a fete months ago. Dr. Smith
expressed approia] of our new facilities and extended
best wishes for future success, lie reported that he
and Mrs. Smith were in good liealth and enjoying oc-
casional trips. Dr. Roger Blough has been by, too.
He stopped in while on campus attending a board
meeting. More than 60 alumni luivc slopped in to say
hello since January. The alumni office will be open all
sttmmer—stop in during your racation. .\nd. by the
way, drive safely!
o o «
If you don't get to the campus during the summer
—or even if you do— \ou 11 surely want to plan to be at
Homecoming. Mark your calendar now; tlie date is
October 15.
e o «
H. Vernon Blough, who held down this desk from
1935 to 1943, has been in continuous touch tvith the
alumni office through his faithful reporting of news
about Suscjiiehanna alumni. AlthougJi he has the ad-
vantage of working on a newspaper (he is news editor
of the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat) there are others
who. by their alertness, could render similar service to
us. We will be happy to supply volunteers with stamp-
ed, addressed envelopes for sending us clippings and
information.
ODD
An alumna speaks — Barbara Watkins I^Iartley "50
very gracioush- complimented the Susquehanna
Alumnus staff on efforts to cover alumni ne\\s. We
(luote: "Most of us probably long since ceased corres-
pondence with our college friends and the Alumnus
is the only tie we have." We appreciate this encourage-
ment. IncidentalJN'. plans are under way to appoint
class reporters. In the meantime Mrs. Peg Ernst, sec-
retary in the alumni office, is doing an excellent job
finding and organizing items for susquehannans on
P.VKADF..
o o o
Whde visiting in llollidaysburg recently it teas my
pleasure to chat with Mrs. Anna Humphrey, former
dietitian at S. ('.. tclio lives in a comfortable collage on
the grouiuls of lite Eastern Allegheny Lulheran Home.
In addition to reminiscing about the difficult times the
football Iraining table used to give the dining room
staff, we talked about many of the alumni "Ma" remem-
bers. She asked us to extend greetings to all who
passed through Uorton l')ining Hall during her 25 years
of .service.
o o o
Many of you have visited someone who is bed-
fast in hopes you can cheer them up and instead come
awa\' knowing they did more for you than you for
them. This was my e.xperience during a recent visit
to Dr. Frank Boyer '14 in Mifflinburg. We are very
happy to announce that, after suffering a stroke, he is
progressing very well.
O 0 o
Two /!(■(( dorniilories will be open on cam))us in
September 7.967. Al thai linu' some 300 students ivill
be admitted to the freshman class. This is a significant
increase over previous years and Suscjuclumna is de-
pending upon its alumni lo he even more helpful in
channeling sirong students to iheir alma malcr. NOW
is the finw to introduce the name of Susquehanna to
your relatives, students, parishioners, friends, neigh-
bors, and associates. Offer to bring them and their
parents to ihe campus and. if possible, notify us of
your plans so ihat wc can help make proper arrange-
mcnls to receive you.
o o o
More than 40 letters were sent to aluiiiiii who at-
tended .Alumni Day seeking their opinions and sug-
gestions for future programs. All readers of this col-
umn are encouraged to share their thinking concerning
this event with us so that we can plan activities in-
creasinglv suited to the needs and desires of Susque-
hannans.
0 0 0
INFORMATION has been the byword in the
alumni office for the past year. Through publications,
personal contact, club meetings (13 this spring), Home-
coming. Alumni Day. and other special gatherings, we
have endeavored to inform almnni of a new era. The
time is fasi approaching when information mu.st be
tran.iferred into (Ulion. Opportunities for giving of
gifts, time, and energy will be presented to many with-
in the next iiidiilhs and years. Wc arc well aware that
miracles do luit happen without work, and work we
must. All officers of the association and mendjcrs of
Ihe staff will extend even greater efforts so that Sus-
(jueluuuui's dreams miuj come true. May we count on
you for help?
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Deacon Sweeley
Deacon Sweeley Retires
Thanks to Larry Baker 22 of
Coraopolis, Pa., the akimni office
learned recently that H. Donald
"Deacon" Sweeley '21 was retiring
after 40 \'ears of coaching. The
Deacon, fabulous football quarter-
back, captained football, baseball
and basketball teams at S. U. (be-
sides serving as class treasurer).
Through correspondence with
one of S. U.'s neatest athletes we
learned he has had nian>^ outstand-
ing experiences. Two which stand
out in his mind most vividly aie
the 1-0 basketball victor)' over
Horner, 111. in a state elimination
tournament while coaching at
Georgetown, 111., and the use of
tennis shoes b\ his 1926 football
team to win a game on frozen turf
(this antedates George Halas's
famous experiment with the Chi-
cago Bears ) . Ripley and Hiss car-
ried the first item in their col-
umns.
The Deacon was last on campus
in the summer of 1957 when he
and Larry returned for a reunion
of World War I veterans. They
claim a barrel of cider confiscated
from the Isle of Que still lies bur-
ied under the football grandstand.
Perhaps when new stands are
FROSH CLASS FULL
The Class of 1964, which begins
Freshman Orientation on Septem-
ber 14, 1960, is practically full to
capacity, according to word from
Dan MacCuish. director of admis-
sions. Accepted thus far are 241
first-yeai- students.
Nine states and the District of
Columbia will be represented with
Pennsyhania supplying 179 of the
freshmen. New Jersey will have
the liighest out-of-state enrollment
with 37. New York follows with
12, and Connecticut with .3. Otiier
states represented will be Dela-
ware, Florida. Maryland, Ohio
and West Virginia.
Of the total. 151 have chosen a
Liberal Arts program, 67 will study
in the Business Division, and 20
plan to pursue a music curriculum.
Susquehanna expects a total en-
rollment for 1960-61 of about 665
students. With the opening of two
new dormitories in the fall of 1961
this total will probably reach 750.
erected we can call the Deacon to
"open the keg."
Those wishing to contact the
former S. U. athlete may address
their mail to H. Donald Sweeley,
Paris, Illinois.
Library Starts
Gift Program
The Susfjui'haniia Uni\crsity Li-
brary last month inaugurated a
plan for gift opportunities in the
form of Mi'niorial Books.
Memorial Books ma\' be donated
to the Librar\' by anyone. The
donor may choose the titles him-
self or leave this decision to the Li-
brary Committee. In any case,
however, titles are to be approved
by the donor before purchase is
made by the Library staflF. This
procedure is designed to assure that
Memorial Books will be of a nature
having permanent or near-perma-
nent value. Thus, they will remain
on the librar\' shelves for many
years to come.
A specially-designed bookplate
will be placed inside the front cov-
er of each book donated for this
purpose. The bookplate will carry
the name of the person memorial-
ized as well as the name of the
donor.
Interested persons or groups may
contact Miss Hilda Kolpin, librar-
ian of Susquehanna University.
I benefit myself in aiding him.
— Sophocles
GAY NINETIES, ANYONE?
Blair Heaton '42, athletic coach and instructor in matliemat-
ics at S. U., has a pretty gay summer in store for himself. No
doubt many alumni will want to stop off to see him— Blair is
managing a Gay Nineties-inspired resort called "Adventure
Village."
Adventure Village is located about 10 miles west of Atlantic
City, N. J. on the Black Horse Pike near the racetrack. The
amusement area is said to be complete with oldtime buildings
including the Town Hall and the Pink Garter Saloon— and a
train and antique automobile to carry children around the
grounds.
Employees, among them 10 S. U. students on summer jobs,
are dressed in costumes in keeping with the (old) times.
JUNE 1960
15
Whitey Keil Quits Football Post
Henry J. "Wliitey" Keil '39, head
fooball coach at Susquehanna Uni-
versity since 1955, resigned his post
in May "to de\ote full-time to ex-
panding business interests in north-
em New Jersey." The popular and
colorful coach is president of Hen-
ry Keil & Sons, a family heating and
air conditioning firm in Fort Lee,
N.J.
.\nnounccment of Keil's decision
not to return to Selinsgrove for the
1960 Crusader football season came
from Susquehanna President Gus-
tave W. Weber following a meet-
ing of the football squad and ath-
letic staff. At the meeting, athlet-
ic committee representative Dr.
Russell W. Gilbert read aloud
Coach Keil's letter of resignation
to the President.
Keil's communication expressed
warm appreciation for the support
and cooperation given him during
his five-year tenure at S. U. by
President Weber, Business Manag-
er Bernard W. Krapf, and Former
President G. Morris Smith, as well
as members of the team, assistant
coaches, faculty, and student body.
He said that his decision to re-
sign was made with great reluct-
ance, but pledged continuing loy-
alty to Susquehanna, its develop-
ment, and its athletic program.
In announcing the coach's action,
President Weber stated, "The ad-
ministration accepts Mr. Keil's res-
ignation with sincere regret. Our
coach has been a good coach— and
more. He has had a vitalizing in-
fluence upon our athletic program
and upon the lives of the athletes
who played under him. We shall
certainly miss him at Susquehanna.
"The Athletic Committee will
meet very shortly to consider appli-
cations for a successor. Further
announcement will be made after
a decision is reached."
Coach Keil
Keil's overall record as head men-
tor at S. U. stands at 15 wins, 18
losses, and no ties. Last season's
team compiled a 4-3 record — the
Crusaders' first winning season
since 1952— and rolled up 196
points, highest intercollegiate total
in the school's history.
Too small to play high school
football, Keil began his gridiron
career while an undergraduate at
Susquehanna, where he became a
standout center. He started coach-
ing and teaching history immedi-
ately after graduation in 1939.
During the past 21 years he has
coached at Wharton, N. J., High
School; Union Hill High School,
Union City, N. J.; Horace Greeley
High School, Chappaqua, N. Y.;
Carthage, 111., College; James Mil-
liken University, Decatur, 111.; Up-
sala College, East Orange, N. J.;
and Susquehanna.
Over the years he has produced
three players who moved up to pro-
fessional ranks: Don Shroycr of
Milliken, who played with the Chi-
cago Bears; Dick Purnell of Sus-
quehanna, who joined the Montreal
Allouettes; and Ralph Ferraro of
Susquehanna, who has been signed
for 1960 by tlie New York Giants.
LYCOMING IS
GRID RIVAL
Susquehanna's 1960 football Cru-
saders, under the tutelage of a
new coach, as yet unnamed, will
open the season against Lycoming
College of Williamsport under the
lights on Saturday, September 24.
The game will be played at Sun-
bury High School Field as a feature
of the first annual Sunbury Kiwan-
is Charities Football Festival,
which begins with a mammoth
parade of high school bands and
special attractions. Game time is
8 p. m.
The Kiwanis committee has an-
nounced that S. U. will be the
permanent home team for such fes-
tivals, now and in the future.
While it is too earl\- to make
predictions for the coming season,
there are high hopes among those
on campus this summer that an-
other winning eleven will repre-
sent the Orange and Maroon. Only
four seniors from last year's high
scoring squad were graduated
May 28.
Co-captains for 1960 are quar-
terback Dick Derrick of Morris
Plains, N. J., and fullback Neal
Rebuck of Dornsife, Pa.
The complete schedule:
Sept. 24— Lycoming Sunbury
Oct. 1— Urstnus Home
Oct. 8— Swarthmore Away
Oct. 15— Upsala Homecoming
Oct. 22— Waynesburg Away
Oct. 29-Wilkes Away
Nov. 5— U. S. Coast Guard,
Cape May Away
Nov. 12-Open
Nov. 19— Dickinson Home
Enlighten fhe people gen-
erally and tyranny and
oppressions of both mind
and body will vanish like
evil spirits at the dawn of
day.
— Thomas Jefferson
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
CLUB NEWS
BALTIMORE
The meeting scheduled for April
29 had to be canceled when it ap-
peared that the date was not suit-
able to enough persons. The Hev.
J. Leon Haines '40 and his com-
mittee are planning another meet-
ing. All Alumni in the Baltimore
area are asked to watch for furth-
er annoimcement.
CENTRE-UNION
An informal meeting of interested
alumni of Centre and Union Coun-
ties was held in State College on
April 29 at Grace Lutheran Church,
the Rev. Dale Bringman '48, pastor.
Sixteen alumni discussed ways to
make the club more active. Presi-
dent Andrew Kozak '32 and his
officers are hoping to plan a fall
meeting.
HARRISBURG
Thirty alumni and friends of the
Harrisburg District Club met at the
Dutch Pantry in Camp Hill on Ap-
ril 2L President Weber, Dean Re-
uning and Don VVissinger reported
briefly on their respective activi-
ties at the University. A question
and discussion period followed the
reports.
The club was host to two pro-
spective students, Norman Harris
and Don Green. Dr. John L Wood-
ruff attended as the guest of Jerry
D. Bogar .x"99.
Baseball Team Loses Six Squeakers
Ken James of Glen Rock, Pa., begun in 1960, a number of the
hardest Susquehanna hitter of re- team members should develop into
cent years, belted tliree home runs higher - scoring performers next
in 1960 to lead the Northern Divi- vear.
sion of the Middle Atlantic Con- j^^^ season's spring sports rec-
ference. The 6-3 first baseman ords-
graduated with the senior class on
* ,„ BASEBALL
May 28. S. U. Opp.
Susquehanna ranked fourth in Lycoming 1 2
Wilkes 4 5
home run team honors in the divi- Dickinson 4 5
sion with a total of five. Two S. U. Albright 7 8
baseballers made ranking among Lycoming 7
, 1. . . • , 1. . 1. . 1 1 Lycoming 12 13
the division s leading mdividuai Scranton 10 14
batting averages — Larry Upde- Jmiiata 5 13
grove, 7th with ..379 and John ^^\''\, ^c ,?
T 1 ,1-1 1 r,,r> Bucknell 8 li
Luscko, 15th With .340. Gettysburg 7 8
The baseball team, under Coach TENNIS
Bob Bastress, chalked up a 2-9 re- S. U. Opp.
cord for the season— with six of the Wilkes 3 6
, , , Lycommg 4 5
nme games lost by only one run. Dickinson 1 8
Two games on the original sched- Albright 0 9
ule were rained out. Juniata 5 4
Wilkes 4 5
Coach A. A. Stagg Jr.'s tennis Rutgers of South Jersey 7 0
team won two matches and lost six, Lycoming 3
with two rained out. TRACK
S .U.'s first track team in 18 >^ars J^- ^^' ^^^- ^^^ ,,,.^
failed to win any meets, but did lay s. U. 32
some good groundwork for things Washington, 77; Western Maryland, 47)^;
S U 37/"
to come. Coach Blair Heaton is Dickinson, 99; S. U., 27.
confident that with the training MAC Meet at Gettysburg: S. U., 3/7
Top, at Harrisburg: Mrs. Guy Bogar, Jerry
D. Bogar Jr. x'99. Dr. John I. Woodruff
'88, Guy M. Bogar '21. Center, Phila-
delphia, first row; Catherine Weaver '15,
Alice Weaver '15, Anita Downs '29. Sec-
ond row: Gertrude Weaver '15, M. Mar-
ian Weaver '19; Prudence Wilson Weaver
'28, Frank W. Weaver '29. Bottom, at
Lehigh Valley, Dr. Joseph L. Hackenburg
'20 and his wife head the chow line at
the Isaacs home.
A brief business meeting was
held and it was decided to sponsor
a play at Allenberry on August 29.
All alumni in the area are encour-
aged to support the project.
JOHNSTOWN
Thirty-nine alumni and guests
attended the spring meeting at the
Green Gables in Jennerstown on
April 30. President Mary Lizzio
Govekar '47 introduced the speak-
er, George Tamke, who discussed
publications and public relations at
Susquehanna. Don Wissinger spoke
briefly about recent improvements
JUNE 1960
17
on campus and showed slides of
campus scenes.
During tlie business meeting it
was decided to turn decisions con-
cerning a theatre party and use of
scholarship funds over to the new
executive committee. Newly elect-
ed officers are: Ernest F. Walker
'21, president; Llo\ d T. \\'ilson '20,
vice president; Alma Long '22, sec-
retary; Frank C. Fetterolf '48,
treasurer.
LEHIGH VALLEY
The Lehigh Valley District Club
held a covered-dish supper at the
home of Mr. '43 & Mrs. Larry Isaacs
'45 on April 23. Twenty-five al-
umni and guests attended. Don
Wissinger described the latest de-
velopments on campus and showed
slides of campus scenes. Lewis
Howells '37, president, conducted
the business session.
LEW I STOW N
The District Alumni Club held
its first meeting in eight years at
the Lewistown Country Club on
May 3. President Weber present-
ed the administration's plan for in-
creased student enrollment, en-
larged physical facilities and rich-
er curriculum ofi^erings. Many
questions by those present denot-
ed a new interest among Lewis-
town alumni.
President Harry Thatcher con-
ducted a business meeting in which
the following officers were elected
for the coming year: Maurice C.
Sheaffer '32, president; Robert Fel-
lows '47, vice president; PhyUis
Swartz Derr '49, secretary; Esther
Cressman '20, treasurer; Joyce Bot-
torff SheaS^er '49, representative to
E.xecutive Committee.
Other alumni present were Har-
ry B. Thatcher '41, Al Derr '48, Mr.
& Mrs. D. B. Moist '02, Joy Mc-
Cahan SheafiFer '51, Faith Harbeson
McNitt '41, Mrs. Samuel AlHson,
Mary A. McCoy '16, Janet Long
'40, Anna Mease Wagner '36, Laen-
tena McCahan x'28, Elmira Sassa-
man Dean '41.
NORTH JERSEY-NEW YORK
The North Jersey-New York Dis-
trict Club held a dinner dance at
the Peacock House, Little Falls,
N. J. on April 2. Eighty-five alumni
and guests were present. Jake
Spangler '52 conducted a brief
business meeting, at which time
Larry Isaacs. General Alumni As-
sociation president, extended greet-
ings and reported on the organiza-
tion's activities. Alumni Director
Don Wissinger talked on the re-
sponsibility of alumni and brought
the group up-to-date on latest
campus developments. The rest
of the evening was devoted to
dancing and renewing friendsliips.
Committee chairmen appointed
were: Constitution, Mr. & VIrs.
Dick Lindemann '48; Publicit\\ Ken
Small '50; Program, Mr. '51 & Mrs.
Roger Howling '50; Representative
Top, at York- Hanover: Dr. Lawrence C.
Fisher '31, Richard C. Smith Jr. '58, Mrs.
Smith. Bottom, at North Jersey-New
York: President Jake Spangler '52 (stand-
ing I directs work of Henry S. Cook '56,
secretary; Madaline Lease Cook '53
treasurer; Frank A. Zeidler '48, vice
president; Ruth Williams Zeidler '47.
to Alumni Council. Mr. '50 & Mrs.
Ray Hoclistuhl "52.
PHILADELPHIA
Fifty-four aliumii and guests at-
tended the spring meeting on .\pril
22 at the Poor Ricliard Club, Phil-
adelphia. President Weber inform-
ed the group of the latest develop-
ments on campus and \\hitey Keil
presented an interesting view of
S. U.'s football program. Bob Pit-
tello, assistant football coach, was
present as a guest and Don \\'is-
singer showed color slides of school
scenes to the group.
Items of business included the
setting of Oct. 8 as the date for an
informal dinner and meeting to fol-
low the S. U.-Swarthmore football
game. The club also voted to for-
ward $100 to the University to be
placed in the Aliunni Building
Fund.
A new set of directors was elect-
ed: Frank Weaver '29, Editli Frank-
enfield Cramer "34, Harold E. Shaf-
fer '40.
READING
The Reading Club held its spring
meeting on May 14 at the Steak
House near Adamstown on Route
222. President Ralph Geigle pre-
sided at the meeting where Mr. &
-Mrs. Roy Bilger '49 and Ron Krick
and Ed Goodwin, two members of
the West Reading basketball team,
were honored guests. \A'est Read-
ing, under Roys leadership, has
captured PIAA Class C State
Championship honors for two con-
secutive years.
S. U.'s basketball coach John
Barr congratulated the guests on
their fine achievement and spoke to
tlie group concerning Susquehan-
na's athletic program and basket-
ball fortunes. Don Wissinger show-
ed slides of the campus and dis-
cussed the drawings of tlie propos-
ed Science Building and Ci\'mnas-
ium. Dr. George Robison, pro-
fessor of mathematics at Susque-
hanna, extended greetings and told
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
of new interests in mathematics
and science.
The new officers elected for the
coming year were: W. Frank Lau-
denslayer '39, president: Dr. Ralph
W. Tietbohl '49, vice president;
Sue Foltz Tietbohl "51, secretary;
Richard Calm '58, treasurer.
Other aliunni present were Allen
C. Tressler '29, Isabel Tewkesbury
Laudenslayer '39, Mark R. Guthrie
'38, Lenora Spotts Guthrie '39
Mary Rosendale Bucolo .\'57, Les-
ter Rudisill '58, Herbert G. Hoh-
man .32.
It was decided to continue in\i-
tations to Lancaster alumni, but not
incorporate Lancaster into the club
name until more people are con-
tacted or designate interest in join-
ing the club.
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Sixty-fi\'e alumni and guests, the
largest niunber in recent years, at-
tended the April 4 spring banquet
at the Blue Hill Restaurant. Mau-
reen Da\enport, accompanied by
Lloyd Wolf, sang se\'eral musical
selections. University President
Gusta\'e W. Weber spoke to the
group concerning developments
since last spring and also gave
some insight into future plans for
further physical and academic
growth.
The newly elected officers are:
J. Donald Steele '33, president;
James Peters "49, vice president;
Marjorie Spogen '50, secretary; Al-
bert Potteiger '20, treasurer.
The club presented a bronze
plaque to Dr. Weber in honor of
completion of his first year as
President of the Uni^•ersity.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Susquehanna's newest alumni
club met April 8 at the Hot Shoppe
in Universit>- Park, Md. Paul M.
Haines '3L chairman pro tem of
an organization committee, was
master of ceremonies. Dr. Weber
brought the news of Susquehanna's
new era to 20 alumni and friends
in the Washington District. The
club's first elected officers are: Paul
M. Ihiines '31, president; William
E. Royer '33, vice president; George
S. Oberdorf '35, secretary- treasur-
er.
Members of the Executive Com-
mittee are Howard Lukehart '31,
Ken Jones '52, and Charles Mason
Jr. '53. Other alumni present were:
Helen \\'ebb Zeller "16, Raymond
E. Shaheen "37; Caroline Ruther-
ford Mason '53, Alvin T. Barber
'31, Don Derr '50, Betty Reisch
Jones "48.
WILLIAMSPORT
The \Mlliamsport Club held its
spring meeting April 19 at the Vill-
age Tea Room. Nine alumni were
present to hear George Tamke, di-
rector of public relations, discuss
S. U.'s publications and Don Wiss-
inger report on the work of the
Alumni Office and Alumni Associ-
ation.
.'Vt a brief business meeting these
officers were elected: David Ben-
nett '53, president; James B. Pearce
"40, vice president; Ruth E. Osbom
'54, secretary-treasurer.
Otliers present were: Howard II.
Solomon '47, Donald C. Berningcr
'52, Dr. Joseph F. Campana '41,
Preston H. Smith "38, Mary Landon
Russell '.36, LaRuc C. Shcmpp "36.
YORK
The York District Club held its
annual spring meeting at Abbotts-
town on .April 20. Fifty-fi\c' alum-
ni and friends heard President
Weber tell of acKancemcnts since
last spring. Four students from the
music division presented several
string numbers and vocal solos.
During the business meeting the
scholarship program was reviewed
and a decision was made to turn
over to the Uni\ersity the selection
of the Hoober Scholarship recip-
ients. Eight other scholarships
were continued by the club. The
following officers were elected for
the coming year: Edwin M. Clap-
per "34, president; Walter M. Hertz
"36. vice president; Dorothy Strine
Bowers '30, secretary; Patricia
Heathcote '52, treasurer; Lawrence
C. Fisher '31, Executive Board
member.
S. U. WEDDINGS
KAUFFMAN-FAUST
Ann Faust to the Rev. Clyde Ratj
Kauffman '58 Thanksgiving Day, 1958.
They reside at 40 West Grand Ave., Tow-
er City, Pa.
SEIPLE-VVOLF
Twilfi Wolf '5.9 to Allan Seiple August
24. 19.59. They are hving at 747!2 Barris
Drive, Fullerton, California.
WALTERS-MARTIN
Patricia Ann Martin .r'.5.9 to Stephen
Earl \\'alters February 14, 1960. They
are living in St. Petersburg, Fla. Pat was
graduated from Geisinger Memorial
Hospital School of Nursing in 1959 and
is employed by Mound Park Hospital in
St. Petersburg. She is the granddaugh-
ter of Dr. John J. Woodruff '88 with
whom she resided while attending Sus-
quehanna.
HORNER-WARNETS
Audrey Mae Warnets '54 to Charles
Thomas Horner May 7, 1960 in St. Jolin's
Evangelical United Brethren Church,
State College, Pa. Audrey is secretary
in the Agricultural Experiment Station
at Penn State University. The couple
will conduct a furniture and gift shop
during the evenings at their country
house at R. D. #2, Spring Mills, Pa.
OLBRICH-REAMER
Thiry E. Reamer '57 to Paul D. Ol-
brich '59 May 7, 1960 in Laurelton, Pa.
Lutheran Church. Lee Erholm Smith '58
was matron of honor. Harry F. Haney,
Jr. '59 served as usher. Lavan R. Rob-
inson, assistant professor of music at
Susquehanna, was soloist and was ac-
companied b\- Jean Harner '60.
RENSHAW-KELL
Sliirley Ann Kell to John L. Rcn.'ihaw
'58 May 7, 1960. Wayne W. Rtitz '58
served as best man. Gary L. Crum '58
and John H. Anthony '58 were ushers.
Harry "Bucky" Clark '59 was organist.
Mr. Rcnshaw is associated with Ritter,
JUNE 1960
19
Todd and Haayen, pubbc accounting
fimi in Harrisburg. The couple will re-
side at 320 Manchester Road, High-
land Park, Camp Hill, Pa.
VOUGHT-ADAMS
Mary Ann Adams x'61 to Donald C.
X'ought May 21, 1960 in First Lutheran
Church, Mifflinburg, Pa. The couple is
residing at 22 St. Louis Street, Lewis-
burg, Pa.
WEIKEL-ROMAIN
Pearl V. Romain to Gail R. Weikel '58
May 2L I960, in Trinity Lutheran
Church, Dalmatia, Pa. The Rev. John J.
Weikel '22, the bridegroom's fatlier per-
formed the double ring ceremony. Mr.
Weikel is Music Therapy Supervisor at
the Marlboro State Hospital in New Jer-
sey.
KEIL-HALL
Betty Johnston Hull '38 to Henry J.
Keil '39 May 29, 1960 in Advent Luth-
eran Church, New York City. The Rev.
John Gensel '40 perfonned tlie ceremony.
The couple is Uving at Rosetree Gardens,
726 Broad Avenue, Ridgefield, N. J.
SHOWALTER-SIERER
Nancy Louise Sierer x'60 to Gerald R.
Showalter May 29, 1960 in St. John's
Lutlieran Church, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
Nancy attended Susquehaima for two
years and graduated from Shippensburg
State College. She has accepted a teach-
ing position begirming next fall in the
first grade in the Everett Joint School
System. They live in Loysbiu-g, Pa.
BORN CRUSADERS
To Mr. '52 and Mrs. William Pritchard,
a daughter, Kymberly Ann, January 19,
1960. R. D. #2, Dutton Mill Road,
Malvern, Pa. K)inberly Ann was mis-
takenly named the daughter of William
Pritchard '40 in the last issue of Susque-
hanna Alumnus.
To Janet Snyder Ness i'59 and Harold
F. Ness, a son, Steven Michael, May 5,
1959. R. D. #1, Etters, Pa.
To Mr. '50 and Mrs. Louis F. Santan-
gelo, a daughter, Susan Ashley, June
1959. P. O. Bo.x 559, VVinsted, Conn.
To Mr. '51 and Mrs. Gardiner Marek,
a son, Gardiner Marek Jr., August 2,
1959. Gardiner has a little sister, Lynn
Ann, born December 11, 1956. Mr.
Marek is currently stationed in London,
England with tlie U. S. Navy and has
requested that we enroll his two children
for future S. U. classes. U. S. NAVSUP-
PACTS \A\Y 100, Box 82 FPO, N. Y.,
N. Y.
To Loreen Kline Close x'60 and Robert
E. Close, a second son, Douglas Henry,
August 12, 1959. .McClurc, Pa.
To Kay Kline Koch x'58 and Frank
Koch, a son, Bradley David, August 21,
1959. Bradley has a little sister. Marci,
who will be 3 in September. H. D. al,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
To Frank and .Marvel Cowling; Rob-
inson '53, a daugliter, Sharon Elizabeth,
August 31, 1959. 32-i Revere Road,
Drexel Hill, Pa.
To Ella Jane Koch Kunklc .x'60 and
A. Gerald Kunkle '60, a daugliter, Elaine,
September 19.59. 510 Broad St., Apt. 4,
Carlstadt, N. J.
To Joyce and Richard C. Stnitli Jr. .58,
a son, Richard C, III, October 10, 1959.
1 East Canal Street, Dover, Pa.
To Lois Dauberman Schultz '48, and
WiUiani C. Schultz, a second daughter,
Cathy Sue, December 7, 1959. Tanney
Street, R. D. #2, Bellefonte, Pa.
To Jeanne Krogh Keener x'56 and
Seth E. Keener Jr. '56, a second son,
Shane Edward, December 8, 1959. 4319
Orchard Hill Road, Harrisburg, Pa.
To Catherine Byrod Whitman '44 and
Clayton K. Whitman, a second son, Craig,
February 26, 1960. 335 Pine Street,
Steelton, Pa.
To Carol Lee Kogel Valentine x'58 and
Don Valentine, idential twin sons, Robert
Paul and Roger Scott, April 8, 1960. The
Valentines are living in Newton Centre,
Mass., a suburb of Boston, where Don
is finishing his second year at Andover
Newton Theological School.
To Gloria Beaver Mincemoyer x'60 and
Ray H. Mincemoyer, a son, Darryl Ray,
April 10, 1960. Darryl's sister, Debra
Ann, was born March 17, 1959. 538
Chestnut Street, Mifihnburg, Pa.
To Loretta Wise Hoffman a:'55 and
Gartl) Hoffman, a third son, Mark David,
Easter Sunday, April 17, 1960. 101 Ed-
ison Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
To Eleanor "Nory" Saveri Wise '39
and tlie late Richard A. Wise, a daughter,
Elizabeth Jane, May 4, 1960. Baby
Elizalietii has three sisters, Teresa, Sara
and Katliryn and two brothers, Richard
and Edward. 435 S. Twelftii St., Leb-
anon, Pa.
To Lucian Smith Leach '54 and Clay-
ton E. Leach Jr. ',56, a son Clayton Earl
Leach III, May 24. 1960. Box 182, Salis-
bury, Pa.
DEATHS
Dr. George K. Swartz '20, foniicrl>' of
St. Louis, Mo., December 20, 1958. His
famih- now lives in Fort M>crs, Fla.
The Rev. Ralph D. Hinkelman '15,
Willianisport, Pa., April 25, 1959. At
the time of Pastor Hinkelman's death he
was serving Mt. Carniel Methodist
Cliiircli.
Ernest H. Stuempfle '26, Meyersdale,
Pa., August 7, 1959. He had been a
teaciier and coach before becoming prin-
cipal of the Meyersdale Junior-Senior
High School.
The Rev. Dr. John B. Rupley, '13,
Dalton, Neb., in early 1960.
Richard A. Wise Sr., Lebanon, Pa.,
March 9, 1960. He was the husband of
Eleanor Saveri Wise '39, who survives
with their sLx children.
Paul Shreckengast x'37 of Millheim
Pa., March 11, 1960. He was a linotype
operator in State College. He is survived
b\- his wife Bett> North Shreckengast
and a daughter.
Mrs. Carol K. Kline of Green\ille, Pa.,
formerly of Selinsgrove, March 19, 1960.
-■\ graduate of Hood College in 1917, she
served as housemother of Hassinger Hall,
Susquehanna L^niversity from 1946 mitil
1955 when she accepted a similar posi-
tion at the Reformed Clnu'cli Oriihanage
in Greenville, Pa. She lield this position
until her retirement in October 1959.
The Rev. Dr. Ira S. Sassaman '09, Mc-
Lean, Va., March 27, 1960. Dr. Sassa-
man was a rehgious leader with a state-
wide reputation in Penns)lvania. He
held advanced degrees from Pennsyl-
vania State L'ni\ersit>' and tlie Uni\ersity
of Pittsburgh. Susquehanna awarded him
the D.D. degree in 1921. He was author
of magazine articles and pamphlets on
Christian education and temperance sub-
jects and received national and interna-
tional recognition in such vohinies as
"Biographical Encyclopedia of the
VV'orld, " "Wlio's Who in the Ministry,"
"Who's Who in the East," and "Wlio's
Who in Pennsylvania." Surviving are
his wife, a daughter and tliree sons, in-
cluding the Re\'. Robert S. x'36 and Ira
C. '31.
.Mrs. Ella Reimherr of Middlcburg, Pa.,
March 28, 1960. She made her home
with her son Dr. Otto Reimherr, assistant
professor of philosophy and religion at
Susquehanna, and his wife.
Mrs. .Anna Kalliryn Decker McClellan
'27, Miiilui, Pa., Marcli 30, 1960. Mrs.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
McClellan taiiglit scliool for a muiiher of
years in Mifflin and Juniata Counties
and \\as a member of the Penns\l\ania
State Education Association. Surxivors
are her husband and her mother.
The Rev. Dr. G. Blair Harman '20,
Altoona, Pa., April 3, 1960. Dr. Hiinnan
served Lutlieran pastorates at Millers-
ville, Duncans\-ille, and St. Paul's, Johns-
town, until retiring in 1956. He served
as president and secretar>' of tlie Alle-
gheny Conference, Central PennsyKania
Synod of the ULCA and was a member
of Synods student education committee.
He also was awarded tlie D.D. degree
from the university in 1956. In addition,
he served as personnel director of the
Allegheny Lutlieran Home, Hollidays-
burg. Dr. Haniian is survived b\' his
wife. Lulu Fetterolf Harman 'IS; one son,
George; and two daughters, Mrs. Eva-
line \'aughn and Ruth Christiitc Harman
Engle "53.
The Res. Haneij M. Erb '24, Pitts-
burgh, Pa., April, 1960. He served as
pastor of Messiali Lutheran Church in
Pittsburgh for 15 years. His widow and
a son survive.
Lewis R. Lenhart '14, BeUefonte, Pa.,
May 1, 1960. Mr. Lenliart was fomier
Center County assistant superintendent
of schools and retired from the field of
education in 1957. Prior to this time
he taught school, served as administrator
and was principal of State College High
School. He was a World War I veteran
and served overseas, where he was a
prisoner of war. His wife, Rosalie Mc-
Cormick Lenhart '14 survives.
Clayton E. Leach Sr., Selinsgrove, Pa.,
May 6, 1960. Mr. Leach had been as-
sociated with the First National Bank
of Selinsgrove for 35 years and was
cashier of the institution for 22 years.
He was a veteran of World War I serv-
ice In France with the Field Artillery,
and was an active church worker as well
as civic \\T)rker. Three sons survive,
including Clayton E. Jr. '56 and Dr. John
R. '47, former member of the music fac-
ulty.
Dr. Isaac D. App '05, Ehzabethville,
Pa., May 21, 1960. Dr. App was widely
known in state education circles and
served as Dauphin County superintend-
ent of schools for 32 years. He was an
active historian and a member of the
Snyder County and Dauphin County His-
torical Societies. It was his grandfather,
John App, who donated some of the
land on which the college now stands.
Dr. App received the Doctor of Peda-
gogy degree from Susquehanna in 1940.
Susquehannans on Parade
l'luito.\ of reunion cla.sses which met on May 7 arc
included in this section — all, that is, except 1940.
They said they'd break the camera. They mu.it've!
'88
Dr. John 1. Woodruff was reelected
to the Board of Directors of Selins-
gro\e"s Snyder County Trust Company
at a January stockliolders meeting. Also
reelected were Dr. G. M. Bogar x'lO
and Ridiih Witincr '15.
EMERITI
x'98
Frank .A. Eyer recently celebrated the
50th anniversary of the founding of the
Middlecreek Valley Telephone Company.
He formed the company and assumed
the position as its chief executiv'e in
April 1910.
'11
The Rev. W. R. Fitzgerald is 1960
Fimd campaign chainnan for the Red
Cross in Snyder County, Pa.
'15
CLASS OF 1910
'17
Paul K. Jarrett tennined 40 years of
teaching this June. He served in the
Army Ambulance Corps in World War I
following his graduation.
Ira A. Gross has been appointed a
member of the Governor's Committee
on Education formed to study Peimsyl-
vania's Educational System.
'18
Eva P. Herman has been installed as
regent of the Conrad Weiser Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution.
CLASS OF 1915
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy
Margerum App '23 and three daughters.
Dr. James W. Kellogg, Hon. '22, At-
lantic City, N. J., May 25, 1960. He re-
ceived the Sc.D. degree from Susque-
hanna. He was a former director and
chief chemist of the Bureau of Foods and
Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agri-
culture. He was president of a Chicago
vitamin and mineral products sales com-
pany and a past president of the Cen-
tral Atlantic States Association of Food
and Drug Officials.
JUNE 1960
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CLASS
OF 1925
'20
Albert H. Potteiger was elected secre-
tary of tlie Snyder County Branch of the
Pennsylvania State Education Association.
'21
Dr. Mildred E. Wiimton, an associate
secretar>' of the United Lutlieran Church
in America Board of Higher Education,
has been named director of tlie denomin-
ation's Lay Workers Placement Service.
The Rev. Joseph M. Janson, who pass-
ed away in 1955, was honored by a me-
morial placjuc placed in Trinity Lutheran
Church. Siuiburv.
'22
The Rev. Lester J. Kaufman, 604
Cleveland Avenue, LilK-, Pa., was in-
stalled as pastor of Lilly-Gallitzin Lu-
theran Parish January 17, 1960. Pastor
Kaufman is a World War II veteran and
holds the rank of major in tlie Anny
Reserve.
Winston "Pat" Eincrick recently receiv-
ed publicity in The Johnstown Tribime-
Democrat as owner of a famous drumhead
which is a souvenir from World War I.
Pat used the drum while playing in a
well-known jazz band which performed
before many celebrities during the war.
Delia Rdwc terminates 42 years of ser-
vice as an elementary teacher in Penn
Township tliis June.
'24
Rarhil M. Wliited. who is retiring af-
ter 42 years of teaching, was recently
honored at a banquet held at tlie White
Star Hotel, Jennerstown. Pa.
'25
Franklin R. Kerlin is retiring from 46
years of teaching service, 39 of which
were in tlie city of Harrisburg.
'27
The Re\-. Bert E. Wijnn of State Col-
lege, Pa., president of the Central Penn-
sylvania Synod of the United Churcli of
Christ, officiated at tlie merger service of
tlie Evangelical and Reformed and Lutli-
eran Churches at Erdly Church, R. D. 2.
Middleburg. Pa.
'28
Mrs. Lonise Boyer Hewitt is serving
on a committee which is studying the
possibility of conducting an elementary
school evaluation program in Selins-
grove.
Elizabeth Kaufman, deceased in 1957,
has been honored by die Future Nurses
Club of Conemaugh Township which has
been named in her honor. A sister,
Esther Kaufman Lucas '3S and a brother,
the Rev. Jerome B. Kaufman '28 are Sus-
quehanna alumni.
'29
William O. Roberts, supervisor of
music in the Wilkes-Barre Schools
served as guest conductor of tin- Soutli-
trn District Chorus at Green Park Union
Higii Scliool. Participants in the con-
certs represented 57 high schools in
nine counties. Roberts is president of
the Eastern Divison of the Music Edu-
cators National Conference and was re-
centl)' appointed chainuan of the new
curriculum Re\ ision Committee for Penn-
sylvania.
The Rex. Charles /. Rowc annount'cd
his resignation as pastor of Tritidle
Spring Lutheran Church, Mechanies-
burg. Pa., after having ser\ed for nearly
20 >ears. He has accepted a call from
the Board of American Missions, ULCA,
to form a new parish in Venice, Fla.
The Rev. John F. Stamm is now serv-
ing as pastor of tlie First Methodist
Chiircli in Lcuistowii.
'31
Dr. Horace C. Geisel is serving as
teclinical officer of the Harrisburg Cen-
sus Bureau office.
'32
Herman F. Fenstermacher was elect-
ed president of the Pennsylvania and
Atlantic Seaboard Hardware Association.
He operates a hardware store in Ta-
UKKllia.
'33
Tlie Re\. Park L. W'agcnback. Jolms-
town. Pa., is pastor of Christ Lutlieran
Church, Westmont, which dedicated its
new house of worship in Kebruar\'.
Charles W. Coleman is director of the
Sunbnry Area Senior High School Band
which presented its annual concert in
February.
Dr. Francis R. Geigle received an hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Humane Let-
ters at Lycoming College June 5. He is
chairman of the Business Education De-
partment at Northern Illinois State
Teachers College.
Charles W. Coleman is a representa-
ti\ e-at-large on the executive committee,
PennsyKania Music Educators Associa-
tion.
'34
Mrs. Ruth \elson Sieber, Thompson-
town, Pa., was elected super\'isor of
special education by the Perry Coimty
Board of School Directors. She served
Perry, Juniata and Snyder Counties for
the last two years as supcr\isor of spe-
cial clas.ses.
Col. John W. Olicrdiirf lias finished
a tour of dut\ at Maxwell Air Force
Base. Montgomery. Ala. and was ap-
pointed officer in charge of air science
at the University of California at L.A.,
the largest university unit of tlie .■Vir
Force. John has three children.
Dorothy C. Eastep was elected Iota
ProWncc vice president at the national
convention of Sigma Alpha Iota. Her
work is centered alxiut alumnae chap-
ters in Philadelphia. Selinsgrove, Pitts-
burgli. Washington. D. C. and Norfolk,
\a.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
CLASS OF 1935
The Rew Robert R. Sala is president
of Interdenominational Religions Work
Foundation Inc., which provides lead-
ership for reliilious \\ork in the state in-
stitutions of Virginia. Pastor Sala also
serves Epiphany Lutheran Church in
Riclimond where Governor and Mrs. J.
Lindsey Almond are active members.
'36
The Re\'. Jerome V. Guss, pastor of
Bethany Lutheran Church in Altoona,
was host to President M'eber Sunday,
February 28, when tlie president brought
a message on higher education.
Harhmd Showers was named president
of tlie New Berlin Lions Club.
Charles L. Fasold, principal of Selins-
grove Area Joint High School, addressed
the Snyder County Ciuriculum Rally on
the subject "Instruction Curriculmu and
Class Schedules in a Reorganized High
School." Robert M. Bastress '39 served
as moderator for a panel and Sherman E.
Good '30, principal of West Snyder
High School, extended greetings to the
groups at this meeting.
x'36
The Rev. Robert S. Sassaman has ac-
cepted a call to Memorial Lutheran
Church, York, Pa. He is a former U. S.
Navy chaplain. 893 Southern Road,
York.
'37
Walter ]. VanPoyck is serving as direc-
tor of personnel for Eastern Airlines.
He is currently hving at 3900 S.W. 108th
Street, Miami 56, Florida.
Dr. George N. Wood, 495 N.W'. 80th
Street, Miami, Fla., a retired veteran of
the S. U. business faculty and honorary
alumnus, is 81 years old. Mrs. Wood is
76. They divide their time between a
summer home on Lake Michigan and
dieir liome in Miami. The Woods are
still \ery much interested in Susque-
hanna.
'39
7ci.v M. Kcmbcrling is president of the
Dutch Pantry restaurant chain and the
J. K. Realty Corporation which was
fornied to handle real estate and per-
sonal property of tlie chain. In addi-
tion to the Hmiimel's Wharf, Pa. "par-
ent" unit, the chain now includes eight
other Dutch Pantry restaurants in Penn-
sylvania and four in Florida.
Etnerson L. Derr, instructor of social
studies in tlie Smibury Area High School,
receives his Ph.D. degree at Pennsylvania
State University diis month.
'40
Anna Reeder Heimbach represented
the Selinsgrove Alumnae chapter at a
Sigma Alpha Iota Province Day pro-
gram held at tlie University of Mary-
land. Dorothy Eastep '35 conducted
workshops and eight S. U. chapter mem-
bers were present.
Jack P. Shipe of Herndon, Pa., o\vner
of the American Novelty Works, spent
si.v weeks in Europe during April and
May.
'41
Willard H. Schadel is now teaching
physics in the Henry C. Conrad High
School in Wilmington, Del. As of next
September he has been assigned to teach
in the new John Dickinson High School
of die same school district. Willard and
his wife Hilda Friederick Scliadel '30
have moved to 2711 Bardell Drive, Sher-
wood Park II, Wilmington 8.
Mrs. Maye Snyder Keith, P. O. Box
1572, Poston, Ariz., is teaching all sub-
jects in an Indian school near the Cali-
fornia border.
Maj. John W. Detriek has been trans-
ferred from Minor Air Field in North
Dakota to Clienault Field in Illinois.
Mrs. Katlwrine Dietterh' Rrnion was
guest speaker recently in the \()iitli
Chapel at Chri.st's Lutlieran Chureli,
Lewisburg, Pa. She spoke on "Faitli
in Action." gi\ing an intimate and per-
sonal glimpse of how the Christian faith
can guide and empower a person in
making the most of life's special oppor-
tunities. Mrs, Benion is a prominent
leader in syiiodieal women's work and a
frequent writer for The Lutheran.
x'41
John P. Powell and Mathilda Neii-
doerffer Powell '39 moved from West
Chester, Pa. to Wyekoff, N. J. where John
will work as district manager of the
Fayette R. Plumb Company.
'42
Paul Lantz recently transferred from
tlie U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
where he designed shipboard search
radar antennas to the National Aero-
nautic and Space Administration where
he is associate head of the Radio Sys-
tems Branch. The function of diis or-
ganization is to track artificial eartli
satellites and to receive and translate
die scientific data relayed from satel-
lites back to earth by radio signals.
Paul and his wife Ruth Boyer of Sun-
bury have one boy, 8, Craig Ashton.
Keith Lozo recently joined the staff of
the Naval Ordinance Laboratory in Co-
rona, Calif, where he is an electronics
scientist.
Mrs. June Hendricks Hoke, teacher
of music in the Selinsgrove Area Joint
Schools, directed the operetta "Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs" presented
by die students of die Pine Street Ele-
mentary School in January.
Sanford P. Blough has been named
general manager of die Bell Telephone
Company of Pennsylvania's newly-or-
ganized eastern area.
Donald L. Ford, general agent and
manager of the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company district office,
Greensburg, Pa., is die audior of a news
note called "The Thunderbird."
Robert Workman has been elected
president of the Pennsylvania Band-
masters Association.
x'44
James E. Wert is managing a dental
laboratory and supply house for Levan-
dial Brodiers in Binghaniton, N. Y. Jim,
JUNE 1960
23
his wife Missy (who was secretary in
the S. U. Alumni Office) and their three
cliilchen lia\o nio\ed from Sehnsgrove
to 46 Clevehind Avenue, Binghamton,
N. V.
'45
The Rev. C. V. Leitzel is the author
of the April-June edition of the Augs-
hurg I'niforni Lesson Series for Home,
a Bihle stud\' guide based on the In-
ternational Uniform Sunday School less-
ons.
Bill Hayes has earned his master's and
doctor's degrees from Columbia Univer-
sity.
'47
Mrs. Mary Lizzio Govekar, 40 Main
Street, Coneniaugh, Pa., together with
her sister operates one of the largest
wholesale grocer\' businesses in the
Concmaugh area. Mary's parents Mr.
and Mrs. Nunzie Lizzio are loyal back-
ers of Susquehanna. There isn't a col-
lege event in the area that they do not
attend. A son Alfred Lizzio x'43 died
while a student at Susquehanna. Mrs.
Govekar is president of the Johnstown
Alumni Club.
Ferdinand A. Bongartz, Manchester
Depot, Vt., is lun^pily located in tlie foot-
hills of Mt. Mansfield. The family now
includes Dulci, 9, Lauren, 7, Seth, 5,
Jennifer, 4 and Melissa, 1. Mr. Bongartz
has a woodworking business and teaches
manual training in the high school.
Allen W. Flock, associate professor
of music education at Bucknell LTniver-
sity and vice president of the Pennsyl-
vania Music Educators Association, re-
cently guest-conducted regional high
school band festivals in soutliem New
Jersey and \V'arrior Run, Pa. He also
was coordinator of a Christmas program
of sacred music in Lewisburg, Pa.
'48
Aluysiua V. Derr and PhijUis Siciirtz
Derr '49 are living in Belleville, Pa.,
where Al is production engineer for the
Belleville plant of New Holland Ma-
chine. He is preparing to go back to
school to become a qualified engineer
and Phyllis is planning to become a
certified elementary teacher.
Warry VV. Butts Jr. is western area
manager. Special Financial Division of
the Burroughs Corporation in Micliigau.
He and his wife, the former Ginny /Jo.s.s
'4H, have three daughters.
Hurry Stuart Flickiniier Jr. was re-
elected head football coach at Warrior
CLASS OF 1945
Run, Pa. High School for a trrni of two
years.
Donald P. Rohrhach has been named
manager of marketing research by Shure
Brothers Inc., Evanston, 111.
William S. Clark is editor of Your
Church, a quarterly devoted to church
building, equipment, administration and
finances. Bill, who wrote Part I of "The
Story of Susquehanna University," is also
the author of a new book, "Building tlie
New Church."
'49
Roy Bilger, basketball coach at West
Reading High School, led his team to a
second consecutive PIAA Class C State
basketball champion.ship. One of his
players, Ron Krick, has broken the all-
time high school scoring record.
'50
Dr. Richard \V. Shaffer opened chiro-
practic offices in Dillsburg, Pa.
Ted Clark is now teaching 9th grade
social studies at Brandy\%ine High School
in the Alfred I. Dupont School District
near Wibnington, Del. Ted was chos-
en by his class to be reunion chair-
man for 1965.
Louis Santangelo, Winsted, Conn., is
as.sociated with the C. Lavieri Agency
Inc. as an insurance advisor, counselor,
agent and salesman.
Dr. James (). Ruiiihatigh lias establish-
ed a general medical practice in \ew-
liort, I'a.
John Witouwk: and his wife have been
eleettd b\' the Bedford County, Pa., Ed-
ucational Association as this year's dele-
gatis to the National Convention to be
held at Los Angeles in late June.
x'50
Hanni Glea.son is serving as a social
worker for the Xortliumberland De-
partment of Public .^.ssistance. Before
this assignment Hanni worked in sim-
ilar positions in Johnstown and Greens-
burg and served as a guidance coun-
sel.ir at the Laurelton State Village.
Maj. Robert J. Noll, recently pro-
moted, is assigned to Fort Belvoir, Va.,
as an instructor. While on assignment
iu Panama he c.impleted his studies for
the B.S. degree. Major Noll and Ins
wife have three sons and three daugh-
ters.
'51
Alice Greeger Pfeffer, president ot
S. U.'s Philadelphia District Alumni
Club, is an active member also of that
city's alumnae chapter of Sigma .\lplia
lota.
Thomas O. Staller has been appointed
unit supervisor, claim department, at
tlie Philadelphia office of Aetna Casual-
ty and Surety Company. He joined the
company at Philadelphia five years ago
and has been serving as a claim repre-
sentative.
Shirley A. young, who is laboratory
director for Keebler Biscuit Companv'.
has been elected president of the Phila-
delphia Association of .(Mpha Delta Pi
sorority.
CLASS OF 1950
24
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
'52
Sunt Porter is \\orlving as a research
chemist for Pittsburgh Plate Glass. The
Porters, who reside in Tarentum. Pa.,
have one boy, 11.
7()/iii Takach joined the facuUy at
Springdide, Pa. High School tliree years
ago as a social studies teacher. He is a
member of the coaching staff headed by
Jim Hdzlctt '52.
Gordon Joyce and ]eau McDonald
Joyce '51 are ser\'ing at First Lutlieran
Church in Ridgeway, Pa. Tliey are the
parents of two boys, Philip, 4, and Mike,
2. Pastor Joyce recently visited the
campus with two student prospects.
Russell C. Bartle is manager of the
Cambria County War Memorial Arena,
Johnstown, Pa. Russ was first named
to the arena staff in 19.56. The arena
is a Madison Square Garden t\pe of
structure for athletic e\ents and enter-
tainment.
Route Durden is assistant professor of
music at West Texas State College,
Can\on, specializing in tlie teaching of
woodwinds.
Carl Musser, Kreamer, Pa., was elect-
ed to fill the vacancy of supervisor of
special classes in Perry, Juniata and
Sn>der Counties. He has taken work
in the field of special education at Pemi
State. Mr. Musser had been a teacher
of special education at the Middlebiu-g
elementary schools.
Chester Rowe, basketball coach at
Selinsgro\e Area Joint High School, had
four boys representing Selinsgrove in
tlie Snyder-Union County All-Star Game,
March 17. S. U. Coach John Barr tu-
tored the Snyder County unit. Russell
Hatz of the music faculty chaired one
of the arrangements committees.
The Re\\ David G. Volk accepted a
call to ser\e as pastor of First Lutheran
Church, ^\'indber, Pa. While serving as
assistant pastor of Zion Lutheran Church
in Sunbury, Da\e was president of
the Susquehanna Valley District Alumni
Club.
\ancy Youhon is now teaching in
Manhasset Jr.-Sr. High School, Long
Island. X. Y.
'53
The Rew Ernest L. Bottiger was
elected pastor of Trinity Lutheran
Church, Hazleton, Pa., to succeed the
Rev. H. Clay Bergstresser. For the past
three years he serxed as president of the
Lutheran Mountain Top Pastoral Asso-
ciation, and secretarj- of the Hazleton Dis-
trict, Ministerium of Pennsylvania. Pas-
tor Bottiger is married to the former
Carol Reidler '53.
Richard C. Burley ha.s been promoted
to area sales manager of the Sprout-
Waldron Co. of Montgomery, Pa.
Paid R. Ncstler Jr., Green Lane, Pa.,
recently addressed the S. U. class in
retail merchandising.
Kenneth R. Hill was co-chairman of
the Palm Sunday program presented by
the Selinsgrove Area Chorus. Tlirough
Ken's efforts the program was taped by
WKOK for later broadcast.
x'53
Harry Rice Jr. is an elementary teacher
in Bloomfield, N. J. Following a hitch
in tlie anny he finished his education at
Newark State Teachers College.
Mary Jo Broun .Mter plans to continue
her studies at Tliiel College. Mary Jo
and Ben '51 are living in Linesville, Pa.
'54
Arthur C. Stanifel, Mechanicsburg, Pa.,
spent an afternoon on campus interview-
ing seniors for the Aetna Insurance Com-
pany. Art, who was recently appointed
superintendent of the Harrisburg office,
and his wife ha\e a 2/!-year-old son.
'55
Ivars Avots, following the idea of the
Phi Mu Delta Forum, helped organize
the first annvial Pacific Northwest Master
of Business Administration Formn. Iv-
ars is employed by the Boeing Aircraft
Company in Seattle.
Mrs. Nancy Lee Hermann Snook is
teaching reciuired basal reading in the
Junior High School, 7th and 8th grades
in Ephrata, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Snook
are the parents of a daughter and a son.
Donald S. Haag was transferred by
the Kresge Company as assistant man-
ager of its new store in Miami, Fla.
Don and his wife Carolyn Hester Haag
x'55 are parents of a little girl, Cathy
Lymi. 10901 East Golf Drive, Miami.
'56
Clayton E. Leach Jr. and his wife
Lucian Smith Leach 54 ha\e returned
to Salisbury, Pa. Clayton had been
stationed in Colmnbia, S. C. for two
years with the U. S. Army. While in
Columbia, Mrs. Leach was employed in
the library of the University of South
Carolina. Since returning to Salisbury
Clayton has resumed his duties as a
commercial teacher.
CLASS OF 1955
x'56
David E. Schoch has been selected for
listing in "Who's Who Among Students
in American Universities and Colleges."
He is a dean's list senior at Kutztown,
Pa., State CoUege, majoring in art edu-
cation. Dave attended Susquehanna
for two years before entering the Army
and serving in Germany.
'57
Frank L. Romano is teaching and
coaching at the Pingry School, Eliza-
betlitown, N. J. He is also working on
his master's degree in mathematics at
Stevens Institute. Frank is married to
the former Gail M. Muller .v'.5.9.
David H. Harris was elected pastor of
tlie newlj- formed Mt. Pleasant Mills,
Pa., Lutlieran Parish. A senior at Get-
tysburg Seminary, he will begin duties
on July 1. His wife is Patricia Hons-
hergcr Harris .v'56.
'58
Carolyn Gillaspie, former president of
Sigma Omega Chapter, Sigma Alpha
Iota, has become officially associated
with the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter.
Recreation and music director at Nor-
ristown. Pa., State Hospital, she at-
tended last year's SAI National Conven-
tion at San Francisco with Susan Apgar
'60, present S. U. Chapter president.
Matthew A. Waters is an Army psy-
chologist connected widi "Operation
Coldspot." His job is to measure the
effect of polar environment on die men.
Matt's work has afforded opportunities
to tra\el in Greenland, Antarctica and
Alaska.
Barbara Mottern Quick, R. D. 4,
Mechanicsburg, Pa., \'isited the ofBcc
with her four-month-old son Stephen.
Barbara is a part-time secretary in ad-
dition to being a housewife and mother.
Many w ill remember her as secretary to
Mr. .MacCuish during 1956-57.
JUNE 1960
25
Susan E. Lehman is a caseworker in
Luzerne County for the Pennsyl\ania
Dept. of Public Welfare. 239 Butler
Street, Kingston, Pa.
Lots M. Kohl, Havertown, Pa., was
affiliated as an active member of tlie
Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter of Sigma
Alpha Iota in December.
Robert H. Bartels is now in Gennany
with the U. S. army.
Jill Fuller is working as executive sec-
retary for the Syracuse, N. Y., Travel
Bureau, Inc.
James White is teaching and coaching
baseball at Danville, Pa., High School.
x'59
'59
John T. Baskin has received an assist-
antship in mathematics at Pennsylvania
State University.
Harry "Bucky" Clark is vocal and in-
strumental instructor at Upper Mordand
Junior fligh School. His outside activ-
ities include an organist position, an as-
sociation in broadcasting over WBUX in
Doylestown, Pa., and playing in a dance
band.
William C. Woetker's composition
■■Revelation" was svmg by the S. U.
Chapel Choir in the 1960 Lenten Con-
cert.
William II. Saltern recei\cd special
notice in an issue of the Cape May, N.
J., County News. In an editorial he
was saluted for his work with the Nortli
Wildwood Junior High School Band
after its appearance at .\tlanlii- Cit\\
Gardi'ii Pier.
James Brasted earned his B. A. tlegree
at the l'ni\crsity of Iowa in February
and is no«' v\-orking on his master's de-
gree in political science.
'60
Kciiiiit R. Rilter, who graduated in
January, was promoted to the position of
treasurer of Nellis Industries Inc.. Mc-
Clure, Pa.
/60
liarliarn Brown lias been cappc^d as a
student nur.se following si,\ months'
training at Mt. Sinai Hospital Scliool <it
Nursing, New York City.
x'61
L. Daniel Inners is attending the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh and majoring in
biophysics. His wife, the fonner Rtith
Four cx-members of the Class of 1961
who completed their prc-nursing work at
Susquehanna last year are: Mary W. Eyer,
Chambersburg, Pa.; Suzanne E. Leib,
Northumberland, Pa.; Barbara J. Pontz,
Lancaster, Pa.; Jane B. Myers, Lancaster,
Pa. They are now in the first year
nursing class at Columbia University Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New
York City.
Ross x'59, is working for the Bell Tele-
plioiie Company in its Pittsburgh office.
Dan's father Mr. Lamar D. Inners is as-
sistant professor of accounting at Sus-
(luchanna.
LOST ALUMNI
Name Last Known Address
Harry J. Alilbrandt '09, 61 Hudson St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Joseph M. Almcda '06, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
John Ambicki '31, 227 Ninth Street, Miami Beach, Fla.
Mary Ehzabeth Anderson '23, 523 S. 5.5th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. (Jeorge Anne .\, B 407-Lincoln Apts., Lancaster & Over-
brook, Philadelphia, Pa.
Earle F. Aurand '12, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Charles E. Baer x, 745 E. 11th Ave., Eugene, Ore.
Alfred Bagatini x'45. No Address
Paul N. Baker '31, Espy, Pa.
Mrs. Theodora Rogers Stanford Barrett '28, 631 Wilshire Blvd.,
Santa Monica, Calif.
Louis H. Battcrsby '02, Philadelphia, Pa.
Frank J. Bavitz '28, 64 \V. Church St., Nanticoke, Pa.
Paul Kusscl B<Mver x, Aaronsburg, Pa.
Lloyd F. Bedford '31, Edgewood Road, Binghamton, N. Y.
Harriet Mildred Bell x, 99 Manhatten Street, Ashley, Pa.
Herbert N. Bell '08, 125 N. 25th St., Mt. Penn, Reading, Pa.
Catherine S. Bier '39, 23 Cedar St., Alexanch-ia, Va.
Creston R. Billow x'25, Fairview St., Mt. Joy, Pa.
Frederick William Biltz '13, Y.M.C.A., Reading, Pa.
Keimeth K. Blyler '35, Fallsington. Pa.
Jennie Botdorf '19, 561-21st Ave., Altoona, Pa.
George T. Bowen '29, 70 W. Union St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Marjorie J. Bower '38, Y.W.C.A., Columbus, Ohio.
Leroy N. Bowes, Esq. '12, 1234 N. 41st St., W. Phila., Pa.
Mabel Sue Boyer .x'28, 592 S. Main St., Chambersburg, Pa.
Hilda M. Brennaman x, 209 Montgomery Ave., IIollida\sburg, Pa.
Helen Harris Brooks '44, FUght B 4tli Air Rescue Sqd. March
A.F.B., Calif.
Harrison Brown '07, Pcimsylvania Furnace, Pa.
Carolyn Frantz Brunschwyler x'57, 3717 Chestnut St., Phila.
4, Pa.
The way people move around these days, keeping track of
all our alumni is a big job. You can help by sending us
your new address, when and if. Aho, do you know the
whereabouts of any alwnni listed here? Please let us know.
Name Last Known Address
Katherine Foclit Burrcll 04, 1220 Perkiomen A\e., Reading, Pa.
Estlier Printzenhof Burris x'lO, State Home, Muncv, Pa.
The Rev. L. A. Bush x, 271 S. Hanover St., Carlisle, Pa.
Chester A. Byers x'42, 1.519 Jackson Drive, Sacramento, Calif.
Albert S. Cartwright '30, 6320 Argyl St., Lawndale, Pa.
Shu Yun Chan '52, 4.34 W. 120th St.. N. Y, 27, N. Y.
Ameha M. Chick '30, Pottsville, Pa.
Edward J. Chmura '40, 544 Orchard St., Peely, Pa.
Max C. Clark '25, 1652 Tavlor Place, \\'illiamsport. Pa.
Mildred Patterson Clark x'27, 1652 Tavlor Place, Williamsport,
Pa.
Francis A. Chlford '36, .5026 Walnut St., Kansas Citv 2, Mo.
J. Donald Cochrane '09, 118 W. Henry St., Spartanlnirg, S. C.
Calvin H. Conrad, Jr. '49, 6601 Nebraska A\ e., Tampa, Fla.
Harry F. Conrad '04, 1.36 N. Front St., Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Philip J. Crawford, Jr. '53, 354 Lakeview Blvd., Delcvan, N. Y.
Frances A, Drunmi Crawford '54, 354 Lake\icw Blvd., Delcvan,
N. Y.
Carrie Alberta Cupper '19, Tyrone, Pa.
Olicc Marie Daniel x, Ashland, Pa.
Marian Kinunel Darsic x, 197 High St., Berlin, Pa.
Harriet P. Da\ies '29, No address
Elizabeth Dean x'31, 5907 Springfield A\e„ Philadelphia, Pa.
John F. DeLay '30, R. D. #1, Mountain Top, Pa.
Earl G. Dicffenbach x. No address
Martha O. Dilling '29, 184 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Rita Dillon '33, Galeton, Pa.
Jesse Gnv Dixon '31. 44 Walnut St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Robert P. Donnell '31, 1500 Sheridan, South Euclid, Ohio
John B. Doran '50, R. D. #5, West Chester, Pa.
Margaret Williams Dornsife '49, 1420 Chew St., Allentown. Pa.
R(>l)rrt Dornsife '49, 1420 Chew St., Allentown, Pa.
Vera Duboy x'53, 320 E. 70th St., New Vork 21, N. \.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Nu»ic Luxt Knouu Address
George W. Duiiibauld '29, Indian Head, Pa.
Rutli Laks Dunn "48, 85 Dartmouth Center, W. Newton, Pa.
Florence M. Dunwoody 06, Honey Brook P. O., Barnestowii, Pa.
Chester C. Dwinchik '22, \\Mlkes-Barre, Pa.
Clarence B. Ekhmau '28, 108 Chestnut St., Manchester, Conn.
Regina Mertz Elbright x'08, 7972 Provident Kd., Philadelphia, Pa.
Beulah Brosius Fisher "08, 876 Loraine Ave., Springfield, 111.
Rov J. Folk 13, Springs, Pa.
Dr! Wilfred \\'. Fuge x"28, 2401 Forrest Street, Easton, Pa.
Staiuiton C. Fimk x, c, o Caribliean Arcliitect, Eng. P. O. Box
604, Port of Spain, Is. of Trinidad, B.W.I.
Joseph I. C".affne\' x'25, 92— 2nd A\'e., W'estmont, Johnstown, Pa.
Mary C. Gannon' "30, 1900 N. Park St.. Phila. 22, Pa.
Ph\llis .\. Cnniibling Gardner '5.5, 2931 Rolling Road. Baltimore
7, Md.
Josepli Franklin Gaul '16, Sunhury, Pa.
Anna J. Ga\in '28, Inkerman, Pa.
William M. Gayjor "09, No address.
K. Irene Geiser "39, Box 134, Palmyra, Pa.
Leafy Francis Giles '16, Ocala, Florida
Edward T. Gorman '28, 44 Main St., Inkerman (Pitts. P. O.) Pa.
Joseph A. Grady '31, 87 Mcrritt St., North End Station, WQkes-
Barre, Pa.
Helene B. Grapski '31, 457 State Street, Plymouth, Pa.
Margaret Gray '13. 620 State St., Curwensville, Pa.
William Griffiths x. 890 Lancaster St.. .\lbany, N. Y.
Luther M. Grossman x'25, 48 Stratford Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y.
Cliarles Gimdrum x"43, Air Corp Training Detaclrment, Barracks
*10, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mary L. Hafer x"08, 3 E. 8th St., Wat.sontown, Pa.
Hugh Handford x'34, 515 N. Pittsburgh St., Gonnellsville, Pa.
Gladice E. Sigwordi Harrington '18, 1536 E. 82nd St., Cle\eland,
Ohio
Forrest J. Harter x'50. 1209 Green St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Paul L. Hauke "26, 411 .\rthur Ave., Endicott, N. Y.
Ebiier C. Hawk '34, White Hill Industrial School, White Hill, Pa.
John D. Heikes '30, 30 Tavlor Blvd., Harrisburg, Pa.
The Rev. W. W. Heim 0.5, Roulette, Pa.
Clifford B. Hennig '29, 204 Maple St., Sayre, Pa.
Helen GrilBths Hendry '55, 195 LaGrande Ave., Fanwood, N. J.
.\nna Wetzel Henry '16, 20 W. Granda Ave., Hershey, Pa.
Artie G. Herbster x, Cleveland, Ohio
Stewart B. Hettig '32, 7 S. Regent St., L. P., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Emily K. Hill '32, 1517 Clay Ave., Scranton 9, Pa.
Dr. Pern T. Hohn x'16, 5613_ Green St., Gennantown, Phila., Pa.
The Rc\-. Henry F. Hopkins '44, Avenue C, Riverside, Pa.
John Householder '22, Port Trevorton, Pa.
Lo Huang '22, Kianhsi, China
Winfield S. Hudkins '31, 11 N. Broom St., Madison, Wis.
Clarence A. Hurst '26, 620 N. Cwjvernors Av«., Dover, Del.
Walter H. Iffert, Jr. '53, 5715 Charles St., Philadelphia, Pa.
John Imler x'29. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Phoenix, Ariz.
E. R. Inkrote x, Laurelton, Pa.
The Rev. Edward H. Johns '27, Hopewood, Pa.
Edward H. Jones '13, Sunbury, Pa.
Sylvanus Jones '08, Edv\ardsclule, Pa.
James V. Jordan '25, 1059 Albright Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Ruth Newell Kehler x'35. Meridian Road, Gibsonia, Pa.
Walter H. (Kozak) Kehler "37, Meridian Road, Gibsonia, Pa.
Maye Snyder Keith '41, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
John W. Keller x'09, Etters, York County, Pa.
Benjamin B. Kemp '32, 254 Robert St., Nanticoke, Pa.
Frank L. Kerstetter '09, Nanticoke, Pa.
John W. Keyes '29, 601 Moosic Rd., Moosic, Pa.
Helen Lahr Kimble x'33. 2923 E. St., San Beniadino, Cahf.
Marvin W. Klick '25, Lake Mohawk St., Sparta, N. J.
Charles Kloss x'94, Biglerville, Pa.
George D. Knight '27, 117 Sheniian Ave., New Haven, Conn.
William B. Lahr '96, 944 Carolton Ave., Lake Wales, Florida
Miss Margaret Lambert x. Junior High School, New Brunswick,
N.J. ■
Faye Satzler Leadmon '50, 1012 N. Third Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Rev. Milo A, Lecrone '21, 431 W. San Rafael St., Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Rosemary M. Kallir Levi '50, 26 Dyer Avenue, Emerson, N. J.
Jack Levy x45. No address
John L. Lisinski '.35, Cor. Mill & Hopkins Streets, Plains, Pa.
Paul S. Luhold '.37, Dan\ille High School, Danville, Pa.
Miss Ruth Lvter '04, Sunbury, Pa.
Frank Patrick McGroarty '29, 26 E. Thomas St., North End, Pa.
Name Last Known Address
Elizabeth Watkins McMillen '30, 834 Cascade Rd., Pittsburgli,
21, Pa.
Ruth Wray Maddox '14, Upland, Indiana
Miss Leila H. Magee x, Centre Hall, Pa.
Milton Martin x'34; R. D. #3, York, Pa.
Jacob H. Meehan '29; Miners Mills, Pa.
Edwin I. Menapaee "53: 8307- I4th Ave., Hyattsville, Md.
Floyd ^Iiller "06. Lewisburg, Pa.
Jacob Donald Miller "19. liloomsburg. Pa.
Dr. Ward C. Miller x, 644 Revere Road, Penn \'alley, Morris-
ville. Pa.
Shirlev Reich Milligan x'29. No address
Frank' Milton x"28. 6200 Larchwood Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
Pearl Kcclcr Morrison '20, 19 Rosewood Terrace, Rochester, N. Y.
J. H. Morrison '21, 19 Rosewood Terrace, Rochester, N. Y.
Grace Machette 03, Meehanicsburg, Pa.
Elizabeth Hall Ncideigh '17, MifBintown, Pa.
Mary Elizabeth Ncidig '15, Sunbury, Pa.
Mary Feehrer Odon '18, 423 Reynolds St., So. Williamsport, Pa.
Maude Lucas Owens '24, 625 Ninth Street, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Charles A. Palmer '32, West End Axenue, Somerville, N. J.
Nadia Zaremba Phillips '44, 3500 Chamberlayne Ave., Rich-
mond, V'a.
George E. Phillips '.36, 1347 Br\ant St., N. E., Washington 18,
D. C.
Michael R. Pittle x, Cugenheim Corp Bldg., Corpus Christi,
Texas.
Albert R. Rearick '20, Selinsgrove, Pa.
Kenneth N. Reed '26, Cobalt, Conn.
J. Marion Reichenbach '31, Herndon, Pa.
The Rev. Walter E. Reifsnvder '27,Vet. Adm. Hosp., Lebanon, Pa.
Edward E. Richards '47, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
The Rev. Clyde S. Ridenour '25, No address
Raymond R.' Rinehimer '36, 370 Chestnut St., Warrior Run, Pa.
Samuel W. Rogers '39, 624 Wcstwood Ave., Long Branch, N. J.
Rose Rodgcrs '06, New York City
Mrs. J. H. Ross x. Center Hall, Pa.
James A. Ruddy '27, 900 W. Main St., Pl>TOouth Twp., Pa.
J. Bryce Sardiga '38, Carthage College, Carthage, Illinois
Robert M. Sausaman '10, 1746 Quoit Road, Cleveland, Ohio
Lloyd E. Savior x'29, 919 Clinton St., Phdadelphia, Pa.
Joseph A. Schmidt '33, P. O. Box 33, Baltimore, Md.
Fred G. Schoch '08, New Berlin, Pa.
Charles Schreiner '16, Frankfurt, Gcmiany.
Helen C. Schultz x'29, .360 Tulpehocken St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Ada Newman Schwartz '29, % Arnold's Fashion Center, 509
Eastern Avenue, Essex, Md.
Atty. Benjamin X. Schwartz '28, 3407 Michigan Ave., East Chi-
cago, Ind.
Rebecca J. Shade '54, R. F. D. Rt. #1, Danville, Pa.
Ira Merrill Smith '09, Elderton, Pa.
M. Catlierine McKeehan Smith '28, Camanche, Texas
Dr. G. C. Snvder x, 507 E. Main St., Lebanon, Indiana
Vaughn S. Sports '30, P. O. Box 363, Williamsport, Pa.
Gladys M. Staub '29, No address
Winifred Stevens '03, Philadelphia, Pa.
Clarence Stewart x. East Mont (Cambria Co.) Daisytown, Pa.
Charles W. Stroup '32, Chambersbiirg, Pa.
Sarah Luck Strunk '21, 1223 W. Broad St., Bethlehem, Pa.
Edward W. Ta\lor '17, 667 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, Calif.
Richard H. Tice x'35, 914 Howell St., Seattle 1, Washington
Goldie Marie Walker '20, Shamokin, Pa.
Ruel Lee Walter '09, 500 Coleridge Ave., Altoona, Pa.
Eleanor O'Donnell Wargnv "28, 7102 Clive Rd., Upper Darby, Pa.
John E. Wasileskie '31, 1124-16th St., N. E., Wa.shington, D. C.
Carl Wehner x, 31 Victor Street, Trenton, N. J.
Chester J. West '22, 3015 Jonestown Rd., Harrisburg, Pa.
Warren W. Wightman x'40, 317 S. Oak Street, Mt. Cannel, Pa.
Arhne S. Williams '28, 37 S, Regent St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Jane Silvey Willman x'55, 3925 Clearview Ave., Dayton 9, Ohio
Harry Z. Wilt x'26, 806-25th St., N. W., Canton, Ohio
Walter Wolsten '51,1 Homestead Park, Newark, N. J.
Glenn R. Work '10, Arthurdale, W. Va.
Jay \\\ Worthington '33, 51 Simnyside Drive, Yonkers, N. Y.
Edith Ash Wright x'31, 204 Adams Ave, State College, Pa.
Mildred D. Wyiin "28, Box 51, Pennington, N. J.
Robert B. Yohev "06. 145 Wcststatc Road, Upper Darbv, Pa.
John G. Yost "29, 703 N. W. 14tli A\enue, Gainesville, Fla.
The Rev. Alvin Yungel "08, Breklum, Gennany
Joseph Zavarich x"42, 1527 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia, Pa.
JUNE 1960
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
POSTMASTER: Please notify if undelivered.
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office
as Second Class Matter.
SEPTEMBER 1960
Library
Susquehanna University
SUSQUEHRMR
RLUMMZ
i
Letter' from harry
Dear Fellow Alumnus:
If \()n are one who helie\es in doing rather than talking. \u\\ should indeed
be a happy alumnus of Sustiuelianna.
Sinee last Ilomeeoming more has been aeeomplished at S. l\ than we had
ever dreamed possible. 1 need not enumerate' for vou all tlie ehanges— the Alum-
nus, the 'Soie and releases in the publie press attest to these ad\ane(>s. The
whole program of expansion and impro\ t-nient. whieh is designed to meet the
increased educational demands of the \()uth of our nation, deserves sacrificial
support from u\\ aliunni. This support should include xour time, vour talent,
and \()ur gifts.
A traditional but enlarged Homecoming program is planned for October
15. Since last \Tar's program was "rained out" we expect to double the attend-
ance this year. Our goal is 400 registered alumni on campus. We feel that
this goal is realistic (particularly when we consider that two thirds of our
3600 alumni ]i\e within a 200-mile radius of Selinsgrove ) .
\\ ith two new fraternity house dedications and tlie third house completelv
redecorated, post-game e\ents will center primarih- on tlie fraternit\ programs.
Our Loyalty Fund response is better than last year, but I am sure there
are man> more alumni who would like to contribute. Since this is a "turning
point" year, your gifts will be particularh appreciated. It will eertainly be
a feather in the alumni cap if we are able to announce a successful SIO.OOO fund
at our meeting on the morning of October 15. Your support will help us reach
the goal.
With gratitude for \our continuing loyalty, and as president of the Alumni
Association, 1 warmly urge you to be at S. U. for Homecoming on October 15.
September 1960
Sincerely,
Lakry 1s.a.\cs '43
President
SUSQUEHANNA CENTURY CLUB 1960
Susquehanna's 1960 Centur\ Club, made up of donors of $100 or more to S. U. for the
\ear. lists these alumni who have become members thus far:
Dr. John I. Woodruff '88
W illiaiii C. Dersham '98
L. C. Hassinger '99
Jerry D. BoKar .\'99
Claude- C. Aikens '11
Harry V. Kriorr '17
Guy M. Bojiar '21
John \V. Bittinger '23
Dr. Roger M. Blough '25
Dr. Norman R. Benner '25
Mar\' Farlhng HoIIuay '28
J. Stanley Smith '29
Lawrence C. Fisher '31
Erie Shohert '35
Preston H. Smith '.38
Eleanor Croft Loam '39
Harry G. MeBride '39
Charles Nicely Hon '39
Dr. John A. Leani '40
Dr. Joseph F. Campana
Larry '43 and Louise
Krcsge Isaacs '45
Dr. James O. Humhaugh Jr. .50
'41
Special thanks to these loyal and <zeneiotis Siis(iiiehtinn(ni
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
COVER
Dr. Woodrutf, Susquelianna's oldest
living ahimnus, stops at the practice
field to greet new football coacli Jim
Garrett.
The niiich-lo\ed fonner Susquehanna
professor was also S. U.'s first football
coach (1892 & 1893) and is cretlited
with introducing the sport to the campus
back in the days wlien it was still cx)ni-
parati\ely new.
Witli a few years skipped because of
wars and other reasons this is the Cru-
saders" 61st year of football. Dr. Wood-
ruff will be 96 years young on Novem-
ber 24.
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
General Alumni Association
Officers
President
Lawrence M. Isaacs '43
Honorary President
Dr. John I. Woodruff '88
Historian
Dr. John J. Houtz '08
1st Vice President
Dr. Charles E. Chaffee "27
2nd Vice President
Dr. Ralph C. Geigle '35
Recording Secretary
B. Mary Shipe "42
Treasurer
W. David C;ross "47
Members-at-Large
Paul M. Haines '31
Peter Shuty '38
Representative on the Board of Directors
Clyde R. Spitzner '37
Representatives on the Athletic Committee
Perce Appleyard x'22
John M. Auten *28
Director of Ahinini Rehitions
Donald E. Wissinger '50
Editor of Susquehanna Ahimnus
George R. F. Tamke
The SUZQUZHMNR RLUMMS
Vol. 30
SEPTEMBER 1960
CONTENTS
Letter Ikiiii Larr\'
Century Club J96()
Homecoming W ill Be "Best Yet"
Homecoming Events
1S60 Lo\ alt\- Fund Reaches $8999
Club News
Across Don's Desk
All the Talk Was Football
Susqiiehannans on Parade
Class of "60 . . . Where Are They?
Alumni Recei\e Ad\anced Degrees
1960-61 Sports Schedules (Clii) and Save)
Born Crusaders
Deaths
S. U. Weddings
No. 1
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5
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8
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Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Of-
fice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under tlie Art of August 24, 1912. Published
four times a year by Susquehanna Uni\crsity, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
months of September, December, March and June.
SEPTEMBER 1960
Homecoming 1960. Another year
has rolled around.
Another year of remarkable ac-
ti\ity on the Su.sqiiehanna campus
— of great strides forward in
growtli and improvement.
A year which has seen enroll-
ment rise to 667 . . . faculty in-
crease to 60 . . . completi(m of two
new fraternit\' houses not even on
the drawing board a year ago . . .
establishment of new scholarships
and loan funds . . . purchase of a
new health center . . . designation
of S. U. as a College Board testing
center . . . start of constructitm of
two dormitories worth $1,4 million
dollars . . . Seibert and GA Halls
e.\tensi\('ly renovated.
Yes, it's been a great year, one
to bring pride to the heart of every
Susquehannan.
And this is the time of vear for
every Susquehannan to "come
HOMECOIVIING
will be
Who will forget Home-
coming of 1959 — in the
rain! Queen Millie Bar-
abas was drenched but
still lovely as she reign-
ed over the day. Weather
promises to be fine this
year. And the Float
Parade will be bigger and
better than ever.
home for Homecoming' and see
\\'hat"s going on at ole" S. U. Tin's
is the time— October 15— to rejoin
those old comrades and classmates,
s\\ ap stories, see the new Crusader
football team in action, and ha\e
fun!
Things get under wa\' on Friday
evening, October 14, when the tra-
ditional Homecoming Pageant goes
on-stage at 7 o'clock in Seibert
Hall. Four lovely coeds will be
\ieing for the title of Homecoming
Queen and one will be crowned to
reign over the weekend festivities.
For the energetic, a Pep RalK ami
parade througli Sclinsgroxe are
scheduled to follow.
Bright and (vuly Satiirdax muni-
ing the freshmen take on the soph-
omores in a rivalry dating 'v a\'
back. Alumni registration begins
early, too, and will go on through-
out the day. Hopes are high to lia\i'
tL
BEST YET"
the biggest crowd e\ it this \ear,
with the alumni office prepared to
it'gister more than 400 lojal sons
and daughters.
At the business meeting of the
General Alumni Association, Presi-
dent Larry Isaacs is \ery eager to
announce the completion of a suc-
cessful 1960 Alimini Loyalty Fund
( Have >'ou sent \our gift yet?
There's not much time . . . ).
At 11:15 cornerstones will be
laid for two dormitories. The S. U.
soccer team ( first in many years )
boots against .\Iillers\ille at noon.
Follow ing lunch — at a nearby
restaurant or the new mechanized
Snack Bar— alumni will be tri'ated
to a mammoth Parade of Floats
(.()mi)etiiig for top creative honors.
Nhisic b> the famed Susquehanna
Marching Band.
The Crusader football team, un-
der new Director of Athletics and
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Head Football Coach Jim Garrett,
appears at 2 o'clock in a contest
which promises to be hard-fought
and touii;h all the way. Opponent
is pow erful Upsala College of East
Orange, N. J. Planners of Home-
coming are depending upon the
squad to make sine the post-game
Victory- Coffee Hour is no mis-
nomer.
Also after the game, Theta Chi
and Lambda Chi .\lpha will com-
memorate <ifficially the opening of
terrific new houses on the West
Campus.
Features of the evening include
fraternit\ banquets and the spec-
tacidar flomecoming Ball — for
\()ung and old alike.
Do yoiuself a fa\or. Come home
for Homecoming on October 15.
Its bound to be a day long re-
membered!
Fraternities Slate
Special Features
For October 15
All three of Susquehanuas social
fraternities ha\e made special
plans for their own members and
alumni on Homecoming Day Oc-
tober 1.5.
Not to be outdone b\ the build-
ing of new houses by the other
two groups. Phi Mu Delta has
just completed a major redecorat-
ing program and urges all alumni
and friends to stop in and have a
glimpse at the "new look."
The Phi Mus announce a Board
of Trustees meeting ( all alumni
brothers invited ) on Friday e\'e-
ning at 8 o'clock in the new alumni
room. At 10:00 p. m., following
the parade and pep rally, the board
moves to the Blue Hill Restaurant
"for further discussion and de-
bate."
It will be "open house with food
on all floors" from 10:30 a. m. Sat-
1960 CRUSADER HOMECOMING
EVENTS
Fiiddij. Oclohcr 14
7:00 p. in. Homecoming Pageant, Coronation of Hoinecomin'.i
Queen, Lead-off of Parade and Pep RalJx . .Seibirt
Hall.
Saliiidaij, October 15
9:00 a. m. Homecoming Registration begins at Bogar Hall.
Coffee ser\ed.
10:00a.m. Women's Hockev, S. U. \s. Lock lia\eu. Women's
Field.
10:15 a.m. General Alumni .Association Meeting. Bogar
Little Theatre.
11:15 a. m. Cornerstone-kuing for two dormitories.
12:00 noon Soccer Game, S. U. vs. Millersviile, .\thletic Field.
Lunch available in Horton Dining Hall, Cafeteria Service
1:00 p. m. Pre-fo(jtball Float Parade and Ceremonies.
2:00 p.m. Football Kick-off, S. U. vs. Upsala. University
Field.
4:.30 p. m. Victory Coffee Hour.
Opening Ceremonies at new Fraternit\- Houses.
6:00 p. m. Fraternity Banquets and other e\ cuts.
9:00 p. m. Homecoming Ball. Alumni Gymnasium.
Hospitality Notes: S. L'.'s new Snack Bar, off GA
Lounge, will be open all day. All fraternities
encourage visitors — Theta Chi and Lambda Chi
Alpha to their new houses on the West Campus,
Phi Mu Delta to its newh-redecorated iiouse at
308 Universitv Avenue.
urday until game time. Tiie Phi
Mu alumni banquet is scheduled
for 6:00 p. m. at the Blue Hill.
Out on the West Campus, Theta
Chi and Lambda Chi Alpha will
welcome all \isitors to their new
dream homes.
Theta Chi — the house witli tlie
big picture windows — is planning
a reception and opening ceremon-
ies to take place at 4:.3() on Satur-
da\-, or immediately after the foot-
ball game. The fraternit\' bancjuet
will be held at 6:30; place to be
announced.
Lambda Chi Alpha will be fea-
tiu'ing a Frida\ evening Induction
of Bond &i Key aliuuni brothers
into the fraternity. This promises
to be an impressi\e ceremony and
all those involved should be on the
scene early— exact time is being an-
nounced directly.
The Lambda Chis, also, w ill hold
an opening reception after Sat-
urday's L'psala tilt. .And at 6
o'clock— with luck in finishing up
all facilities— the fraternity banquet
will take place in the new house.
Pointing for the best Homecom-
ing attendance in history, Susque-
hanna's fraternities join in the in-
\itation: Come Home For Home-
coming!
SEPTEMBER 1960
1960 Loyalty Fund
Reaches $8,999
Susquehanna's 1960 Alumni L()\alt\ Fund inclicd
steadily toward its SIO.OOO goal in the fading da\s of
September. With three weeks to go before the official
closing date of October 15 the Fund had reached a total
of $8999— the largest amount receixed for am ALF in
recent years. More than 300 alumni and former students
were listed as contributors with 22 of them joining the
ranks of the Century Club made up of gixers of .SlOO or
more.
Indications were that the I960 Fund would almost
certainh- reach or exceed the hoped-for goal in time for
an announcement of success at the Homecoming alumni
meeting.
A grateful Uni\ersity. its alumni officers and staff
take pause to express again hearty thanks for this co-
operative efiFort-and to express the fervent wish tliat
the Fund will go "o\er the top" b> Homecoming Day.
The following list of contributors, as well as the
box score on page 8, is complete onh to September 12.
Tiic names of additional gi\ers and a final box score
will appear in the December issue.
1960 CONTRIBUTORS
1888
Dr. Jolin I. Woodrutr
1891
Dr. B. Meade Wagenseller
1894
The R(\ . Dr. Chalmers E.
Frontz
The Rev. W. M. Rcarick
1898
Dr. Frank A. Eyer
Aliee Ciortner Fischer
Brian Teats
I. Me.vs Wagner
William C. Dershani
1899
J. D. Bogar Jr.
L. C. Hassinger
i9no
I'rof. W. Ralph Wagenseller
1901
Robert Z. Burns
.S. Ward Clramley
1902
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Moist
Philip H. Pearson
1907
Mary Grace Jacobs Russell
1908
B. \'ivian Federlin
Ralph W. Showers
1909
The Rev. Mervyn J. Ross
J. Baimen S«ope
1910
The Rev. Arthur C. Harris
Dr. GeorKC B. Manhart
Frances Bastian Sliireman
1911
Claude C. Aikens
The Re\ . W. R. Fitzgerald
1912
Thomas J. Herman
The Rev. Harry R. Shipe
1913
Helen C. Fisher
1914
Mary Ressler Dale
The Re\ . Dr. Harry W. Miller
1915
N. A. Danowsky
Jessie Pleasanton Coxe
The Rev. John F. Harkins
191fi
Mary Wagner Harkins
Bess Fetterolf Keller
1917
Harry \'. Knorr
S. M. Stouller
Plinrbc Ht-nnan
1919
W . D. Allbeek
Harry J. Crouse
A. m'. .Stamets. D. D.
Helen Sahui Wescoat
1920
I'acImi Allisciii Boeder
1921
Dr. (). H. .\urand
Mabel Stelten Broseious
Kljis K. Lecrone
1922
The He\ . J. H. Fleekenstine
(^■(irge W . Towiiscnd
192.3
John W. Bittinger
Mary Beck CIrant
\\ . Marvin Croce
1924
William H. Blough
Margaret Widlund Blough
Joseph C. McLain
Mabel Mumma McLain
.■Mma \'. McCollough
1925
Dr. N. R. Benner
J. Edgar Bishop
Roger M. Blough
Dr. J. Parsons SchaefFer
Christie Zinnnerman
1926
Dr. Lee E. Boyer
Dr. Barbara E. DeRenier
Hayes C. Gordon
Martlia Larson Martin
W. .Mfred .Streamer
1927
Mar\- E. Bowersox
Delsey Morris Gross
Katlurinc Kleinbauer
Flora Hull Longenccker
{ In nurnory of her husband.
Frank Wilbur Longenccker)
M. Thelnia Taylor
Clinton Weisenflnli
1928
Joyce Bousinn Burton
Dr. Hanild E. Ditzler
Laura L. Ckinberling
Ed«ard B. Herr
Mar\- Farlling Holl\\a\
Elizabeth Hauser Kinsel
1929
Paul II. Aumiller
19.30
Paul M. Bishop
Edw ard T. Bollinger
Rhea Miller Frantz
.Sherman E. Good
Dr. Lew is C. Herrold
Hubert C. Koch
Ruth GofT .\ieodennis
The Rev. Luke H. Rhoads
The R<\ . J. \L Scharf
1931
Lois Brungart Bendigo
H. X'enion Blough
Paul M. Haines
Dr. Bryce E. Nicodemus
Paul Reamer
1932
Mildred H. Bolith
Muriel Camerer Daughcrty
Dorotin- Puekey Clark
Lewis R. Fox
The Re\. Dr. |. F. Kindsvatter
Dr. \I. 1.. Hachunis
1933
Beatrice NL .'^rmold
Margaret Benner Burns
Fred L. Carl
Laird S. Gcmberling
Martin .\nth<)ny Graykoskie
\\ iiliam E. Royer
J. Donald Steele
.Auicha Kra|)t Williams
1934
Beatrice Shivelv Aumiller
The Rev. E. m' Clapper
Edith Franken field Cramer
.Aberdeen Phillips Hutchison
D. Edgar Hutcliison
Daniel T. .McKelvey Jr.
Dr. Cah'in J. Naugle
^'irginia .Andrews Rhoads
193.5
Ruth Bair Badger
Robert R. Clark
Hollis A. Muir
1936
James A. CIrossman
The Rev. Jerome V. Guss
Horace M. Hutchison
Ralph I. Shockey
Dorothy Turner
Walter Wasilew ski
19.37
Kenneth Badger
The Rev. Woodrow J. Klinger
Frances Smith No\ingcr
B. Henry Shafer
The Rev. E. Raymond Shaheen
1938
Robert A. Boyer
James B. Diffeiiderfer
The Rev. Karl E. Kniscley
Peter Shufy
Elizabi'th Fr>' \'ogel
19.39
Howard B. Baldwin
Verna (iaxnian Baldwin
\\ . Frank Lauilcnslayer
Isabel lew kcsbury
LaudeiislaNcr
Eleanor Croft Leam
Harry G. McBride
Louise West
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University welcomed a total of 21 new faculty
and staff members this year including several part-time teachers.
Snapped during an orientation meeting for them on September
13 were, in left photo with President Weber: The Rev. Celo V.
Leitzel, lecturer in religion; Dr. Andrew J. Schwartz, assistant
professor of political science; Dr. William D. Anderson, assistant
professor of biology; Fred A. Grosse, assistant professor of phys-
ics; I in front! Dr. Einar Bredland, associate professor of psychol-
ogy; Robert S. Fulghum, instructor in biology; Miss Lucia S.
Kegler, assistant professor of modern languages; Dr. Charles E.
Rahter, associate professor of English; i in rear) Frank W.
Gilbert, instructor in business administiation; and Dr. George R.
Futhey, assistant professor of economics.
In right photo with Dean Reuning: Miss M. Kay Cochran,
instructor in physical education; Miss Ann Potteiger, lecturer
in art; Robert J. Evans, lecturer in journalism; Alfred J.
Krahmer, librarian; I in rear I William T. Rule, C. P. A., assistant
professor of accounting; Dr. Bruce L. Nary, assistant professor
of speech and drama; and John P. Magnus, assistant professor of
music. Other newcomers were: Dr. Norman W. Ofslager, assist-
ant professor of sociology; James W. Garrett, director of athletics
and head football coach; Miss Jane Stoddard, lecturer in Span-
ish; and Robert S. A. Abbott Sr., lecturer in French.
1940
Elizabeth ]. Barnhart
.\iidrew Clark
KeiiiK-th R. Kinney
Naomi Binj;anian Kinney
Dr. John A. Leam
Mar\' Catherine Mack Pendered
1941
Dr. Jo.seph F. Campana
Elaine Miller Hunt
Jane Hutchison Kaempfer
D. S. Keini
Maye Snyder Keith
Margaret Dunklc Kniseley
Douglas A. Portzline
Hilda M. Ritter
1942
Janet Shockey Einstein
Edward S. Rogers
Blanche Forney Rogers
Philip R. Templin
Kathe Hansen Roberts
1943
Larry M. Isaacs
1944
Jean Renfer Kolb
1945
John J. Kocsis
Louise Kresge Isaacs
1946
James R. Clark
Marie Klick Hodick
1947
\'ictor P. .\lessi
Hilda Markey Kocsis
Alan Pareells
Elise Thompson W'ohlsen
1948
Russell F. Brown
Donald R. Cosgro\e
Hope Harbeson Kier
Charles L. Lady
Eleanor Steele Lady
Richard W. Lindemann
.\llan B. Packman
R. W. Radell
Robert F. W'ohlsen
\\'illiam P. Vancho
1949
Mary Ann Getsinger Homan
Harry R. Johnston
Jean Young Kaufman
Gertrude Roberts Lindemann
John C. Meerbach
Warren J. Pirie
James B. Reilly
Dr. Nevin C. T. Shaffer
19.50
Paul Buehler
\'irginia Blough Buehler
Ernest A. Canals
Barbara Watkins Hartley
Mary Miller Gio\anetti
Frederick E. Hazeltine
Patricia Houtz
Doris Janson Meerbach
Jeanne M. Orner
Janet Wolf Statler
Franklin T. Ulman
Donald E. Wissinger
John J. Witowski
Donald F. WoliKen
1951
Dr. George H. Berkheimer
Marilyn Beers Reilly
Flora Barnhart Wissinger
Betty Beam Wolilsen
Sliirley A. Young
1952
James Hazlett
Fave R. Lewis
Ethel Nhuy McGratii
Lois Renfer
Chester G. Rowe
George F. Snyder
G. AUan \'ollmers
1954
Joyce K. Gilbert
Marilyn J. Huyett
Irene K. Oldt
Ruth E. Osborn
John H. Schraeder
Rebecca J. Shade
John F. Shannon
1955
Walter C. .\lbert Jr.
Carlene Lamade Bingaman
Larry Bingaman
The Rev. Charles W. Coates
Rose Marie Sharretts Coates
Sandra Gilfillan Showalter
Dr. D. Richard Walk
The Re\ . J. Eduard Barrett, III
1956
Eloise Imrie Ranson
Dr. Glen E. Smith
Harold M. Trabosh
1957
Jack K. Bishop
Wayne R. Ciemberliiig
Gloria D, Masteller
The Rev. J. Allen Roslion
Dorothy Wardle Spencer
Sandra Ciilfillan Showalter
Janet R. Swenson
1958
Ronald D. Fleming
Doris M. Keener
Robert A. Kerchoff
Janice Paul
Kenneth E. Zimmerman
1959
John Raskin
Ciaudette Bedeaux
Sister Ruth Coleman
Jon B. Haus.sler
Betsy Walker Pace
Peter Paul Pace
Clyde \\'ood
Nancy Zimmerman Roshon
1960
Edith Parr Koenighans
IIOXORARY
Arthur H. James
Charles A. Nicely
Bertha S. Townsend
SEPTEMBER I960
1960AI
umni
Loyalty Fund
Living
Mem-
Con-
Class
bers
tributors Amount 1
1S88
1
1
S215.()0
1891
3
1
5.00
1894
3
2
35.00
1898
6
5
1S5.(H)
1899
6
0
120.00
1900
6
1
25.00
1901
4
2
35.00
1902
15
3
60.00
1907
12
1
5.00
1908
19
2
12.50
1909
26
2
.35.00
1910
23
3
.30.00
1911
16
2
125.00
1912
23
2
13.00
1913
16
1
10.00
1914
23
.")
35.00
1915
33
3
.55.00
1916
31
2
40.00
1917
33
3
130.00
1919
30
4
65.00
1920
45
1
10.00
1921
52
3
125.00
1922
48
2
32..50
1923
40
3
207. .50
1924
55
5
65.00
1925
70
5
242.00
1926
78
5
.55.00
1927
97
6
67.00
1928
147
6
180.00
1929
145
1
2..50
1930
121
9
1()7..50
1931
145
5
102.50
1932
106
6
80.00
1933
89
8
116.00
1934
85
8
117..50
1935
76
3
20.00
1936
74
6
65.00
1937
57
5
46.00
1938
53
5
45.00
1939
57
7
280.00
1940
79
6
171.00
1941
63
8
1.55.00
1942
69
5
63.00
1943
50
1
.50.00
1944
36
1
50.00
1945
32
2
.55.00
1946
30
2
40.00
1947
56
4
.32..50
1948
88
10
81. .50
1949
121
8
56..50
1950
133
14
176.00
1951
82
5
57. .50
1952
97
t
60.00
1954
115
7
150.00
1955
70
8
60.00
1956
95
3
13.00
1957
92
7
52.,50
1958
93
5
53.00
1959
118
8
31.00
I960
88
1
2.00
Honorary
Others: '
■ Alumni 3
137. .50
Alumni
I'hihul
■Iphia
Club,
All-P<>nnsylvania Alumni |
Assoc!
ition.
Matcliinj,' Cwfts
Faculty,
Friciu
Totals
s, etc.
258
878.13
$5,626.63
Eleven S. U. alumni from Pennsylvania met for lunch with four other young friends at
the Dutch Pantry Restaurant on August 20. Hosted by Jerry D. Bogar Jr. x'99, the
affair marked the anniversary of his first meeting with Dr. John I. Woodruff '88. Aver-
age age of the alumni present: 82 ' 2 years. In the photo, first row; T E. Cleckner, Har-
risburg, age 69; Samuel A. App '95, Selinsgrove, age 88; Dr. Woodruff '88, Selinsgrove,
age 95; Dr. Bogar x'99, Klarrisburg, age 84. Second row: William M. Schnjre '95, Se-
linsgrove, age 83; Dr. Frank A. Eyer x'98, Selinsgrove, age 83; Charles I. Boyer '02,
Lewisburg, age 84; Ralph W. Woodruff '20, Harrrsburg, age 64; Col Franklin Kemble,
Selinsgrove, age 74. Third row: Dr. George M. Bogar '10, Selinsgrove, age 68; Dr.
Chalmers E. Frontx '94, Selinsgrove, age 86; R'chard C. Knerr, Camp Hill, age 52;
Dr. G. Morris Smith, honorary alumnus, Philadelphia, age 69; Brian Teats '98, Hummels
Wharf, age 84; Dr. W. M. Rearick '94, Mifflinburg, age 89.
CLUB NEWS
PHILADELPHIA
As annouiK't'd at the .sprint;
meeting, tlii' Philadelphia Club is
lending hearty support to the foot-
hall team at the S\\ arthniore game
on October 8 at S\\ arthmore. Fol-
lowing the grid clash the club
meets for dinner and fellowship at
Temple Lutheran Church social
rooms. TIavertown.
PITTSBURGH
President Cieorge Hantley and his
officers of Pittsburgh Club are
planning a get-together before the
\\'a\nesbiirg game under the
lights on October 22. All alumni
and friends in the Tri-State area
should plan to be at this one. S. U.
has only pla\ed Waynesburg once
before— and lost that one 20-0 in
1922. .\ delegation from the alum-
ni office will be on hand to greet
\'OU.
YORK-HANOVER
Reports are scanty, but lia\'e it
that the e\ er-faithfiil alumni from
the York area held their annual
famil\- picnic at Holtzswamm
Church on .\ugust 26. They say
it was a dandw
SAI Schedules
HC Luncheon
The annual Sigma .\lpha Iota
luncheon will be held at the Hotel
Coxcrnor Snyder. Selinsgro\e, on
Homecoming October 15, announce
officials of the music fraternity
for women.
.\\\ S.\Is are welcome. Cost of
the luncheon will be S2 including
ta\ and gratuit)'. Those who wish
to make late reser\ations are asked
to contact Mrs. Alice Giauquc,
Route 2, Selinsgrove.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ACROSS DONS DESK
by DON WISSINGER 50
Director of Alumni Relations
Bob I'litcliaid 36 and Jim Ciant'tt, S. U.'s new-
head football (.oaili and director ot athletics, talked
football for two hoins in the alumni office on August
5. Two years ago the two coaches opposed each other
on the gridiron when Worcester Tech antl the Coast
Guard Academy met head on in their traditional an-
nual battle. I was thrilled as I listened to these two
top-notch pigskin mentors trade stories, secrets and
strategy.
Coach Pritchard has earned the respect of all New
England for his hard-hitting and resourceful teams at
Tech. He was one of 43 coaches across the nation
considered for Coach of the Year 1954 in a poll of more
than 700 coaches. His winning record is outstanding
in a college where, according to The Worcester Gazette
and Telegram, "a rugged academic program either pre-
vents talented players from entering or mouse-traps
them afterwards."
Because of his man\' achievements in athletics and
good citizenship, Susquehanna was proud to nominate
Bob Pritchard as a candidate for the Silver Anniversary
All-America career award of Sports Illustrated maga-
zine. Coach Garrett holds our illustrious alumnus in
high esteem and expressed his opinion that Susque-
hanna made an e.xcellent choice indeed.
Bob could hardly believe his eves when he saw the
changes on the campus. After lunch we inspected
progress on the new fraternity houses. DeepK' inter-
ested in the Lambda Chi house, he reminisced that at
the recjuest of the brothers he wrote the poem so fa-
miliar to each member of Bond & Key and Lambda Chi
Alpha, "This is the house the molder of men . . .
All alumni will want to watch with genuine af-
fection the teams coached b\' these two fine gentlemen
—Bob Pritchard and Jim Garrett.
to be working in the Camden, N. J., arta iluiiiig the
fall.
o o o
The fiudl .sco/c of S. I '.'s jootlxill ojicncr (iii,(iinsl
Lijconihii!. uill he liistonj ulicn you read lliis, l)iil we
can't let this opporliiiiili/ i;() /;;/ to say soiiicthinL:. ahoiit
it— the first aniitKil Siinhiiry Kitcdnis Chmitics I'Oothdll
Festival. The chile: Seiitciiiher 24. At lliis « ri/nii;. the
fanfare is widespread and all siis,ns point to a erowil of
6500-7000. Needless to .say, we e.xpeet hundreds of
alumni, too. to he on luutd from Susquehanna Valley
and many surroundiuis, eluhs. Our sincere thanks are
here expressed to the Sunhury Kiwanians for sta^inix
the affair; and to our own Rich Yoiin^ '54, now head
football coach at Northiunhcrland Hiiih School, who
donated Amos .\lonzo S/«iii;'.v fanu>us felt hat which has
been bronzed and made into a unique trophy for the
series.
o o o
Those who took courses under Gro\er C. T. Gra-
ham, who was associate professor of business adminis-
tration for ten years, will be interested to know that
he is enjoying his retirement in Elmira, N. Y. (953
\\'alnut Street). Prof. Graham recenth' wrote President
\\'eber and commented on the attractiveness of Sus-
quehanna's 1960-61 catalog. He added, "I ha\e read
with much interest concerning the \arious improve-
ments you have been making . . . \ery best wishes for
Susquehanna in every way."
o o o
In a Randjler. Corvair, Falcon or any other ii«.s
saver, Johnstown and Greensburg area alumni can
drice to the S. V.-W'cninesburg game on four or five
gallons of gas. A nund)er of Pittsburgh Susquchan-
nans are planning to go, too. Waynesburg College on
October 22— at night.
Up New York W(nj, a quartet of ahnnni meet per-
iodically for luncli and bring a little of S. V. to the big
city: Jack Thorp .50, Dick We.stcnclt '50, Bob Hacken-
berg '56. and Hal Bingaman '60. We'd like to recog-
nize any other groujjs which meet this wcuj. Let us
know.
O O O
It was a real privilege on Sunday, July 10 to hear
Lee Hebel '48 preach his initial sermon as assistant
pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Hagerstown.
Md. I talked with Harry Gulp '47. a YMCA e.vec, who
told me that his son had been in a serious accident but
had a wonderful and quick recovery. Harr\ expects
Jeanne Orner '50 stopped In for the first time in
several years and commented, "It that enlarged li-
brary had been here in 1946 I would ha\e been on the
Dean's list every semester. " Jeanne is looking forward
to a future Alumni Da\' when she can spend a night
in the not-yet-completed w omen's dorm.
o o o
You may not be thinking about basketball yet. but
all New Jersey-New York alumni .ihould mark their
calendars now for December 2S-29. On those dates the
Crusader courtmen will participate in the Upsala Col-
lege Invitational Tournament. Your cheers will be a
boo.st for tlie team. Make it a must for the holidays!
SEPTEMBER 1960
This season's Susquehanna eleven is co-captained by two seniors — halfback Neal Rebuck
of Dornsife, Pa. and quarterback Dick Derrick of Morris Plains, N J. — here pictured
with Head Coach Jim Garrett. Because of a recurring knee injury, it is possible that
signal-caller Derrick will see only limited action.
DiFrancesco
Bowman
ALL THE TALK WAS FOOTBALL
As of September 14 . . .
The fifteen lettermen who re-
ported to new Head Coach Jim
Garrett on September 1 disc()\ered
quickly that past football e.\per-
ience was not the only basis for
determining Susquehanna's start-
ing lineup for the 1960 grid sea-
son inauguration against Lycom-
ing September 24. A bumper crop
of freshmen were on hand to pro-
vide formidable competition for
all starting berths.
The (juarterback slot is hotly
contested by fresliman Don Green
from liarrisbmgs William Penn
iiigii Seliool, and co-captain and
senior signal-caller Dick Derrick of
Morristown. \. J. Since both men
are fine runners, the man wlio dis-
plays the best throwing arm will
probabK- see the most action.
The other backfield posts are
wide open due to an unusual
amount of talent. Sophomore John
Luscko of Mt. Ephraim. N. J. is
seeing a lot of action at the half-
back position. Co-captain Neal
I^ebuck can play an\\\'here in the
backfield, and liis defensive play
has been tremendous since the first
day of practice.
Other \eterans \ieing for back-
field berths are fullback Frank
Projopio of Kulpmont, Pa., and
halfback Glenn Bowman of \\'est
York.
Two freshman backs from tlie
great 1959 Selinsgroxe High School
eleven, Larr)' Kerstetter and Tcrr\'
Kissinger, have performed \ery
well for the charges of Coach Gar-
rett. Kerstetter is a pile-drixing
hillbaek and Kissinger is doing
most oi the punting for the Cru-
saders.
Mike Rupprecht, freshman I'nd
from Dallastowii. Pa., has been
very impressi\e on offense and
defense and appears to be headed
for stardom. Junior Ken Hauser,
of Ri\er\ale, N. J., con\erted (|uar-
tcrback Barry Hackenberg of .\Iif-
flinburg, and Barry Hengst of Dal-
lastown also help make the end
picture bright.
.Another newcomer, Dan Rem-
ler of Scotch Plains, N. J., has rais-
ed many eyebrows for his excellent
play at tackle. At 220 pounds the
heaxiest man on the scjuad. the
frosh stalwart is opening many
holes for Crusader backs this year.
Sophomore Joe Perfilio is anotlier
tackle who is seeing heavy duty
for the Garrettmen in pre-season
scrimmagi's.
Benedict "Butch" DiFrancesco
has turned in a w cird-defying per-
formance at guard. Th(> relatixcly
small (5" 9". 160 lbs. ) lineman from
Atlas, Pa., is Susquehanna's strong-
10
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Green
Luscko
Campbell
Samuel
Remler
Rupprecht
Kerstetter
Rowlands
est candidate ior post-season hon-
ors. Otlier men who are employ-
ed most consistently at guard are
George Campbell, Chnck Leath-
ery, and John Garrett (no relation
to the head coach).
Place-kicker Tom Samuel of Mt.
Ephraim, N. J., is playing well at
center, being kept on his toes by
good newcomers, Fred Hauser of
River\ale, N. J., and John Row-
lands of Wilkes-Barre.
Susquehanna fans can look for-
ward to plent\' t)f excitement from
a star-studded backfield and a for-
midable first line. However, the
Grusaders will have to impro\e
greatly their defensive secondary,
and the\' will be hampered b\
lack of depth in the forward wall.
The formation of a Monday
Quarterback Club has added fuel
to enthusisam over the 1960 Gru-
saders. The club meets for lunch
every Monday of the season at the
Governor Snyder Hotel. All fans
are welcome to attend, review films
of Saturday's game, and share with
the coaches their comments and
opinions.
At press time, these Crusaders appeared to have the best chances to start the opening
game against Lycoming: LE, junior Barry Hackenberg, converted halfback from Mifflin-
burg. Pa.; LT, freshman Dan Remler of Scotch Plains, N. J.; LG, sophomore George
Campbell of Hillsdale, N. J.; C, sophomore Tom Samuel of Mt. Ephraim, N. J.; RG
junior Butch DiFrancesco of Atlas, Pa.; RT, sophomore Joe Perfilio of Jersey City, N. J.;
RE, freshman Mike Rupprecht of York, Pa.; QB, freshman Don Green of Harrisburg;
LH, sophomore John Luscko of Mt. Ephraim, N. J.; RH, Co-captain Rebuck or senior
Glenn Bowman of York, Pa.; FB, freshman Larry Kerstetter of Selinsgrove.
Fans and the working press were treated to a preview of the 1960 Crusader tootbail
team in action at an Open House on Saturday, September 10. The afternoon featured
introductions, a get-acquainted session, picture-taking, an inter-squad scrimmage and
grid clinic. Added interest in Orange and Maroon football fortunes is further indicated
by establishment of an SU Quarterback Club, attended each Monday noon at the
Governor Snyder Hotel by a number of area fans.
SEPTEMBER 1960
11
— Susquehannans on Parade —
Paul F. Keefer, active science teacher
in the Sunhiiry High School for 40 years,
lias retired. He was associated with
Bncknell and Susquehanna in the capacity
of critic teadier of student teachers.
'94
Dr. Williaiii Rearich, former pas-
tor of tlie Dreisbaeli Lutlieran and Re-
formed Church in Buffalo Township,
Union Coimt>, Pa. for .35 years, attended
its centennial celebration on June 19.
'08
Mary E. App, a teacher in the high
scIukjI in Do\er, Del. for a good many
years, spent most of the summer in Se-
linsgrove.
'09
Thomas ]. Herman '12, in response to
our appeal concerning lost alumni,
tlioughtfully sent us infomiation con-
cerning Williuni M. Caylor. His adchess
is 1111 .Milan .\\enue. Coral Gables, Fla.
He is teaching mathematics at the Uni-
versity of Miami. Formerly he taught
in high schools in Egg Harbor, N. ]. and
New York City. On July 11, 1960, we
regretted to learn, Mr. Gaylor's wife
died in Doctors Hospital, Coral Gables.
She was a retired teacher.
'13
TIk- Ikv. Ray L. Luhold, retired Luth-
eran minister, and his wife liave moved
from l^akeside, Ohio to .51.5 North Ninth
Street, Selinsgrove. Although retired
for the past si.\ years Pastor Lubold
served as a stated supply pastor in To-
ledo, Ohio.
'15
Ralph Witmer, Selinsgrove, was elect-
ed to the board of trustees of Commu-
nity Hospital in Sunbury.
'17
"Muis Phoehe" Herman was the re-
cipient of a tribute of honor in gratitude
for her 40 years of dedicated service on
behalf of tlie youth nf the Selinsgrove
area.
Elizalxtli Hall Sricliffih is enipli)\ed
as assistant librarian in the .State Library,
Department of Public Instruction. Com-
monthwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisbiirg.
Thanks go to Orren R. Wau'icr '2fi for
this infonuation.
'20
Dr. Jdtiph Haihriihar^ was manager
of the Kennebunkport Imi in Keiinebunk-
port, Maine during tlie summer. His
wife and daughter Barbara assisted him.
'21
versity ot Delaware, and recei\eil the
degree of M.Ed, from Temple Univer-
sity in 19.38. Mr. Lecrone is a Life
Member of the National Education As-
sociation, member of the Delaware
State Education Association, and former
chairman of the Delaware State .Athletic
Commission. He and his wife are resid-
ing at S Hoflecker Street, Middletown,
Del. Recovering slowly frnm a heart
attack and stroke, he says lie would be
happy to hear from S. U. ahmmi.
Dr. Mildred E. Winston was appointed
director of the Lay Workers Placement
Service on the staff of the Board of
Higher Education, the United Lutheran
Churcli in .-Vmerica, New York City.
Ellis K. Lecrone resigned as super\is-
ing principal of the Middletown, Del.
Public Scliools June 30. He .served as
matliematics teacher, coach, and admin-
istrator for 38 years. He took graduate
work at Duke Uni\ersit\- and the Uni-
'22
riic Hc\. John W'cikcl ot Dalmatia,
Pa., was a member of the teaching staff
at the 36th annual Camp Susqvichanna
held on Susquehanna's campus.
SU vignette
NATHANIEL A. DANOWSKY 15 com-
pleted a more-thaii-a-centur\- career in
education when lie retired on Juh' 29. A
resident of Harrisburg, he was for eight
years a speciahst in scliool finances on the
staff of the Pcnnsyl\ania Department of
Public Instruction. In this position ho
helped plan the financing of man\- of the
schools erected in the state in recent \'ears.
He passed his first teacher's examination
in 1908 and taught school for three years
before entering Susquehanna in 1911. Not-
ed as an orator during college days, he has
been a Nocal exponent of soimd acii-
demic training for the past .52 years.
A charter member of S. U.'s Bond and Key (now l.ambila Chi .\l[)ha),
"Danowsk " was an officer in the .\ir Corps in \\'()rld \\ ar 1 and serxed for
a time as dean of \\'a\nesburg College. In 1922 he became suiH-rvising
principal of Northumberland schools and later held high cdiuatinnal [losts
in Washington, D. C, Harrisburg. and Selinsgro\e.
Plans for the future:" .\ir. antl Mis. Danowsky, the former Ileen
Reeds, are spending much timi" in the .South these da\s and intend to
settle in I'lorida— with an cstendcd trii) to Europe in the olfing ni'\t year.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
'25
Dr. Rofitr M. Blough received two
LL.D decrees at June 1960 Commence-
ments ot United Lutheran Church col-
leges: one from Gett\sbur>j College and
another from Roanoke College.
'26
Dr. Let' Bdijcr. wlio recent!) contriliut-
ed a copy of hi.s latest book, "An Intro-
duction to Mathematics," to the library
at S.U., has been acti\e in the Depart-
ment of Public Instruction as coordina-
tor of in-ser\ice courses sponsored b\' the
state to acquaint teachers with newer
knowledge in science, mathematics and
languages, as well as how to use modern
tcacliing methods and equipment.
'27
The Rev. Bert Wyiin. president of the
Central Penns\l\'ania S\nod, United
Church of Christ, was among the leaders
and officials who attended the annua!
De\itt H.aiie Pilgrimage on July 10.
'28
Sister Dorothy Goff was appointed a
teacher in the Laurel Hall Scliool, \ortli
Hollvwood, Calif.
'30
Sitniin B. Hhoiids lias completed his
term of office as president of the Eastern
Federation of Feed Dealers. He and
his wife Kathnjn Jarrett Rhoads x'34
attended the annual con\'ention at
Whiteface Inn. Wliiteface, X. V. Mr.
Rhoads presided at the sessions and also
addressed the federation at tlie annual
banquet.
'33
Dr. George R. Wentzel, Sunbury, was
reelected chief of staff of Community
Hospital for the second consecutive year.
He has been a practicing physician in
Sunbur\' for more than 20 jears.
Dr. Franeis R. Geigle has brought us
up-to-date in regard to his position and
proper name of tlie institution for which
he works. He is executive vice presi-
dent at Northern Illinois Universitv.
'34
Tile Be\ . Murlin C. Bottiger assumed
his duties as an assistant to the president
of the Central Pennsylvania Synod,
L'nited Lutlieran Church in America.
For tlie past 15 years he served as Pro-
testant cliaplain in the state correctional
institution in Huntingdon, Pa. He and
liis wife are the parents of four cliildren.
They plan to reside at 2915 North Si\t!i
Street, Harrisl)urg.
'35
Elizdlnlh lldidcielier Brand, 19 Maple
Avenue, Dan\i!!e, Pa., is a teaclier in
the Danville Junior High School.
Dr. Hazel Naugle, veteran of 17 years
as a niissionar\' in India and currently
director of education at Laurelton State
X'illage, was one of tlie speakers in a 13-
week series entitled "Your Church
Works' at First Lutlieran Church, Sc-
linsgro\e.
'36
Charles FasoUl, principal of the Se-
linsgrove High School, headed a section-
al meeting on "What are the Defensible
Policies and Practices for the Promotion
cf High Sclioo! Students?" at the annual
summer conference of the Susquehanna
Valley Principals' .Association. Saimwl
Adams '58, instructor of general science
in Selinsgrove High School, presented
tlie topic to teachers, administrators and
college students who were invited to at-
tend the conference. Paid Swank '33,
principal of Shamokin High School, op-
ened a group discussion on "What is
tlie Practical Philosophy of Home Work? "
H. Vernon Ferster has been appointed
1961 national fund vice-chairman for tlie
American National Red Cross in East-
ern Pennsvlvania.
'37
The Rev. John MeCune of Williams-
port and Selinsgrove was a member of
tlie teaching staff at Camp Susquehanna.
x'38
Richard Ditzler received a new as-
signment with the Gulf Oil Company
in Houston, Texas for the next two years.
'39
Jess M. Kendierling announced ground
was broken July 20 by Dutcli Pantry
Inc. for its fourteenth restaurant, which
will be built in conjunction with a mod-
ern motel. The new structure will be
located in tlie downtown section of Erie,
Pa.
Jean B. Beamenderfer, assistant profes-
sor of business education at Susquehanna,
spent seven summer weeks studying at
the L^niversity of Puerto Rico in Rio
Piedras.
Marine 1st Lt. Mark S. Lytle '58 receiv-
ed Wings of Gold as a Naval Aviator,
pinned on by wife Nancy. Ceremony
took place June 1 5 at the Naval Air Sta-
tion, Pensacola, Fla.
'42
Frederick G. 'Warner is the owner of
Adventure Village at Pleasantville, N. J.,
which was managed during the summer
by BJair lleaton and partly staffed by
ten S.LI, students. Fred plans extensive
additions to tlie project during the win-
ter.
'43
Larry M. Isaacs lias lieen appointed
assistant general auditor of the Sparrows
Point Plant of Bethlehem Steel Corp.
He and his wife Louise Kresge Isaacs '45
and children have moved to 1.306 Red
Fox Court, Towson 4, Md.
'45
The Rev. Ceh V. Leitzel, Sunbury R.
D. #1, delivered the baccalaureate ad-
dress to the graduating class of Malian-
oy Joint High School. He also delivered
one of the addresses at the centennial
,ser\ices in Dreisbach Church, R. D.
Lewisburg, Pa.
'46
Dr. R. J. John.i was named president
of the Pennsylvania Society of the Amer-
ican College of General Practitioners in
Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He
and his wife Guylc Chirk Johns '47 have
three children: Nancy, Marilyn and
Jimmy.
Janet Rolirbaeh Robinson and Lavan
Robinson, music faculty member, resign-
SEPTEMBER 1960
13
ed their positions at S.U. during the
summer. Jan had been for 13 years sec-
retar>' to the president. She plans to
return to teaching in N'aldosta, Ga. and
to continue work toward a master's de-
gree. Van has accepted a position at
N'aldosta State College as associate pro-
fessor of voice and theory, and director
of The Serenaders, a small vocal en-
semhle which performs on T\', radio and
in public tliroughout the college year.
'48
'Hu' He\'. Lcc Hc'het was installed July
17 as assistant pastor of St. John's Luth-
eran Church in Hagerstown, Md. Lee
and Edith Wegner Hehel '49 are residing
at 1706 Timherlane, Greenberry Hills,
Hagerstown, Md.
Willuim H. McClure, R. D, =3, Car-
lisle, Pa., is an accxjtmtant for G. R.
Kinney Manufacturing CoriJ. He and
his \\i(v. Joyce Jenkins McClure x'45
have three children.
Capt. Itcirry S. Flickin^er, who serves
with the 805th Engineer Battalion, U. S.
Army, spent two weeks of summer train-
ing at the Maryland Chemical Center,
Edgevvood.
'49
Diiusihis Arthur. 1 Grcenwa\- Drive,
W'iiuhng Hill Heights, Mechanicsburg,
Pa., is working out of the Harrisburg
office of Nationwide Insurance Company.
James B. Peters, graduate teacher in
the Lewi.sburg High School, was among
27 teachers from three states selected to
participate in a si.\-week summer insti-
tute in guidance counseling at Lehigh
University. He and his wife, Jane South-
wick Peters '49 reside at R. D. # 1, West
Lawn, l.ewisburg. Pa.
'50
A. li. Portzline Jr., Selinsgrove, was
elected to the board of tnistees of Com-
munity Hospital in Simbury for a three
year term.
Richaril li. /Joi'g is ser\ing as general
foreman— large apparatus service, Pitts-
burgh area of General Electric Company.
905 Garden C;ity Dri\c, Monroexille, Pa.
'51
VV. Ponalil Fisher, C.P.A., has moved
his business to new offices at 7 West Pine
Street, Selinsgrove.
The Rev. Walter L. Brundau, who
serves Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
Berlin, Pa., was guest preacher in Zion
Lutheran Church, Sunbury. He and his
wife, the former Shirley Welker, have
four children.
SU vignette
JOHN P. .\1A(;L IRE '35, pictured witli lii.s lovely wife and three daiiuiitcrs
in Yokoluima, lias been living in Japan for the past 13 xears and is eunenth
Director of Operations at Yokohama .\ini\ Port. .\ former (Crusader foot-
ball and baseball star. "\'arsit\- Jaek" lias travck'd in most |)arts of the
world dnrinn 20 years of <;()\ernment service.
After leaving Suscjiieiianna he was a teaclicr and toacli at W illiains-
town and Camp Hill High Schools in Peiinsv Iv ani.i. In 1941 he joined the
Office of War Information as an information .malvst. then spent five vc"ars
as a U. S. Navy officer, reaching the rank of full commander before going
off the active rolls in 1947.
.\lthougii no longer plaving footiiall (v\e presume) Jack stavs in siiape
by regularly patronizing the fine Japanese golf courses we've bi-en reading
about. He also writes a liveh column ".\ccording to .Mac" in the Kanto
Carrier . monthly newsletter of the Yokohama-Tokvo Chapter, National
Defense Transportation Association, which he formerly served as secretarv
and editor. Jack says he would welcome a call from any alumni who
happen to be going through Yokohama or Tokvo (call Yokohama 04-303/
403/508 or 2-575S). hi a recent letter to Eric Shohcrl, he sent best regards
to all, especialh Joint JJanna. Sfcvc Mdrlincc and Vrriiou Blou'j.h.
x'51
'54
William C. Wertz, R. D. *2, Carlisle
Pa., is a postal carrier in that area.
52
Chester Ruue, graduate teacher in Se-
linsgrove Area Schools, was among 27
teachers from three states selected to
participate in a six-week summer insti-
tute in guidance louiiscling at Lclugh
I'niversitv.
'53
Hichard L. Bidelspach is serving witli
the U. S. Navy in Japan.
Harry Rice Jr. is an elementarv tc'aeh-
er in Glen Ridge, N. J.
Rebecca J. Shade has gone to Liberia,
West Africa, where she will teach the
lliiril .ukI fovirth grades in the school
on iIk' I'irestone Plantation for two years.
James C. Dell has been appointed as-
sistant manager of the Philadelphia
branch oflice, Pennsylvania Thresher-
nun's and Farmers' Insurance Co. He
anil his wife Kav reside at 4733 Cedar
A\enu('. Pliiladelpliia.
Duane Mitchell coniiijctiii liis con-
trail \\ilh tlic luijierial t'lliiopian (lov-
( iMJiient in JuK at .\ddis .\baba, f'tlil-
iipia, Africa. He is now back in llu-
States.
Dr. Georjj^e Backer. R. D. =1, Millon,
I'.i., is serving with the U. S. l'ul>lic
lli.iltli Service at Lewisburg and plans
14
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
to go into private practice in August
1961 after his tour of duty.
Lt. Davis L. Chirk is dispersing officer
of the Navy Prison in Portsmouth, N. H.
He and his wife are the parents of a
daughter. Kim, born in .\pril 19.59. 20
Marietta Dri\e, Portsmouth.
'58
'55
Arhiii K Gilbert. 14.3 Oak .Street. Hills-
dale. Mich., has accepted a position as
assistant professor of history at Hillsdale
College.
The Rev. Frederick L. Shilling. Route
2, Box 29, Clinton, Md., began a two-
year training period in pastoral care of
the mentally ill at St. Elizabeth's Hos-
pital, Washington, D. C.
Donald E. Heilmim. 2:30 Walton St.,
Lemoyne, Pa., is associated with the
American Can Company, Lemoyne, as
I payroll supervisor.
liars Avot-s has been appointed to the
divisional planning staff of Boeing's
.\ero-Space Di\ision in Seattle. He will
be responsible for the development of
short range operating controls for the
division. Ivars, his wife Benita, and
their two children reside at 1219— 148th
A\enue, S. E., Bellevue, Washington.
'56
Margaret Sultzbaugh, 10.346 Bogar-
dus .\ve., Whittier, Calif., is teaching
\ocal music in the FuUerton elementary
.schools.
Anna Moijcr is young adult librarian
at the Oster Hout Free Librarx in W'ilk-
es-Barre. Pa.
'57
C. Lijnne Hcissinger has accepted a po-
sition as assistant to the Director of Ad-
missions at Western College in O.xford,
Oliio. L\nne is residing at 940 Silvoor
Lane in O.xford and is interested in con-
tacting alumni in the area.
Richard H. Love, Rudy Road and 2.5th
St.. Taylor Park, Harrisburg, Pa. special
agent of Northwestern Mutual Life In-
surance Co., has been cited for out-
standing sales among all of the com-
pany's agents. He is associated with the
Richard E. Eckel general agency.
Frank L. Romano is teaching and
coaching at the Pingry School, Eliza-
beth, \. T.
x'57
1st Lt. Max J. Herman is serving two
years in the Veterinary Corps of the
USAF. He attended basic officer train-
ing school at Gunter Air Force Base in
Montgomery, Ala., and is now located in
Niagara Falls Municipal Airport.
Gail Wcikcl has been appointed di-
rector of music therapy at the New Jer-
sey State Hospital, Marlboro. He is one
of onl\ 2.30 music therapists in the na-
tion.
Terri Feliciano. 239 A Kapili Street,
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, is secretary to
the general manager of Island Holidays,
Ltd., a travel agenc> in the Islands.
Richard C. Smith Jr., a professional
service representative of Pfizer Labora-
tories, attended a two-week companv'
training session in Clifton, N. J. He and
his wife Joyce have a son, Richard C.
3rd, and live at 1 E. Canal Street,
Dover, Pa.
risburg. Ken will resume work as an
accountant at the Bodwell Company,
Harrisburg.
'59
Sister Ruth Coleman became parisli
deaconess of St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church, Bloom.sburg, Pa. this month.
She completed a year of field work at
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Jersey
City, N. J., and was consecrated into
the office of the diaconate in her home
church in tlie Stoystown Parish on Julv
10.
Denece Ncwhard Hati-^sler is a mem-
ber of the Philadelphia Alumnae Chap-
ter of Sigma Omega.
x'58
:'59
John and Kenneth L. Slullingsford Jr.
were discharged from the U. S. Army
June 17 at Fort Meade, Md. John will
return to his position with the Lee Boyer
Certified Public Accountant finn in Har-
Jantes Brasted received his B. A. in
February 1960 at the University of
Iowa, and is now working on his master's
degree in political science. 301 Orchard
Street. Johnstown, Pa.
Class of '60
Where are they?
Virginia .Alexander: Plans to teach
English and history.
Susan Apgar: Music supervisor. Ele-
mentary Schools, Roselle Park, N. J.
Joyce Marie Arnold: Graduate study
at Drexel Institute of Technology, for
master's degree in library science.
Joseph S. Aleknavage: New York City
office of Haskins & Sells, Certified Pub-
lic Accountants.
Mildred A. Barahas: Research assist-
ant. Cancer Research Program, Charles
Pfizer, Mayvvood, N. J.
Gerald Bern.stein: Philadelphia office
of Ernst and Ernst, Accountants.
Harold Binganian: TV Production De-
partment, McCann-Erickson Advertising,
485 Lexington Ave., New York City.
Patricia Ann Bodle Wineij: Plans to
teach and later go into Christian educa-
tion.
Edward E. Bollinger: Caseworker, De-
partment of Public Assistance, York, Pa.
Also plans to do graduate work in psy-
chology.
Joyce Bond Racs.sler: Teaching third
grade in White Township Schools of
New Jersey. Also supervising several
music activities. During the summer
Joyce sang with the Shawnee Choir,
preparing recordings for Fred Waring's
Columbia records.
Marie Bouchard Rogers: Teaching
third grade in Middleburg (Pa.) Joint
School Svsteni.
Walter Campbell: Laboratory techni-
cian, Selinsgrove State School. Also do-
ing graduate work toward M. A. in bac-
teriology and immunology at the Uni-
versity of Buffalo.
Isabell Carroll: Teaching history at
Butler (N. J.) High School.
Donald E. Coleman: Teaching history
to 7th and 8th grades in Lewisburg, Pa.
Carol Daily: Director of Betlilehem
Lutheran Community Center, Philadel-
phia Social Missions Society. 1340
Frankford Ave., Philadelphia 25.
David Diehl: Teaching vocal music
at Triton Regional High School, Runne-
mede, N. J.
Brian L. Donley: Sales management
trainee. International Harvester Com-
pany, Harrisburg.
William A. Elmer: University of Penn-
sylvania Dental School.
Michael F. Fahey: Assistant account-
ant. New York City office of Haskins &
Sells, Certified Public Accountants.
Marilyn Faiss: Working toward M.A.
in psychology at Columbia University.
Ralph Ferraro: Serving six-month tour
of duty in U. S. Army.
Melvyn Finkelstein: Associated with
his father in Harrisburg dry cleaning
business.
George W. Gopie: Teaching in Skel-
don Lutheran High School, British Gui-
ana. 68 Adelaide St., Charlestown,
Georgetown, British Guiana.
SEPTEMBER I960
15
Donald Cray: Doing graduate work
at Vale Uni\ersity, New Ha\en, Conn,
toward Pli.D in biophysics.
Frederick C. Guinn: Teacliing in Hunt-
ingdon (Pa.) schools.
Gary Uuckenberg: Stud>ing for the
ministry at Lancaster ( Pa. ) Theological
Seminary.
Richard F. Hundley: .Associated witli
General Electric in New Vork State.
Helen R. Hardin):: Teaching general
music in the Medill Bair High School,
^ardley. Pa.
]eun F. Harner: Choral teacher in the
Sunbur>' Junior and Senior High Schools.
Also was director of nuisic tliis year at
Camp Sus(iuehanna.
Edward C. Hnher: Studying for the
Lutheran ministry at Gettysburg Sem-
inary.
C. Wesley Hiinl: \\ ill inttr nUTchan-
dising field.
Kenneth S. Jainei: Associated witli
Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Vork, Pa.
Katliryn Keener Ctdi): Plans to work
in religious education.
Sally Kehler: Chemist, Food and Drug
Administration, W'asliington, D. C. 1315
2()th St.. \*. W., Washington.
A. Gerald Kunhel Jr.: .•\ccoimtant. New
Vork City office of Price W'aterhouse
and Company.
Mary Louise MeCann: Teaching
mathematics and English in the West-
niont School District. Johnstown, Pa.
Sister Sara McCalian: Parish worker
for the Church of the Redeemer, 33
Warner Ave., Jersey City 5, N. J.
Ronald McClunii: Studying for the
ministry at the Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa.
\V'i7/i«»i \V. MucDonald: Philadelphia
office of Haskins & Sells, Certified Public
Accountants.
Vance Maneval: Teaching in the
Greenw(K)d Joint School District, Millers-
town, Pa.
F.dxiiird /•'. Marhitruer Jr.: Foreman,
Middlccreek (^>Mstriiclioii Company.
Wiiifield, Pa.
James Middlesiearth: Junior account-
ant, Lybrand, Ross Bros, and Montgom-
ery, 2102 Packard Building, Philadelphia.
Sarah Louise Myers: Music teacher.
Central School District of Vork, Pa.
Jujie Nonneniaeher Shank: Plans to
teach business education.
Gtcenllian E. Park: Activities instruct-
or at the Pennhurst State School in
Spring City, Pa.
\aney Lee Phillips: Studying for her
M.D. degree at Hahnemann Medical Col-
lege, Philadelphia.
Harry Powers: Mathematics teacher
and basketball coach at Middle Town-
ship School. Cape Mav Court House,
N. J.
Robert Prohert: Teacher of social stud-
ies and English, and basketball coach,
A\on-C;rove High School, West Grove,
Pa.
Esther Rehuck Speck: Teaching social
studies. Bensalem High School. Corn-
wells Heights. Pa.
Richard Reiclwrd: Studying for the
ministry at Gettysburg Lutheran Theo-
logical Seminar)', Gettysburg, Pa.
Junii's Rhodes: Teaching social studies
in Hollida\sburg, Pa.
Ray Richie: Teaching mathematics
and serving as assistant football coach
in the Western Area Joint High School,
Mifflinburg. Pa.
Kerniit Ritter: .Acccnuitaiit. .Nellis In-
dustries. McCIure, Pa.
Allen Roue: Accountant in the .New
^'ork City office of Peat, Marwick, Mit-
chell and Company.
John P. Rowe: .American .Airlines. W ist
42nd St.. \e« 'iork City.
Deiinij R. Shank: Junior accountant
with Haskins & Sells in Philadelphia.
Barbara Shilliufi Klepper: Caseworker
for ^'ork Coimty Board of Assistance,
Vork, Pa.
Caroline L. Shryuck: Business educa-
tion teacher. Dallastown .Area High
School. Vork, Pa.
William C. Shtitt: .Accounting for In-
ternational Har\ester Co., Pittsburgh.
Carlton Smith: Graduate study in his-
tory with a fellowship at Kent State
Uni\ersity, Kent, Ohio.
Howard E. Speck Jr.: Teaching social
studies at Bensalem High School, Corn-
wells Heights, Pa.
Edward P. Strayer: Preparing for the
Lutheran ministry at Gettysburg Sem-
inary.
Shirley M. Swei.sford: Sunnner sten-
ographer for the Baltimore and Ohio
R.iilroad in Baltimore.
Richard Tiethohl: Teacliing at West
Shore Junior High School, Lemoyne, Pa.
Cayle Troxell: Teacher in the Logan
.Area Junior High School, Altoona, Pa.
Michael G. Tobias: Completed 3-2
chemical engineering program at the
L'niversity of Penns\l\ania. Received
B..A. from Susquehanna L'niversity and
B.S. from Penn.
Larry W. Updcfiroie: Temple L'ni-
\ersity Dental School.
Willi K. E. Weichc'lt: Universitv' of
Pennsylvania Veterinary School.
Donald A. Winey: Graduate fellow-
ship in chemistry at the L'niversity of
Chicago.
I^rry Wiiifsard: .Assist. uit district ex-
ecutive, .Allegheny Council of Bo\-
Scouts of .America. IIS Wynoka St.,
Pittsburgh 10, Pa.
Frances L. Wirt: Was honored at L'n-
i\ersit\ of Pennsybania as first woman
to receis'e its chemical engineering de-
gree. A 3-2 student she also received
B..A. from Susquehanna. She is now
chemical process design engineer on the
staff c-f the Sun Oil Companv-. Philadel-
phia, and doing graduate work at Penn.
John Yanuklis: Has begun si.x months
of armed service.
Janet C. Zortnian: Laboratory assist-
ant. ^"oI■k (Pa. ) Hospil.il.
NON FOUR-YEAR STUDENTS
Martha Jane .\ltland: Columbia Uni-
versity School of Nursing, New Vork
City.
Jacqueline Gantz: Studying religiovis
education at the Lutheran Deaconess
Motherhouse, 6900 Charles Ave., Ru.\ton
4. .\Id.
Lois Miles: Columbia l'niversity School
of Nursing, New Vork City.
Alumni Receive Advanced Degrees
Eacli \f;ir more aiul inorr Siis(iiiehanna alumni air cloini; aci\ antvd
work and earning gia(lnat<' tiegrees. SrsgiEH.\.\NA .Ali'.m.m's i.s pleased
to congiatnlatc tiiose who have earned sucii honors in 1960, and to recog-
nize their aeliiexcment in tliese pages. The editors will hv happy to know-
about otliers so that tliey ma\ hi" recognized too.
Emerson Lee Derr '39 received the
Doctor of Education degree in history
from Penn State L'niversity. The sub-
ject of his doctoral dissertation was Simon
Snyder, Governor of Pennsylvania, 1808-
1817. Dr. Derr has been a teacher of
social studies in the Sunbury Area Senior
High School for the past 16 years. His
ilaimlitcr Jean Derr P(ncell. was gradu-
ated from S. U. in 1940.
John E. Diehl '52 received a Doctor
of Philosophy degree from Penn State
L'niversity at its spring commencement
ceremonies. He majored in agricultural
and biological chemistry. Dr. Diehl is
working as a research biochemist at the
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
1(1 ^ii
DERR
GHATAN
SMITH
LEWIS
\'irs;inia Institute for Scientific Research,
Hichniond, \'a. His wife is the former
Miixine Chambers '52.
Beaver Stanlcij Faust '29 recei\ed the
Doctor of Education degree from Penn
State Universit>' at its August commence-
ment. Dr. Faust, superintendent of Jun-
iata County ( Pa. ) schools, majored in
educational administration. He is also
the holder of a Master of Arts degree
from the Uni\ersity of Pittshurgh.
Diamshid Ghatan '56 completed the
requirements for the degree of Doctor
of Medicine from The George Washing-
ton Uni\ersity School of Medicine, Wash-
ington, D. C. He has begun his intern-
ship in the Second Surgical Division,
Cornell Uni\ersity Medical College-
lk-lle\T.ie Hospital Center in New York
Citv.
Another Bittinger
Our apologies to the Bit-
tinger family.
In "We Remember Sus-
quehanna's Thirteen" in
the June issue of Susque-
lianna .\lumnus, we miss-
ed mentioning another sis-
ter of Thomas D. Biftinn-
cr .x'44. Slie is Hester Bit-
fiiii^cr Aycrs '40, wife of
William P. Aijcrs '3.9. R. D.
=2, Selinsgrove.
Donald M. Reamer '56 received his
degree of Doctor of Medicine from Tem-
ple Uni\ersit>' School of Medicine in
Philadelphia. Dr. Reamer is interning
at the George F. Geisinger Memorial
Hospital, Dainille. Pa. He received a
C. \'. Moshy scliolarship award of medi-
cal books for attaining the highest aver-
age in orthopedic subjects.
Glen E. Smith '56 was graduated from
the Temple Uni\irsit\ School of Medi-
cine in Philadelphia. Dr. Smith is in-
terning at Germantown Dispensary and
Hospital, Philaddpliia. While at Tem-
ple he became a meml)er of the Phi Chi
medical fraternity, attained the liighest
scholastic average in the freshman
class, and received a fellowship from
the Institute of Mental Health for re-
search in comprehensive medicine. Dur-
ing his senior year he became a member
of the Babcock Surgical Society. Fol-
lowing Dr. Smith's internship, he expects
to .serve in the armed forces for two
years.
Lucille Smith Hess '29 earned her M.
A. degree in education at the Commence-
ment Exercises of Lehigh University.
Faye R. Lewis '52 was awarded a Na-
tional Science Foundation fellowship
and completed requirements for her
master's degree in June, majoring in
mathematics. Miss Lewis is head of
the Mathematic Department at Marple-
New town Joint Sclinols in Newton Square,
Pa.
Harriet Hurheson MeXitt '41 won her
Master of Education degree in music
education from Penn State University
in August.
Betty Pearson Messner '52 earned her
Master of Education degree in second-
ary education at Penn State University
during the summer.
Thclma \L Rosetti '58, South Canaan,
Pa., received her master's degree in so-
cial work at West Virginia University's
91st Commencement exercises.
David E. Solomon '58 received his
master's degree in physics from Bucknell
University and plans to begin work on
his doctorate immediately. Dave is
working in researcli on electron optics
for Westinghouse.
SOLOMON
WHITE
Franklin G. Stu^art '57, Johnstown,
I'a.. received the master's degree in so-
cial work from tlic University of Pitts-
burgh.
Dexter Xeil Weikel '48 was awarded
the Master of Arts degree in music at the
midsunnner commencement of Penn
State University, August 12. Weikel,
who is organist at Messiah Lutheran
Church, South W'illiamsport, Pa., also
teaches organ in Susquehanna's Music
Division.
James \V . 'White '58, Northumberland
Pa., earned the degree of Master of Edu-
cation from the University of Pittsburgh.
Jim is married to the former Gail Wool-
hert '58.
The Rev. David H. Harris '57 received
a Baclu'lor of Divinity degree from Get-
SEPTEMBER 1960
Clip and Save
1960-61 S. U. SPORTS
SCHEDULES
FOOTBALL
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Lycoming ( iiitc ) Suubury
1 O 1
L'rsinus .
H
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Swarthmore
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Upsala Homecoming
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Waynesburg (nite)
A
1 0 29
Wilkes
A
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Cape May Coast Guard
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Dickinson
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SOCCER
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Wilkes
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Lv'coming
A
1 O 5
Elizabethtow n
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Lock Haven State
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Gettysburg
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1 D 1
Temple
A
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Rider
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Ursinus (JV-Hargrove M.A.)
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Lebanon X'alley
H
1 D 15
Wilkes (& J\')
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Harpur Binghamton,
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] S. U. vs. Alfred - Upsala vs. R.P.I
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Wagner
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Lycoming (& JV)
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Upsala
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1 I 14
Juniata (& JV)
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Western Maryland (& JV)
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Dickinson (& JV)
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Scranton (& JV)
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Westminster
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Hartwick (& JV)
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Stevens Tech
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1 F 18
Hof.stra
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F & M (& JV)
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tysburg Seminary. He is pastor of St.
John Lutheran Church, Hichfield, Pa.,
and St. Jolm Lutheran Cluirch, Mt.
Pleasant Mills, Pa. His wife is the for-
mer Patricia Honsherger x'56.
The Rev. Dwight A. Huseman '57
was graduated from the Lutheran Theo-
logical Seminary in Philadelphia. He
was called by the Board of .American
.Missions of the ULC.\ to organize
Christ the King Lutlieran Church in
Franklin Park, N. J. Pastor Huseman
is engaged to Sandra KitnincI x'6<), who
i.s a senior at Columbia University
School of Nursing in New York City.
The Rev. ]olw Allen Roshon '57 re-
ceived a Bachelor of Divinit>- degree
from Cettysburg Theological Seminary
in Ck'ttyshurg. He is pastor of Graeff
Clip and Save
1960-61 S. U. SPORTS
SCHEDULES
BASEBALL
A 8 Western M.ir>lai]tl A
A U Bucknell A
A 1.5 Lebanon Valley .'^
A 19 Dickinson H
A 22 Lycoming H
A 26 Wilkes A
A 29 .■Mbright H
M 2 Elizabcthtow n H
M 6 Wilkes H
M 9 Lycoming A
Mil Scranton H
M13 Juniata A
Ml.T Wasliington A
TENNIS
A 14 National Aggies H
A 15 Lebanon Valley A
A 19 Dickinson H
A 22 Lycoming H
A 26 Wilkes A
M 1 Washington H
M 4 Juniata A
M 6 Wilkes H
M 9 Lycoming A
Mil Scranton . II
M13 Ursinus 11
M15 EHzabethtown 11
M16 I?ntgers (S. J.) A
TRACK
A 15 Washington II
A 19 Dickinson A
A 22 National Aggies A
A 25 Lebanon Valley & Lycoming A
M 6 Lycoming H
M 9 Juniata H
M 12-13 Middle Atlantic Conference
Meet
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HARRIS HUSEMAN
ROSHON ZACHARIAS
l.iitlicran Cliurcli, Cairni)rook, Pa. .nid
MKirried to the former .Vhiicv/ Zitiiincr-
nitin -59.
Carol Xcicharias '5H was graduated
from Cornell Uni\ersity-New York Hos-
pital School of Nursing and received her
Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.
She has accepted a statf nursing position
at the New York Hospital.
BORN CRUSADERS
To Joyce and David E. Solomon '5S,
a son, Daniel Wayde, April 1, 1960.
5525 Rockleigh Drive, Baltimore 27, Md.
To Leroy and Mimi Voglcr Ol.wn '52.
a son, Thomas Edward, April 3, 1960.
329 Nichols Ave., McDaniel Crest. Wil-
mington 3, Del.
To the Re\ . John D. •56 and Janit
Gerner Yeich, '56, a son, Stephen An-
drew, April 4, 1960. Nittany Valley
Lutheran Parish, R. D. =t2, Howard. Pa.
To Frank R. and Joann Mosholdcr
Layman '54, a son, Gregg Alan, April
13, 1960. 219 N. Park A\-c., Somerset,
Pa.
To Dr. George '54 and Claire llaggcr-
tij Hciiker '54, a daughter, Karen Patrice,
April 28, 1960.
To Eleanor and Willimn Sliiilt '60. a
(laugliter, Suzanne Marie, May 17, 1960.
1624 Bevan Road, Pittsburgh 27, Pa.
To Paul and Cecelia B. Atiman Cicco-
Irllo '50, a son, Conrad, May 18, 1960.
H. D. #2, Bo.\ 491, Portage, Pa.
To Nancy and Kent R. Weller '50, a
second son. May 26, 1960. R. D. #1,
Clo\'crly .\cres, Miilcrsliurg, Pa,
In Orville and Jean Hone Lamer '54.
a second son. Neil Kevin, June 3, 1960.
315 Edgehill Road, York, Pa.
Til Susquehanna Dean and Mrs. Wil-
hclni Heuning, a daughter, Katherine
Louise, June 4, 1960.
To Don '50 and Flora Barnhart Wiss-
inger '51, a daughter Brenda Ka>, June
I I. 1960.
In Man T. '5S and I'al Daun Borllr
.\'5S. a daughter, Karen Louise, June 16,
1960, Stuttgart, Germany. US.56310611
Co. A-146, Med. APO 176, N. 'l .
To William C. '54 and Helen Siiaetli
Cluirch .v'55, a .son, William Douglas,
June 20, 1960. 3 Kubula A\<-., Carter-
et, N. J.
To James and Loi.s Fi.ther Fredriekson
'53. a daughter. Ruth Lois, July 6, 1960.
1516 Boulevard. W estfield, \. J.
To R. Jolm and Lillian Ilooier Bloom-
(inist '50, a daughter, Lisa Lynne, July
14. I960. 222 Frontenac Road, Mar-
(juette Heights, Pekin, 111.
To Ralph and \ancy Bogar Hollijield
x53, a son, David Dee, July 17, 1960.
Saxonburg, Pa.
To Spurgeon ami Barlxira Easloii Joints
'52, a daughter, Mary Easton, July 19,
1960. .531 Kings Highway, Pleasaiit
Valley Apts. M-1, Moore.stown, N. J.
To Mr. and Mrs. David E. McKenty,
a son, Daniel Land, August 8, 1960. Mr.
McKenty is an instructor in English at
Susquehanna.
To Park H. '57 and Denece Sewhard
llanssler '5.9, a daughter, Hope Elizabeth,
August 12, I960.
Meet at ULC
Convention
Siisqiieliaima alumni and friends
will gather lor luncheon in .\tlantic
City, N. J., on \\'ednesda\-, Octo-
ber 19 in connection with the bi-
ennial convention of the United
Lutheran Church in .\inerica.
Officials from "home base" who
will be on hand to greet conven-
tion-goers include Dr. Gustave W.
Weber, president; Dr. .\lbert \.
Zimmer, dean of students: Don
W issinger, alumui director; and
(Jeorge Taiukc, puhlic rci.itious di-
rector.
.\11 offici;il (lelcgiitcs, \ isitors
and other Sus(jiu'h;iiHi,ins in the
;u'e;i ;u-e welcome to iittcud (lie
e\('ut. which takes phice ;it the
.\hidison Hotel ;it 12 noon. Cost
will be %-l:M) per person, including
gratuit\'.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
DEATHS
S. U. WEDDINGS
Andrew T. MclwUs '2S April 1956.
Mr. Nicliolls taught English in the
Throop, Pa. School District.
Stewart Peters '21 of Lewistown, Pa.
October 18, 1957.
Dorothy E. Gashiiu '36 June 1, 1959.
She had lived in Rixerside, Pa.
Kathryn Bruch Nehon '14 spring of
1960, Mrs. Nelson was a native of
Muncy, Pa., and had been living in
Tampa, Fla. Her husband, the Rev.
Walter Nelson, and two sisters survive.
James Deane '35 spring of 1960. He
had been a teacher in the Locust Gap
High School.
Ray D. Wathiiis '33. Selinsgro\e, June
2, 1960. Mr. Watkins will be remem-
bered b\' man\ alumni as proprietor of
the Blue Hill Restaurant. He served in
the U. S. Army during World War II in
the European Theater. His wife, moth-
er, and two sisters survive.
Nancy Miller VanAlen x'26 of North-
umberland, Pa. June 22, 1960. Her hus-
band, a daughter and tv\'0 granddaugh-
ters survive.
Dr. Donald Stiher x'43, former den-
tist in Selinsgrove. June 29, 1960. After
practicing dentistry in Selin.sgrove for
sexeral years Dr. Stiber ser\ed two years
with the Navy and one in the Marine
Corps, after which he opened dental of-
fices in Atlanta, Ga. where he had been
located for the past nine years.
Dr. Joseph W. Shaffer '07 of Harris-
burg, July 22, 1960. Dr. Shaffer began
as a practicing physician in Elizabeth-
ville in 1914 and since 1918 maintained
offices in Harrisburg. For more than -30
years he served on the staff and as con-
sultant at tlie Harrisburg Hospital. Sur-
vivors include his wife, a daughter and
a son; one sister and two brothers.
Dr. Ira \V . Bingaman '06, Quincy, 111.,
formerly of Middleburg, Pa., summer
1960. Dr. Bingaman was ordained in
Pennsyhania in 1909 and was pastor of
St. James Lutheran Church, Ashland,
Neb., before undertaking later pastorates.
Survi\'ing are his wife Clara Roppel Bin-
gaman 08, three daughters, five sons, a
brother the Rew Reide Bingaman '23,
his wife .\/inam Rearick Bingaman '24,
two sisters. 16 grandchildren and three
great grandchildren.
Frank Wilbur Longenecker August 6,
1960. He is survived by his wife. Flora
Htdl Longenecker '27, 1607 N,W. 4th
Street, Miami .35, Fla.
Regina Mcrtz Elhright x'OS, Anna Wet-
zel Henry 16, Hershey. Pa. and Leila H.
Magee x. Centre Hall, Pa., are deceased
according to word received from Jacob
F. Wrt;e/ '25 of Centre Hall, Pa.
TURNER-WALKER
Virginia M. Walker '48 to Brice W.
Turner November 30, 1957, Baltimore,
Md. Brice is in the securities business
and the couple has moved into a new
home at 11 \\'esleigh Drive, Simpson-
\ille, Md.
MOORE-HAASE
Stephanie Haase '60 to Gary Moore '61
January 29, 1960.
KOLB-RENFER
Jean Renfcr '44 to Harry J. Kolb Feb-
ruar> 20, 1960. The couple reside at
1218 Ri\crside Drive, Wilmington 3, Del.
SCHROCK-BOWMAN
Marian E. Bowman x'59 to Rodney K.
Schrock April 15, 1960 in tlie First
Evangelical Brethren Church, Somerset,
Pa. Marian is financial secretary for the
Somerset .\rea Schools and a private
organ and piano teacher. Her husband
is associated with the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company. They
hve at Rear .331 W. Main St., Somerset,
Pa.
LOVE-RONNGREN
Maria Susan Runngren '56 to Richard
H. Love '57 April 30, 1960 in Pennsau-
ken, N. J. Louis Heinze '58 served as
an usher. Dick is a special agent for
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Com-
pany in Harrisburg. The couple is liv-
ing at Rudy Road and 25th Street, Tay-
lor Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
KISSINGER-MINNIER
Eleanor Minnier to William Kissinger
'61 May 28, 1960 in Hassinger's White
Chiu-ch, Middleburg R. D., Pa, The Rev.
W. R. Fitzgerald '11 perfoniied the cer-
emony. Bill is a senior at Susquehanna
and is employed at the Selinsgrove State
School.
WILLAUER-MYERS
Gloria Ann Myers '58 to Robert A.
Willaucr '58 May 28, 1960 in the Sem-
inary Chapel, Gettysburg, Pa. James
Wright '58 w-as best man; bridesmaids
were Carolyn Gillaspie '58 and Mary
Moore '58: Robert Kerchoff '58 served as
an usher.
MILLER-FROST
Roberta Jane Frost to Laurancc Miller
'61 June 4, 1960 in First Lutheran
Church, Selinsgrove. The bride was
given in marriage by her brother Fred-
erick '56. Lorraine Kelly Bruhaker '59
served as matron of honor. Gilbert As-
kew '61 was best man and Grace Heffel-
finger Ferguson '25 was organist. Roberta
is the daughter of Mrs. Georgeine Fick-
es Frosi '28 and the late Rev. Samuel R.
Frost '26. She is serving as Nursing
Arts Supervisor at the Geisinger Hos-
pital School of Nursing. Laurance served
■four years as a member of the U. S. -■Mr
Force Band and is a senior at S. U.
SIMON-SLYOFF
Marilyn Shjoff x'58 to Robert C, Sim-
on June 4, 1960 in Grace Methodist
Church, Pliiladelphia,
CAIRNS-CORNELIUS
Carol Ann Cornelius to Robert C.
Cairns '63 June 5, 1960 in Albright Ev-
angelical United Brethren Church, Sun-
bury. William C. Woelkers .5.9 served
as usher. The bride is employed on the
nursing stall at Geisinger Memorial Hos-
pital. Bob, a student at Susquehanna,
is employed as a draftsman for Trailco
Manufacturing and Sales. The couple
live at 207 South Fourth St., Sunbury.
ROGERS-BOUCHARD
Marie Alice Bouchard '60 to James
Robert Rogers '63 June 5, 1960 at the
First Methodist Church in Stratford,
Conn. Joyce Bond '60 was the vocalist;
Barbara Yoder '60 and Gay '62, sister of
the bride, served as bridesmaids. Marie
is teaching at Penns Creek and Jim has
returned to S, U, They live at R, D, 3,
Selinsgrove,
ALBRIGHT-BISCHOFF
Chris-tina Bi.'ichoff x'62 to John R. Al-
bright Jr. '59 June 11, 1960 in Olivet
Lutheran Church, Sylvania, Ohio, Donald
Wincy '60 served as best man,
McFALL-McFALL
Margaret I. McFall to Robert R. Mc-
Fall x'43 in Trinity Lutheran Church,
Selinsgrove June 11, 1960, Bob is pro-
prietor of the Hotel Governor Snyder.
SHAUGHNESSY-HESS
Marilyn Hess x'61 to Frank X. Shaugh-
nessy June 11, 1960 in Shenandoah, Pa.
Karen Goeringer '61 served as one of
the bridesmaids. The couple is residing
in Hudson Towers Apartments, Apt. 4-D,
7212 Boulevard East, North Bergen,
N. J.
REAMER-SEAMAN
Jane Seaman to Dr. Donald M. Rea-
mer '56 June 18, 1960, Paul D. Olbrich
'59 and Glen E. Stnith '56 served as ush-
ers, Thiry Reamer Olbrich '57 was one
of the bridesmaids. The newlyweds
have an apartment at Geisinger Memorial
Ho.spital in Danville, Pa.
PATTERSON-TROUP
Jacqueline Troup to Dale L. Patterson
'59 June 21, 1960, The Rev. Benjamin
Lotz, associate professor of religion and
philosophy at Susquehanna, assisted in
the marriage ceremony. Roger Holtzap-
ple '59 served as usher. Dale is associ-
ated with Diehl and Dieck, Accountants,
Sunbury.
SEPTEMBER 1960
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ANDERSON-MEERBACH
Irene Meerhach '34 to Kenneth A. An-
derson Jr. June 25, 1960. Irene received
her M.A. degree from Cohinibia Univer-
.sity in June of 1959 and is serving as
cliairman of the EngHsh Department at
Mt. Hebron Junior High Schiwl, Upper
Montdair, X. J. Tlie couple resides in
East Orange. .\. J.
HERBSTER-HENRV
Catherine Catni>hell Henry '59 to
Gerald C. Herhster '58 June 25, 1960 in
tlie Linden Reformed Church, Linden,
N. J. Wedding selections were present-
ed In- .\liee Patterson '5H, organist. Julia
Staiiffer Bender x'59 and Betsy Walker
'59 were bridesmaids. Sehon Baily
'57 was best man and Robert Lewis '5.S
served as usher. The bride is on the
faculty of Linden High School. Gerald
was discharged from the U. S. Anny,
Fort Sill, Okla. in June and is an account-
ant with Price Watcrhouse, N. Y. C.
RICIIIE-SHrMAN"
Margaret Jane Shuinan to Ray E.
Richie '60 June 25, 1960 in Trinity Lu-
theran Church, Shamokin, Pa. The Rev.
John D. IcJies '42 officiated at the cere-
mony. Ralph Ferraro '60 served as ush-
er. The bride is a member of the fac-
ulty at West Sn\der High School, Bea-
\er Springs, Pa. and Ra> is teaching and
coaching in the Western .\rea Joint High
School, Mifflinburg, Pa.
SHANK-NONNEMACHER
June Nonnemarher '60 to Denny Shank
'60 June 25. 1960 in Allentown. Pa. Jitn
Middleswarlh '60 served as best man.
Jauet Zortnian '60 was one of the brides-
maids and Allen R(nee '60, an usher. The
couple is living at 1009 E. Cliveden St.,
Philadelphia 19.
SPECK-REBUCK
Esther M. Rehuck '60 to Howard E.
Speck Jr. '60 June 25, 1960 in Salem
Lutheran and Reformed Cliurch, Kling-
erstown. Pa. Both the bride and groom
are teaching social studies at Bensalem
High School. The\ li\e in Le\ittown, Pa.
KHALOUF-THOMPSON
Dr. Shirley Ann Thompson '54 to Dr.
Herlxrt Charles Klialouf July 9. 1960 in
Memorial Methodist Church, Quarry-
\ille. Pa.
BOOP-CROVES
Joanne .Armstrong Grows to Gdrdoii
Charlton Boop '56 July 10, 1960, Old
St. James Church, Stanton, Del. Gordon
is a member of the bank examination
staff of tile Federal Reser\e Bank of
Philadelphia. The couple is residing at
.314 Beeson .A\e., Hillcrest, \\ ihnington,
Del.
PACE-WALKER
Mary Elizabeth Walker '5.9 to Peter
Paul Pace '59 JuK 16, 1960 in Moxham
Lutheran Church, Johnstown, Pa. The
Re\ . Benjamin Lotz, associate professor
of religion and philosophy at Suscjiie-
hanna, assisted in the marriage cere-
mon\'. The bride was given in marriage
h\ her father. Dr. Ernest F. Walker '21.
Catherine Henry Herbster '5.9 was mat-
ron of lionor. .\mong the bridesmaids
were Susan Lehman '59, Eleanor Pour-
ron '59 and Joan Shetterly '.59. Harry
Haney Jr. '59, Glenn Slwwalter .59,
George Thies '59 and Ernest R. Walker
'53 served as ushers. Pete is associated
with Pomeroy's, Inc. in Harrisburg and
till- couple is at home in Mechanicsburg.
CURTIS-BRENNEMAN
Joan Louise Brcnneman '61 to Sam-
uel M. Curtis August 6, 1960 in Lewis-
burg (Pa.) Methodist Church. Pat
Bodle '60 served as one of the brides-
maids and Joyce Bond '60 performed as
vocalist. Joan is a senior at S. U.
STILLER-HECK
Mary Ann Heck .59 to Ruyiuonil W.
Stiller .59 August 6, 1960 in St. John's
Lutheran Church, Jersey Shore, Pa. The
Rev. W. R. Fitzgerald '11 united the
couple in marriage. He was assisted by
the Re\. Roy A. Guttshall '44. Brides-
maids were Anne Reynolds '5.9 and Jan-
ice Conway x'61. Stanley DeCamp '58
and Gilbert A.skew '61 served as ushers.
M.irv .\nn is a music instructor in the
pul)lic schools of Greenwich, Conn., and
R.i\ is studving tor .i master's degree
in sacred music at L'nion Theological
Seminary, New York City.
KLEPPER-SHILLING
liarhara Shilling '60 to David Klepper
Jr August 7, 1960 in York, Pa. The
brides father, the Rev. Ru.s.sell T. Shill-
ing. '29 and her bn)ther the Re\ . Fred
"55 officiated at the ceremoiiv. Harriet
Gearhart '61 was soloist: Stan Shillitig
'57, also a brother of the bride, was an
usher; Pat Campbell '60 and Sue Apgar
'60 served as bridesmaids. Mrs. Flora
Ellmore Shilling x'33 is mother of the
bride.
RAE.SSLER-BOND
Joyce Bond '60 to Kinneth Raessler
August 20, 1960 in East Stroudsburg.
Pa. Ellie Jacobs x'60, Marie Bouchard
Rogers '60, Sue Apgar '60 and Helen
Harding '60 served as bridesmaids.
GULP-KEENER
Kathryn Keener '60 to Lawrence Culp
'60 August 20, 1960.
SCHOCH-HESSEL
Constance Hessel to David E. Schoch
x'.Se August 20, 1960 in the Darby (Pa.)
Episcopal Church. Dave attended Sus-
(juehanna and served with the Army in
CJermanv before enrolling at Kutztown
State College where he and his wife re-
ceived bachelor's degrees in art educa-
tion .August 7. Mrs. Schoch is teaching
art in the Chester schools and Dave has
l)cen employed as an art teacher at
Chadd's Ford School, Dave's father is
George S. 00; his mother, Mrs. Peg
Schoch was formerlv- an S. V. employee.
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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Directory of Officers
1960-61
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
General Alumni Association
President
Honorary President
Historian
First Vice President
Lawrence M. Isaacs '43, 1306 Ktcl Fux Court, Iow.mjii 4, Md.
Dr. John I. W'oodrutt '88, 305 University Ave., Sclinsgrove, Pa.
Dr. John J. Houtz '08, 405 University Ave., Sehn.sgrove, Pa.
Dr. Charles E. Chalfcc '27, 1403 Madison Ave., Bethlohem, Pa.
Dr. Ralph C. Ccigle '35 Administration Bldg., 8tli and Washington Sts.,
Reading, Pa.
B. Mary Sliipe '42, 1044 Masser St., Sunbury, Pa.
\\'. David Gross '47, 410 N. 9tli St., Sehnsgrove, Pa.
Paul M. Haines '31, 4401 Van Buren St., University Park, Hyattsvillc, Md
Peter Shuty '38, 5518 Jane St., Pittsburgh 25, Pa.
Clyde R. Spitzner '37, 201 MorKii A\c., Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Representative on University Board of Directors
Perce Appleyard x'22, 1155 Peunid St., Johnstown, Pa. Representative to Athletic Committee
John M. Auten '28, 24 South 5tli St., Sunbury. Pa. Representative to Athletic Committee
Second Vice President
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Mem her-at-Large
Member-at-Large
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
President pro tern
President
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
District Club Organizations
ALTOONA
Dr. Millard Fisher '50, Hollidaysburg State Hospital, HoUidaysburg, Pa.
The Rev. Jerome Cuss '36, 206 Third Ave., Altoona, Pa.
Mrs. Mary VVeaverling Garber '32, 600 Oakmont Place, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Mrs. Stella Risser Cole '23, 1114 N. Cambria St., Bellwood, Pa.
BALTIMORE
Frank V. Compton '52, 2512 Edgewood Aw.. Baltimore 14, Md.
CALIFORNIA
Dr. Robert N. Troutman '26, 434 W. 12tli St., Clar<niout, Calif.
CENTRE-UNION
Dr. Andrew V. Kozak '32, 226 Coral St., State College, Pa.
Paul D. Reamer '31, Laurelton, Pa.
Mrs. Shirley Showalter Boyer '50, 520 Market St., Mifllinburg, Pa.
HARRISBURG
Lester C. Heilman Jr. '52, 350 S. Houcks Hoad, Colonial Park, Ilarrisburg, Pa. President
Mrs. Marjorie Stapleton Deibert '46, 29 Runyon Road, Hunmiclstown, Pa. Vice President
Mrs. Catherine Byrod Whitman '44, 33 Pine St.. Steelton, Pa. Secretary-Treasurer
HAZLETON
Karl H. Young '41, 218 W. th St., Hazleton. Pa,
John P. Senko '31, Sugarlnaf, Pa.
JOHNSTOWN
Dr. Ernest F. Walker, 1700 Siuishine Ave., Johnstown, Pa.
Percy B. Davis '26, 248 Main St., Rear, Johnstown, Pa.
Mrs. Janet \\ elf Stctler '50, 128 Ravine A\e., Johnstown, Pa.
Robert Gabreina *40, 84 Osborne St., Johnstown, Pa.
Mrs. Rutli Williimison Kelly '36, 109 Walnut St., Davidsville, Pa.
Executive Committee Representative
LEHIGH VALLEY
Lewis M. Howells '37, 1063 Fourth St., Ca(asaut]ua, Pa.
Mrs. Anne Geating Landis '27, 19th and Allru Sticils, .Mlmtown, Pa.
LEWISTOWN
Maurice C. Shcaffer '32, 714 S. Grand St., Lewistown, Pa. Presid-nt
Robert C. Fellows '47, 403 East Walnut St., Lewistown, Pa. Vice Presidjnt
Aloysius '48 and Phyllis I. Swartz Derr '49, Maple Grove Road, Belleville, Pa. Secretary
Estlier Cressman '20, 118 Fleming Ave., Lewistown, P.i. Treasurer
MT. CARMEL-SHAMOKIN
S. John Price '42, 14.35 Mark<t St., Ashland. Pa. Presklent
Howard J. Wcrtz '30, 602 Cameron St., Shamokin, Pa. Secretary
Continued on back cover
President
Vice President
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Pres'dent
Secretary
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ON OUR COVER
Seeing double — twice? They're two
sets of twins who are members of this
year's freshman dass at Susquehanna:
Joan and Joyce Lo\\ry of North Arling-
ton, N. J. and Jim and Larry Skinner of
Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
Construction in the background is the
new domiitory for women south ol the
liockey field. It, too, has a double— a
dormitory for men on the west campus.
The two dorms are considerably further
along as you read this and will be ready
for occupancy next September.
Photo was made during a wann, late
autumn — before the snows came and
brought with them one of the toughest
cold spells in years. Official Sehnsgrove
temperature one morning in December
was 21 below zero.
AND INSIDE
All alumni who have children looking
forward to college are urged to read
"It Gets Tougher and Tougher" by Dan
MacCuish, on page 4.
Don't miss "Preacher at Birdland,"
page 15. This is a reprint from News-
week, about our own John Gensel '40.
Do you have items for publication in
the Alummjs.'' Send them to us any-
time. But, remember, deadline is the
first of the month prior to the month of
Issue.
Happy New Year to all!
The SUSaUEMMR RLUMMS
Director of Alutnni Relations
Donald E. Wissinger '50
Editor of Susquehanna Alumijus
George R. F. Tamke
Vol. 30
DECEMBER 1960
No. 2
CONTENTS
Directory of Officers 1960-61
INSIDE FRONT COVER
It Gets Tougher and Tougher 4
by Dan MacCuish
Homecoming Was Great! 6
Club News 9
Loyalty Fund Closes at Successful $12,474 .... 11
Across Don's Desk 13
by Don Wissinger '50
Preacher at Birdland 15
Loved For What He Is 17
Susquehannans on Parade 18
Born Crusaders 22
Deaths 23
S. U. Weddings 23
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Of-
fice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the .\ct of August 24, 1912. Published
four times a year by Sus(iuehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
months of September, December, March and June.
DECEMBER 1960
IT GETS TOUGHER AND TOUGHER
by DAN MacCUISH
Mr. MacCuish, a graduate of
Columbia University, is director
of admissions at Susquehanna,
Alumnus Jolin Q. bioiiglit his son to the campus
recenth-, and in tlie Admissions Office he frankly ad-
mitted that if he were applying for admission today he
would not be accepted. "But Dad," said the son.
"how come you think I can make it so easily?"
The son madi' it. which only pro\es two things:
Suscjuehanna alumni know how to bring up their
children, and their children are sure their parents must
have been given a terrific break when they managed to
get into college.
What about sons and daughters of aliunni. and
college admission?
At the outset, let it be said that, if at all possible,
preference will be given to children of alumni if ad-
mission to S. U. would be in the best interests of the
student, and if application is made early enough.
Let's face it. Each year it is getting tougher and
tougher to get into college. Many students who woidd
have been admitted last year will fail to gain admission
to college this year. And there are many who will be
admitted this year who, if they were a year later, would
fail to get in next year.
Last year Susciuehanna University could have ac-
cepted another 200 students, if there had been room,
and if the admission requirements had been as they
were just a few years ago.
But the admissions picture is changing each year —
and will ]vobal)]y '.ontinue to do so for the next ten
years.
In the admissions field, there is toda\' more study
and change than we have seen in the past 50 >'ears.
How can you identify the student who will be successful
in college? Is there a "right" college for every stud-
ent? Can motivation be measured? How can the
"late-bloomer" be found? Is it not good for a college
to have in its student body some "average" students as
well as strong students? Should there be a relationship
between the strength of the facult\' and the (}iiality of
the student accepted? Are we going too far with
tests? Should students be granted admission to college
before the senior year in high school? ^\'hat about the
exciting field of Advanced Placement? And so on.
Questions like these are constantly being studied.
It is difficult to pick up a magazine toda\' without
reading some article or reference to the problems of
college admission. It is no wonder that alumni as well
as students are confused as well as concerned.
Fighting this problem at Susquehanna is a strong
committee carefully chosen by President Weber. Be-
lie\'ing that it is not a one-man job. Dr. Weber asked
the following to sit in judgment o\'er each and every
application received: Dean Wilhelm Reuning, Regis-
trar Peter W. Elkington, De;in of Students Albert A.
Zinimer, and a member chosen by the faculty. For
the past two years. Professor Philip C. Bossart has been
the faculty representative. As director of admissions,
I act as chairman of the committee. Dr. M'eber. him-
self, rarely misses a meeting.
The icholc mutter of coUciic admissions has
come in for special attention iliirinii recent
years. Al Sitscjuehiinna. there are etirrcnthj
3()() percent more ijouiiiX }>eo])le expressiniS. in-
terest in admission than there were a year
aiio. Hence, we asked Mr. MacCtiisli to sum
up Sns(pichan)i<i's iidmissions slonj for ihc
henefil of tdninni whose children or friends
are approaching:, collciie aii.e. After ten years
on the S. V. staff. Mr. MaiCidsh is cminctithj
(jiialificd to discuss this subject.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Alumni will be interested in knowing that every
possible bit of information about the candidate is con-
sidered bv the committee when an application is prt)-
cessed. Of utmost importance, of course, is the high
school record. Rarely does a student succeed in college
when he failed to do well in high school. Although
the student does not always know it, usually five teach-
ers help us in evaluating his college potential. We also
consider \-er\' carefidh' the recommendation of the prin-
cipal and the guidance director.
On the high school transcript are other items of
interest to the committee: I. Q. and other standardized
test scores, rank in class, college recommending grades,
significant school activities, etc.
Next in importance to the high school record are
the College Board scores. For a number of years Sus-
quehanna has been making use of College Board scores,
but last year for the first time all candidates were
asked to take these examinations.
No college likes to talk of a cut-off point with the
College Boards, and certainly we do not have one. The
scores are significant, however, and there is no reason
why a student with a good high school record should
not present acceptable College Board scores. Since
the scores run along a scale of 200 to SOO, it is not too
much to expect a student to come up with at least 500.
Susquehanna requires only the morning section of
the College Boards — kno\vn as the Scholastic Aptitude
Tests (SAT). They are differentiated from the after-
noon tests — known as the Achievement Tests. In
some few instances we ask for the Achievement Tests
also.
Some alumni may also have heard of the Writing
Sample of the College Entrance Examination Board.
At the present time Susquehanna does not require the
Writing Sample.
In some instances, the interview is very important,
particularly when there is some evidence in the high
school record that the candidate is immature, emotion-
al, or physically handicapped. Perhaps more import-
ant than the interview itself is the opportunity it gives
the candidate to visit and become acquainted with
the campus.
Music students are brought to the campus for an
audition after their records are approved by the Ad-
missions Committee.
The Admissions Committee attempts to process
applications as soon as they are received, notifying the
candidate within a few days of his acceptance or re-
jection. Sometimes the student is asked to take the
College Boards again, or informed that a de-
cision cannot be made until the final high school grades
are in. After the student's record is approved, he is
Admissions Director MacCuish counsels with
parents at a College Night program in New Lon-
don, Conn. Standing at rear is Joe Driscoll '51,
guidance counselor at the local high school.
asked to submit a down payment of $50 which is ap-
plied to his expenses and reserves a place for him in
the freshman class. This payment is not refundable.
The quota for next September's class is 2.50, with
approximately the same number of men and women
students. There are, of course, quotas for various de-
partments such as music, business, and secretarial sci-
ence. We expect to receive 600 or possibly 700 appli-
cations for these 250 places and the tragic fact is that
many will be turned away who would haxe made ex-
cellent students and alumni.
Now, how can the alumni help?
First, continue to send us good students year after
year. Our best freshmen come to us from our alumni
and we are proud of this. It is perhaps one of our best
selling points to be able to tell prospects that most of
our students are referred by former students.
One suggestion, however, comes from the Admis-
sions Committee. Before referring and recommending
a student, why not check with the high school to learn
something about him? This can very often save em-
barrassment all around.
The second important thing is to refer the student
early. The Admissions Office would like to know of
student candidates when they are in their junior year of
high school, so that information can be sent to the
student about courses offered at Susquehanna, admis-
sion requirements, etc. If we do not hear of them in
their junior year, please refer them as early in the sen-
ior year as possible.
With all of us working together, Susquehanna will
continue to have an outstanding body of students.
And continue to produce graduates well-prepared for
leadership in this changing world— graduates who have
had the unique kind of preparation Susquehanna offers.
DECEMBER 1960
Homecoming
Was
Great!
Paul Aumiller '29 and Chet Rowe '52, both of
Selinsgrovc, took care of registering the large
alumni turnout in the newly-redecorated parlor of
Seibert Hall.
Predictions for a first-rate 1960 Homecoming came true October 14-15 when
more than 400 alumni revisited Susquehanna to take part in a busy schedule of
special events. Traditional Homecoming Pageant took place Friday evening and
saw senior Ann Hewes of St. Louis, Mo. crowned Homecoming Queen by Millie
Barabas '60, who reigned in 1959. At left is sophomore aspirant Jane Beers of
Allentown, Pa. Other members of the Court were junior Judy Behrens of Tena-
fly, N. J. and freshman Eleanor Neece of Williamsport, Pa.
The weather was fine and Seibert porch served as an outdoor focal point for old
friends to get together.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Game ball was turned over by Queen Ann fo Co-captains Dick Der-
rick and Neal Rebuck at the start of the contest.
Top — Some old grads attended cornerstone-laying ceremonies for
S.U.'s two new dormitories on Saturday morning. Now about 40
percent completed, the residences will be ready for occupancy in
September 1961. Center — Pre-game Float Parade wound through
Selinsgrove, passed in review before the balcony of the Governor
Snyder Hotel, and proceeded around University Field. Winning
sorority float "We Auto Win" was that of Alpha Xi Delta. Bottom
— Lambda Chi Alpha won for the fraternities with this mammoth
Crusader.
Right — John Luscko thrilled the partisan fans with his hard run-
ning. The diminutive halfback led Susquehanna in offense for the
year with 1 1 7 carries for 474 net yards.
Thirsty alumni gathered at the punch bowl in Heilman Hall following
the football game . . . and took time to renew friendships and swap
stories.
Business Was
Transacted, Too
Uospitc a morning fog which lifted early
enough not to affect most Homecoming ac-
ti\ities, more than 40 alumni attended the
morning business meeting of the Alumni As-
sociation in Seibert Hall. One highlight of
the session was announcement that the 1960
Loyalty Fund had reached $10,800 - well
over the $10,000 goal (the Fund closed at the
end of the year with a total of $12,474 re-
cei\ed ) .
S.U. Presidi'iit (iustave W". Weber report-
ed to the group on campus improvements
made since Alumni Day. He thanked tlie
alumni for their loyal support and made a
plea for an even deeper loyalty in forthcom-
ing university development anil expansion.
.\lumni Association President Larry Isaacs
'43 re\iewed developments within the associ-
ation and asked that all who are called upon
for help and leadership will cooperate with
zeal.
Two friends of Susquehanna were accept-
ed for honorary membership in the associa-
tion in tribute to tlieir ser\ ice to the school:
Below — a special treat for fraternity alumni were
dedications of two new fraternity houses on the west
campus. Left — President Frank Procopio addresses
visitors at Lambda Chi Alpha. Right — Bernard W.
Krapf, S. U. business manager and assistant to the
president, speaks before friends and brothers of Theta
Chi.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
CLUB NEWS
Elected honorary members of the S.U.
Alumni Association at the last meeting
were Scott C. Rea, drug executive of
Sunbury, and Mrs. Eleanor Robison Lan-
des of York, Pa., who is the wife of the
late Dr. Latimer S. Landes '11. Mr. Rea
has been active as fund-raising chairman
for the new Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
house. Mrs. Landes is carrying on her
husband's interest in Susquehanna and in
1959 erected the Landes Gateway to his
memory.
Eleanor Robison Landes and Seott
C. Rea.
Isaacs appointed four commit-
tees to function for the \ear—
Alumni Day: Charles A. Morris
'49, chairman; Marjorie Spogen
'.50: Ruth Bair Badger '35; Ray-
mond P. Carman '30; John M.
.Auten '28; The Re\'. David Harris
'57.
Nominations: Dr. Orris H. Aur-
and '21, chairman; Dr. James O.
Rumbaugh '50; Walter M. Hertz
'36; PaulM. Haines '31; D. Edgar
Hutchison '34; Mary Farlling Holl-
wa>- '28.
Loyaltij Fund: H. Vernon Blough
'31, chairman; Robert A. Cabrenya
'40; W. David Cross '47; Raymond
G. Hochstuhl '47; Peter Shuty '38;
Robert L. Herr '39.
Altimni Awards <b- Projects: Dr.
Joseph Hackenberg '20, chairman;
Dr. Henry H. Cassler '34; Paul
Swank '33; Louise E. West '39;
Anna Reeder Heimbach '40.
SEE
Public
Events Calendar
Page 21
BALTIMORE
Pre\iously associated with the
Washington, D. C. group but inter-
ested in closer fellowship with oth-
ers in their iniTncdiate area, thirteen
alumni met recently to establish
a Baltimore Club. Spearheading
the effort were the Rev. J. Leon
Haines '40, and Frank '52 and Cay
Wagoner Compton '48. Meeting
was held at the home of Alumni
Association President Larr>' '43
and Louise Kresge Isaacs '45.
Others present were Dorothy M.
Reeder '28, Donald and Marjorie
Ditzler Shafer '45, Robert Mad-
docks '47, Myron Musser '30, Jack
Bishop Jr. '57, Robert Winter '48,
and Ted Oshirak '54.
The Baltimore Club is planning
another meeting for March IS.
Leaders will be contacting all al-
umni in the area during February.
At Larry Isaacs' home in Baltimore: Bob
Winters '48; Frank Compton '52; Gay
Wagoner Compton '48; Ted Oshirak '54.
LEHIGH VALLEY
Members of the Lehigh Valley
Club met in a festive setting on
October 29 at the Holiday Inn, Al-
lentown, and were treated to a
stimulating talk on "The Christian
Influence in Higher Education" by
Dr. Robert Boyer '38, head of the
physics department at Muhlenberg
College.
The club voted to forward $100
to the Woodruff-Alumni Scholar-
ship iund. Lewis M. Ilowells '37,
president, requested all committees
to continue functioning in anticipa-
tion of a meeting in the spring.
Executive Committee of new New York
City Area Club includes: Dr. Joseph Mc-
Lain '24; Dick Westervelt '50, secretary-
treasurer; The Rev. John Gensel '40, vice
president; Jack Thorp '50; Diane Schiike
'56, president.
NEW YORK CITY AREA
Another new district club was
launched November 16 when 31
Susquehannans gathered at St.
Peter's Lutheran Church Parish
House in New York City. All thrill-
ed at President Weber's presenta-
tion of recent, current, and plan-
ned-for activities on the campus.
Top spot on the slate of the club's
first officers (see photo) went to
Diane Schiike '56.
In addition to the elected oflBcers
and five parents and friends, these
alumni were present: Bruce and
Marian Walborn \\'ortliington '33,
Kenneth and Naomi Bingaman Kin-
ney '40, Mrs. John C. Censel x'45.
Reed A. '38 and Grace Drew Gren-
inger '36, Lyn Bailey '51, Ann
Schumacher Vandersluis x'54, Mar-
tha Ertel Schumaker '27, Nancy
Youhon '51, Linda Youhon '57,
Dorothy \\'assell Miller '29, Harold
Bingaman '60, Robert F. \\'ohIson
'48, Robert Hackenberg '56, Robert
Bitting '51, Barbara Pontz .\'60,
iMildred Barabas "60, Jane Myers
.\'60, Mary Eyers .\'60.
DECEMBER I960
PHILADELPHIA
Following Siisqiicluinna's 14-0
victory over Swarthmore on Octo-
ber 8 the Phil;ulelpliia Club hosted
the team, band and cheerleaders at
HavertowTi's Temple Lutheran
Church. The Rev. Robert Fisher
'40, pastor, extended greetings to
the 150 guests and club members.
Dean W'ilhelm Reuning discussed
academic ad\anccs and plans for
Susquehanna's future. President
Alice Greeger Pfeffer '51 appointed
committees for a winter social ac-
tix'ity and a spring meeting.
PITTSBURGH
Alumni and friends in the Pitts-
burgh area met at the Jackson Ho-
tel, \\'a>nesbnrg on October 22 and
heard a rimdowTi on progress at
Susquehanna from Dean of Stud-
ents .\lbert A. Zimmer. Sparked by
interest and enthusiasm, the group
also participated in a lively ques-
tion and answer session. After the
meeting the Pittsburghers cheered
the Crusader football team to an
exciting 13-9 victory over Waynes-
burg College.
At fhe Tietbohl home in Reading: Rich-
ard Cahn '58; S. U. Dean Wilhelm Reu-
ning; Ralph Geigle '35; W. Frank Lau-
denslayer '39; Allen Tressler '29.
READING
The home of Dr. Ralph '49 and
Susan Foltz Tietbohl '51 was the
scene of a Reading C^liib meeting
on November 12. Following a cov-
ered dish supper the group heard
Dean Wilhelm Reuning discuss
Susquehanna's academic program.
Members responded with a number
of pointed questions showing their
interest in the goings on at Selins-
grove.
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
Head Football Coach Jim Gar-
rett took the spotlight on Septem-
ber 23 (night before the opening
game) at a Susquehanna Valley
Club buffet at the Blue Hill Res-
taurant. He explained his training
methods to the local alumni and
made modest predictions for the
season— predictions wliich were far
exceeded li\ tlie 7-1 performance
for 1960. The enthusiastic coach
was aided in prepping tiie locals
for the football season by the pres-
ence of S. U.'s first coach Dr. Jolin
I. \\'oodruff '88, and George Schoch
'00, who told some pigskin stories
from yesteryear and showed pictur-
es of past teams.
WILKES-BARRE-SCRANTON
A victory dinner meeting was
held by this club following Sus-
quehanna's 9-0 win o\'er ^^'ilkes
College on October 29. Site of the
gathering was the Kingston House,
Kingston. Special guests were
President and Mrs. Weber and Dr.
John I. \\'oodruff, who spoke to the
group. Club President Jack Noon-
an '28 appointed Anna Jane Nhner
'56 to be chairman of the nominat-
ing committee for the upcoming
spring meeting.
Blough Heads '61 Fund
H. Vernon Blough '31, an edi-
torial staff member on tlie Jolms-
town (Pa.) Tribune-Democrat, has
accepted chairmanship of the 1S61
c o m m i 1 1 e e for Susquehanna's
Alumni Loyalty Fund.
No stranger to alumni funding
leadership, Vernon spent 12 years
in the service of his Alma Mater,
eight of them as alumni secretary.
He was largely responsible for the
success of S.U. alumni funds in tiie
30's and early 40's.
FINAL RESULTS
1960
LOYALTY FUND
Living Contri-
Class Members butors Amount
1888 1
1891 3
1894 3
1898 6
1899 5
1900 6
1901 4
1902 15
1906 8
1 907 12
1908 19
1 909 26
1910 23
1911 16
1912 23
1913 16
1914 23
1915 33
1916 31
1917 33
1918 27
1919 30
1920 45
1921 52
1922 48
1923 40
1924 55
1925 70
1926 78
1927 97
1928 147
1929 145
1930 121
1931 145
1932 106
1933 89
1934 85
1935 76
1936 74
1937 56
1938 53
1939 57
1940 79
1941 63
1942 69
1943 50
1944 36
1945 32
1946 30
1947 55
1948 88
1949 121
1950 133
1951 82
1952 97
1953 100
1954 115
1955 70
1956 95
1957 92
1958 93
1959 118
1960 88
1 $215.00
2 30.00
2 35.00
5 185.00
2 1,120.00
2 50.00
2 35.00
3 60.00
2 15.00
1 5.00
2 12.50
3 55.00
3 30.00
2 125.00
2 13.00
5 75.00
4 70.00
8 115.00
3 50.00
6 167.50
6 67.50
5 100.00
4 55.00
10 737.50
8 202.50
9 377.50
6 165.00
11 370.50
8 80.00
9 129.50
11 362.50
14 620.50
14 160.00
11 242.50
10 115.00
12 196.00
12 178.00
10 312.00
13 152.00
9 161.00
9 565.00
1 1 405.00
12 321.00
13 207.50
6 88.00
4 65.00
1 50.00
4 65.00
4 65.00
8 65.00
20 294.00
24 259.00
20 371.00
16 260.50
12 122.50
9 43.00
12 187.50
13 9'. 50
7 43.00
12 115.00
14 100.50
13 95.50
2 6.50
Honorary Alumni 4 147.50
Ot^^ers: Alpha Sigma
Omega Association
(Phi Mu Delta!
Matching Gifts, Faculty,
Board Members,
Friends, etc. $1,192.13
Totals
501 $12,474.13
10
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Loyalty Fund Closes at Successful $12,474
Susquehanna's 1960 Alumni Loyalty Fund closed
at year-end with a grand total of $12,474 raised — a
healthy 25 percent over the $10,000 goal. This was by
far the most successful Fund of recent years.
Most heartwarming to unixersity and alumni offic-
ers was the expression of increased interest as e\'idenced
by 501 individuals participating in the Fund. This is
13.9 percent of S. U.'s estimated alumni population, as
compared with 5.7 percent who participated last year.
Thanks to all loyal supporters from a grateful Alma
Mater, for a job well done!
A list of contributors since the last issue follows.
1891
\V. M.
Schnure
1900
Prof. W. Ralph W'agenseller
1906
Dr. O. E. Sunday
Anna Bea\er Sunday
1909
Grace A. Geiselnian
1913
Maria Geiselnian Gabrielson
Newton Kerstetter
The Re\ . R. L. Luhokl
Sarah B. MaiJiart
1914
The Rev. Amnion W. Smith
Mary G. Steele
1915
Jesse A. Lubold
Mabel Bander Martin
.\hce F. Weaver
Catherine A. Weaver
Gertrude F. Weaver
1916
Martin L. Dolbeer Sr.
1917
Dr. Park W. Huntington
Marian Moyer Potteiger
Herbert Rausch
1918
The Rev. Fred Crossland
Paul B. Faust
Lulu Fetterolf Harman
Eva P. Herman
Miriam Grossman Lundahl
Helen Fetterolf Riden
1919
M. Marion Weaver
1920
Dr. Russell F. Auman
Harold Y. Fisher
Dr. Joseph L. Hackenberg
1921
Guy M. Bogar
^\'illianl T. Decker
Ida Obiisted Frederickson
The Re\ . Maurice R. Gortner
Philip L. Hilbish
Marie Roniig Huntington
Senator Ernest F. Walker
1922
P. R. Appleyard
Merle A. Beam
Edward L. Dalby
Alma L. Long
Bessie C. Long
Ruth Bastian Richard
1923
Dorothy M. App
Jolin I. Cole
Stella Risser Cole
Marlyn R. Fetterolf
Mary Beck Grant
Russell P. Knoebel
1924
Mabel Kinzey Fetterolf
1925
Dorothy Clarke Creager
Lewis R. Drumni
The Re\-. Marlin M. Enders
Adeline Strouse
J. F. Wetzel
Dr. Norman S. Wolf
1926
T. E. Eberts
Dorothy W. Reeder
Ethel V. Taylor
1927
Elsie Nace Enders
Lee E. Triebels
The Rev. George N. Young
1928
Ruth Folkniann
Jerome B. S. Kaufman
Hannah Pitner Lambert
Dr. C. M. Shaffer
Essex Botsford Wagner
1929
Helen Simons Barrick
The Rev. Adam P. Bingaman
Helen Amniemian Brown
Carl O. Bird
Robert W. Grouse
Mary Coons Grouse
Gertrude Fisher Jones
Ruth Di\ely Kaufman
Rose Gumbert Krape
The Re\'. F"ranz A. Lundalil
Harry J. Lupfer
Katherine P. Reed
Dr. J. Stanley Smitla
1930
Oren S. Kaltriter
Florence Lauver
Myer R. Musser
Simon B. Rlioads
G. Marlin Spaid
1931
Wilbur E. Berger
Ida Schweitzer Berger
Dr. Lawrence C. Fisher
Tlie Rev. Paul W. Hartline
Corinda Sell Macready
Rayinond C. Scott
1932
Martha Cessner Anderson
Dr. Samuel B. Brosius
Margaret E. Fink
Dr. and Mrs. A. V. Kozak
1933
Mabel Fultz Chilcott
Paul A. Swank
Bruce Worthington
Marian Walborn Worthington
1934
The Rev. E. W. Huston
Pauline Grow Mount
Kathryn Jarrett Rlioads
Dr. Harold Lee Rowe
1935
The Rev. Kennetli R. Anderson
The Rev. Robert R. Clark
Dorothy C. Eastep
Dr. Ralph G. Geigle
Frances Hubler Huemberg
Dr. Erie I. Shobert II
John J. Skuba
1936
Katliryn Weber Finkbiner
Bertha Holdernian
Ruth Williamson Kelly
Robert W. Pritchard
LaRue G. Shempp
Marcella Cliaya Turnbach
Atty. Julius Weinberger
1937
The Rev. John C. McCune II
Elsie Myers
Clyde R. Spitzner
The Rev. Lester J. Karschner
1938
Dr. Eleanor B. Brown
Helen Hisdorf Dauberman
Mary Heim Davey
Preston H. Smith
1939
Jean Beamenderfer
Paul E. Brosious
Dr. Emerson L. Derr
Sliirley Finkbeiner Stehlin
1940
Edward E. Eisenhart
Robert A. Gabrenya
The Rev. John G. Gensel
The Rev. J. Leon Haines
Paul M. Orso
Harold E. Shaffer
1941
Lois Davis Fricdline
Elaine Miller Hunt
Melvin W. Jones
Ruth Naylor Shaffer
P. C. Shatto
1942
Mildred E. Bittner
1943
Marjorie Wolfe McCune
Anita Bashore Roth
1945
Corinne Kalin Kramer
Sister Edna McVicker
1946
Marjorie Stapleton Deibert
Ira A. Wasserberg
1947
Eugene P. Grandolini
Nancy Myers Landis
Louise H. Schlick
Ruth Williams Zeidler
1948
Sliirley Shroyer Bartholomew
The Rev. John Bergstresser
Dawn Ebert Bergstresser
The Rev. Dale S. Bringman
George A. Cooper
The Rev. H. Lee Hebel
Donald A. King
Harold R. Kramer
Virginia Walker Turner
Frank A. Zeidler
1949
Jean Blecher Beminger
Juanita Keller Hartle
Edith Wegner Hebel
Robert S. Hoover
Nancy Everett Hoover
Frances Savidge Foster
Isabel Kiss
C. A. Morris
Margaret Latta Outerbridge
The Rev. Warren S. Outerbridge
Mary Smith Sanders
Dr. Ralph H. Tietbolil Jr.
Charles R. Wian
Richard L. Wilson
Evan P. Zlock
N. Frances Lybarger Zlock
1950
Phyllis Willianimee Fair
Dr. James G. Geliris
Mary Miller Giovanetti
Dr. James O. Runibaugh
Louis F. Santangelo
Richard G. Westervelt
1951
Marsh C. Bogar
Walter L. Brandau
Alice Yonghaus Davenport
DECEMBER 1960
II
Left — This year's freshman class af Susquehanna includes these
sons and daughters of Susquehanna Univers.'ty alumni, left to
right: Carol Ann Bollinger, daughter of Harold E. Bollinger '39,
Northumberland, Pa.; Pamela Yeager, daughter of Mrs. Mary
Patterson Yeager '35, Macungie, Pa.; Michael Johnston, son of
Clifford W. Johnston '31, Sunbury, Pa.; Mary Jane Gelnett,
daughter of the late Dr. ffarold Gelnett '31, Millerstown, Pa.;
Sarah Hannum, daughter of Mrs. Esther Geisel Hannum '33,
Phoenixville, Pa.; Stanley Stahl, son of the Rev. Elwood Stahl '36,
Washingtonville, Pa.
Right — Others in the class of 1964 who are related to Susque-
hanna alumni include, front: Kathy Greco of Kulpmont, Pa., niece
of Dr. Joseph '41 and Robert Greco '57; Kathye Wasson of Rix-
ford. Pa., niece of Mrs. Ruth Scott Nunn '55; Mildred Roth of
Nuremburg, Pa., niece of Samuel Rogers '39; Donna Day of Can-
onsburg. Pa., niece of ffarry G. McBride '39; Grace Simington of
Rome, N. Y., granddaughter of the late Mrs. Grace Brown Sim-
ington '03 and niece of Lawrence Brown '02. Second row: Larry
Shaffer of Harrisburg, Pa., grandson of the late Rev. J. W.
Shaffer '08; Ron hiand of Trevorton, Pa., brother of William Hand
'58; Sally Baskin of Selinsgrove, Pa., sister of John Baskin '59.
Back: George Fecker of Sunbury, Pa., nephew of Thomas Deppen
'50 and Herbert C. Klinger '40; Donald Bowes of South Orange,
N. J., nephew of Mrs. Janet Popken McCue x'50; Larry Brenne-
man of York, Pa., nephew of Nelson J. King '34; Edward Barabas
of North Bergen, N. J., brother of Millie Barabas '60; Ann
Spriggle of Richfield, Pa., niece of Mrs. Carletta Chubb Hood
'57; Mary Wingard of Windber, Pa., sister of Larry Wingard '60.
John Eccker
W. Dimakl Fisher
W illiain James Foster
Martlia Martin Gehris
The Rev. CJerald E. Moorhead
Bettie \\'in( y Moorhead
Martha Albert Putnam
Susan Fohz Tietbohl
19.52
Barbara .Stagg Eccker
John H. Momrow
Janet W'ingert Yetter
The Rev. Da\id G. Volk
Nancy E. Youhon
1953
Helen Spaeth Church
Madaline Lease Cook
Robert B. Jarvis
Edw ard P. Kopf
Arthur K. Olson
Marvel Cowling Robinson
Dean E. Rupe
Daniel W. Williamson
Joan Wiant Williamson
19.54
Bniee T. Bobb
William C. Church
Walter R. Henry
Margaretc Hults Olson
Nancy Krieg Stacks
19.55
Arlan K. Gilbert
Lana Fegley Henry
Ruth Scott Nunn
Jiuiies G. Showalter
Charles William Ziegenfuss
1956
Henry S. Cook
Nancy L. Kline
Anna Jane Mover
Margaret Sultzbaugh
1957
Marion D. Drumheller
Peter M. Nunn
The Rev. John Allen Roshon
Bessie G. Trate
Joan Raudenbush Wendel
1958
Gilbert F. Bannerman
Walter P. Benliam Jr.
Da\id R. Boyer
Fern Keefer Boyer
Mary Moore Schatkowski
James W. White
Gail Woolbert White
Robert A. Willauer
Gloria Ann Myers Willauer
19.59
Nancy Vastine Bannennan
James T. Bayruns
Marian Bowman Sehrock
George H. Thies
Mabel Hays Torrance
1960
Joan Heslop Bayruns
HONORARY
Bertha M. Hein
1960 CENTURY CLUB
Total C('iitiir\' Clul) membership for 1960 ineliidecl
36 individuals and two organizations. Since the last
issue of the Alumnus, these additional memberships
were gained on the basis of SlOO-or-more contributions:
Dr. O. H. Aurand '21
Perce Appleyard '22
Marlyn Fetterolf "23
Mabel Kinsey Fetterolf '24
The Rev. Norman S. Wolf '25
Hannah Pitner Lambert '28
William E. Royer '33
The H(\. Lester J. Karschner '37
Robert A. Gabrenya '40
Connecticut Life Insurance Co.
—George A. Cooper '48
Charles A. Morris '49
John Witowski '50
Dr. James C. '50 and Martha
Martin C^ehris .51
Philadelpliia Ahinuii Club
Alpha Sigma Omega Association
( Phi Mu Delta alumni )
David Van Pelt
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ACROSS DON'S DESK
by DON WISSINGER '50
Director of Alumni Relations
Blair Heaton '42
Susquehanna is always grieved wlieii one of her
sons or daughters passes away, but it was indeed a
dark No\ ember 4 when news was- reeeived of tlie im-
timely deatli of Blair
Heaton "42. Blair had
expressed to many peo-
ple his happiness and
satisfaction at being a
part of Susquehanna.
To lie coaching and
teaching at his Alma
Nhiter was his "ch-eam
come true." K^ ft*
Blair was called from
tliis world at the height
of a successful football
season. As end coach
of the Orange and Ma-
roon team, he played a
leading role along with
15ob Pittello "51, line coach, in de\eloping one of the
best small college lines in the counti'y.
As a coach (varsity track and assistant in basket-
ball as well) Blair was loved and respected by ath-
letes. As a teacher of mathematics, he was loved and
respected by all students and other staff members.
Alumni, students and co-workers sorely miss his pres-
ence.
0 0 0
Mahanoy is still tough. It was my privilege to
join this year's seniors in their elinib of the peak. After
returning to the eainpus I read again the account of
la.st years climb by George Gopie '60 ( Susqueh.^nna
Alumxus, September 1959), and wish to second the
trials, tribulations and fun encountered in this tradi-
tional ascent.
o o o
The alumni office was pleased to learn from Louise
West '39 that she visited Japan last summer and was
able to spend some time at the memorial where the
name of Burt Ricliard '40 is enshrined along with other
American heroes of World \Var II. Called Ryozen
Kannon and located at Kyoto, the memorial was erect-
ed in honor of deceased enemies by the Japanese. At
the same site, another shrine honors the World's Un-
known Soldier.
Louise had nothing but praise for Japanese hos-
pitality, in spite of the Zengakeuren demonstrations
which took place during her visit. Let's hear from
other alumni who have interesting travel experiences
so we can share them through these pages.
Sincere thanks to all wlio contributed to the 1960
Loyalty Fund. Besides reaching a new high in total
gifts ($12,474), a real breakthrough in participation
was realized (13.9 vs. 5.7 percent last year). Many gave
for the first time and we have faith that this is but a
beginning for what S.U. alumni will do in the future
for their Alma Mater.
A word niust also be said for the many who con-
tributed to fraternities, club programs, scholarships,
etc., and whose gifts are not part of the regular Loyal-
ty Fund. This generosity also is appreciated and is
certainly a part of overall university growth.
Nearly $11,000 has been given this year toward
the new houses of Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Chi.
Parents of active members participated, too. Lambda
Chi Alpha has been particularly successful in raising
several thousand additional dollars through friends in
the Snyder-Northumberland Counties area.
o o o
We continue to receive correspondence and visits
from faculty and administrative alumni . . . President
Emeritus G. Morris Smith has been faithful in forward-
ing articles of interest to the alumni office . . . Miss
Bertha Hein, who served for 12 years as college nurse,
assistant dean of women and teacher, wrote that she
had a serious illness in 1954 but is now living comfort-
ably in Topton, Pa. . . . Mr. Robert Meader spent a
day at Suscjuehanna calling on old friends and getting
acquainted with new ones. As curator of the Shaker
Museum in Old Chatham, N.Y. he promised us an ap-
propriate article for a future issue of the Alumnus . . .
Miss Ruth Meister, former dean of women, welcomes
this magazine and other campus news . . . Mr. Axel
Kleinsorg is a frequent visitor to campus concerts and
theatre events . . . Our thanks to these faithful workers
\\'ho take the time to keep in touch.
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A few brave souls have been asking about renewing
the Alumni-Varsity basketball game. Coach John Barr's
hoopsters say they would welcome such comi)elition if
plans could be made sufficiently in advance. If you'd
like to play in a game like tJiis some Saturday next De-
cember, drop me a line.
o o o
Being mailed out just about this time is the annual
offer to subscribe to Newsweek at a reduced rate. Sus-
quehanna alumni names were released for this purpose
with the approval and at the request of the Alumni As-
sociation's executive committee because many college
graduates are interested in this type of communication
media. We encourage your comments in regard to this
policy.
DECEMBER 1960
13
Co-capfains of the Crusader basketball
team for 1960-61 are the Moore twins
(not related I — George, a senior from
Gordon, Pa., and Bill, a sophomore from
Shamokin, Pa. The Susquehanna round-
ballers, coached by John Barr, won three
of their first five games — beating Rider,
Ursinus and Harpur; and losing to Temple
and Wilkes.
SUSQUEHANNA
1960
FOOTBALL SCORES
SU
OPP
18
Lycoming
0
33
Ursinus
0
14
Swarthmore
0
7
Upsala
8
13
Waynesburg
9
9
Wilkes
0
14 Cape May C.G.
0
26
Dickinson
0
134
Totals
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Football Team Is
Defensive Leader
Under the first-year tutelage of
Jim Garrett, head football eoach
aiul athletie direetor, the Cni.sader
football team compiled one of the
finest defensive records in the na-
tion while posting a 7-1 season's
mark.
.\ceording to final statistics re-
leased b\ the NC.\A, Susquehan-
na's pass defense m;uk of \ielding
()n]\ 27.3 \ards per game in the air
w as tlie best in the country in 1960.
The (Crusaders were also rated
(■ii;]ith in the nation in total defense
wliilc allowing 132.4 yards per
game.
Led by lien DiFraneeseo, S. U.'s
great left guard and defensive sig-
nal caller, the Crusader defense al-
lowed onh 17 points in eight con-
tests, a record bettered nationally
onh' by unscored-upon Albany
(Ga.) State.
Robert W. Pritchard '36, athletic director
and head football coach at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.,
was nominated by Susquehanna University
for the Silver Anniversary All-America
Award of Sports Illustrated magazine.
Bob was one of 67 outstanding Ameri-
cans who played their senior year of foot-
ball 25 years ago and were nominated
for this recognition. Twenty-five were
named winners.
These gridders who played their last year of football for Susquehanna in 1960 were
honored with Senior Award plaques at the SU Quarterback Club banquet on December
2: halfback Glenn Bowman of York, Pa.; guard Don Cave of Klavertown, Pa.; fullback
Frank Procopio of Kulpmont, Pa ; quarterback Dick Derrick of Morris Plains, N. J.; half-
back Neal Rebuck of Dornsife, Pa.; end Ed Jones of Bristol, Pa. At right is Dr. Melvin
Wolfbcrg, Seiinsgrove optometrist who made the presentations for the club. Derrick
and Rebuck were co-captains of the outstanding defensive squad which won seven and
lost one. Appreciation plaques were given to ffead Coach Jim Garrett, Line Coach Bob
Pittello and, posthumously. End Coach Blair Kleaton. Junior guard Ben DiFrancesco won
the President's Trophy as the season's "most valuable player" and was also named
captain of the team for 1961. The captain-elect was given honorable mention on the
Williamson Little All-American Balanced Poll.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Preacher at Birdland
Reprinted verbatim, with permission, from
Newsweek, October 24, I960. Photo
courtesy of Newsweek. Pastor John Gen-
sel graduated from Susquehanna in 1940.
"The Reverend— he's a beautiful man," said Henry
Solomon, tlie owner of Junior's Bar and Lounge in New
York. "They dnew away the mold when they made
tliat guy."
It was the cocktail hour one day last week in the
jazznians hangout on 52nd Street, too early for most
regidar customers, and too early for "the Reverend."
Later in the night, the Re\'. John Gcnsel would drop
in for his usual — a stiaight Coke — and a word or two
with his growing flock of musical friends. Juniors is
only one of the 4.'3-year-old Lutheran pastor's night
stops. He came that evening after a performance of
the African Ballet. But more usually it is from a jam
session at Birdland, from a record-playing evening at
the Duke Ellington Jazz Society, or from any one of a
handful of Broadway bars where the professional jazz
musician is at home.
Perhaps in the course of a night an old friend or
a new one might want to e.xchange more than a casual
word with the minister, and Pastor Gensel often finds
it is bright and earh' before he gets back to the Church
of the .\d\ ent on the Upper West Side. "Maybe a man
wants a minister to pray with him at 4 o'clock in the
morning," he says. "OK, why not? A jazz musician
can be a lonely guy at 4 o'clock in the morning."
Musicians, he e.xplains, have special occupational diffi-
culties: "^^'ife troubles, alcoholism, and even dope
addiction can be found anyplace. But the tension of
their Ii\es tends to magnify these problems. Even a
good musician may not know where his next job is
coming from; it may be a series of one-night stands.
Should he take his wife and children? Or if he has a
steadx- job, his hours are such that he doesn't see enough
of his famih'."
OLD LOVE: Pastor Gensel, who is possibly the
nation's onh' full-time minister to jazz musicians, has
been a jazz lo\er for some time. "I heard my first big
band, Duke Ellington's, in 1931 in Berwick, Pa., and
I'xe never forgotten it," he declares. The Puerto-Rican-
born pastor attended Susquehanna LTniversity, an insti-
tution of the United Lutheran Church in America. He
went on to Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettys-
burg, and in 1943 was graduated, ordained in the ULCA,
and married. After a hitch as a Navy chaplain, and fol-
lowing ministries in Ohio and Puerto Rico, Pastor
Gensel came in 1956 to his Church of the Advent, a
tx-pically rundown city church with a small congrega-
Newsweek — Tony Rollo
"Gensel: Upbeat on the downbeat"
tion that had been without a regular minister for a
year. Today Advent has more than 200 regular com-
municants representing close to twenty nationalities and
tliree races.
The idea of the jazz ministry, says Pastor Gensel,
grew from a reading of "The Story of Jazz" by Marshall
Stearns, the jazz historian and critic. "I called him to
say how much I enjoyed the book," he recalls. "Then
we met and liked each other and I attended his sem-
inar on jazz at the New School. We took field trips to
the Cafe Bohemia, the Five Spot, and other jazz places,
and I got to know more and more of the people." One
of the jazz old-timers advised him to get to know the
bartenders at four or five leading musicians' hangouts.
"These boys always know who is sick or in trouble,"
says Pastor Gensel. "And once I've met a man through
his friend the bartender, I follow him up. Often their
wives will hear about me and call me with a problem.
Of course, this is exactly the way you carry on any
pastoral ministry. But the important thing is for them
to know you're not a square."
In the two years of his specialized ministry, John
Gensel has made scores of jazz friends and figures that
he has become a real pastor to perhaps a dozen musi-
cians. In the future he will be able to give more time
to the unique ministry, thanks to the new assistant min-
ister who came to Advent last month. His admiring con-
gregation insists that he preach a sermon on Sunday,
but with most regular parish chores off his shoulders.
Pastor Gensel is free to sit up till all hours of the
morning.
DECEMBER 1960
15
"^'^^^i
^
J. D. BOGAR DIES
Jeriy 13. Boj^ar Jr. x'yy. promi-
nent Ilarrisburg l)iisinessnian and
loyal Susquehanna supporter, pass-
ed away on
November 10,
1960. President
of the Harris-
hurg Lumber
Company, he
served for
many years on
the exeeutive
fonimittee of
the S. L-. Board of Directors.
He was a substantial contributor
to Bogar Hall, named in his honor
in 1951, and dedicated three class-
rooms in the building to Dr. John
1. \\i)()druff 'S8, Dr. Thomas C.
iloutz So, and the Hev. Jonathan
R. Dimm 09. hi 195:3 his .\lma
Mater awarded \\r. Bogar tlie hon-
orar> D. B. .V.
Dr. Bogar is sur\ i\ed by his wife,
son Guy '21, a daughter, and grand-
son Marsh "51.
Awards Committee
Seeks Nominees
Alread> at work, tlie .Mumni As-
sociations 1961 Awards Commit-
tee announces that it is screening
candidates for the Alumni Achieve-
ment Award to be given on Alum-
ni Day Ma\' 6.
This citation is otfcn-d aniaially
to an alumnus or alumna tor out-
standing achievement in a partic-
ular field of endeavor.
Committee chairman Dr. Joseph
Hackenberg '20 says his group will
meet to name a final choice in
earl\- spring. He urges all Susque-
hanna alumni to consider submit-
ting nominees for the award.
Names, addresses and details of ac-
complishments should be sent to
the chairman at 1511 Kadel Drive,
Bi'thiehem, Pa., or to Don W'is-
singer at the Alumni Office, not
later than March 1, 1961.
Beethoven seems to be wondering about
this one! It's Rufus M. Weaver of
Washington, D. C, a Gettysburg College
graduate of 1907 and recent donor of
the Weaver Memorial Classical Scholar-
ships at Susquehanna. Talking things
over with Dean Wilhelm Reuning during
his first visit to S. U Mr. Weaver thought
he ought to go through the "formalities"
of freshmanhood.
SU Chapel Choir, under the direction of Prof. John Magnus, goes through its paces just
prior to Video-taping a special Christmas program — Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of
Carols" — for WGAL-TV, Channel 8, Lancaster, Pa. Scheduled for telecasting on
Christmas Eve at I 1 :30 and December 26 at 6:00 a. m., the show was also to be seen
later in the week over WFIL-TV, Channel 6, Philadelphia Featured on the program was
Margarita Csonka, guest harpist from the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. Doing
unusually fine work this year, Susquehanna's Choir is looking forward to a spring TV
appearance also.
SAI Celebrates
The Selinsgrovc .\lmnnae C^hap-
ter and Patroness Group of Sigma
Omega (S. U. cfiapter of Sigma
Alpha Iota) celebrated its 25th an-
niversary at a luncheon lueeting on
October 15.
Fifteen alumnae and fi\e patron-
esses were present including three
i)f 17 charter members: Laura Ciem-
berling "28, secretary; Ruth Bair
Badger '35, treasurer; and Doro-
thy Eastep "35, province vice pres-
ident.
High priority plan lor the \far is
to present Susciuehannas .Music
Division with gifts of \alue to me-
morialize Dr. E. E. Sheldon, who
gave unstintingly of his wisdom,
talent, time and de\i)tion to the
cause of humanity, music and Sig-
ma .\lplia Iota.
To-date, alumnae and patroness-
es have gi\en more than two iiun-
drccl dollars toward tin's purpose.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Loved For What He Is
In thf small \ illage of Cluuxhville, New York, a
suburb about 15 miles west of Rocliester, stands a
stately, 35-n)om mansion built in 1904. Its hand-painted
ceilings and sidewalls are the work of famed cartoonist
George McManus who created Jiggs and Maggie. This
was his first assignment.
IIo\\ appropriate that the building decorated by
an artist who later brought happiness to so many, is
now a school and home for retarded children— a school
founded on up-to-date principles of allowing every
child to de\elop his potentialities to the maximum, a
home where "the child is loved for what lie is, not for
what we want him to be."
Its name is Xanbeth Hall. It is owned and oper-
ated b\' Susquehanna alumna Grace Leffler Duben-
dorf '43 and her husband Mark. The Dubendorfs pur-
chased the Hall in the summer of 1959, thereby realiz-
ing a life-long ambition to work full-time with mental-
1\ handicapped children.
Nanbeth Hall at Churchville, N. Y.
Grace Leffler Dubendorf conducts an interview in the
homelike atmosphere of her school for retarded children.
After refurnishing the building and revising the
curriculum, they now feel that "Nanbeth Hall is the
familv-tvpe school with a rela.xed home-life environ-
ment which is needed for the exceptional child."
Grace Dubendorf has always been interested in
the exceptional child. Following her graduation from
Susqueh;mna and teaching in high schools in Baltimore,
Md.; Danville, Pa.; and Fairport, N. Y., she opened her
own home to a number of children with problems of
retardation and emotional disturbance. She and her
husband have worked in conjunction with the Monroe
County Children's Division of New York State as well
as the Day-Care-Center of Rochester.
"When the opportunity arose to purchase Nanbeth
Hall," she writes, "Mark and I very definitely sensed
the leading of our Lord into this work at the school
... as a residt of careful preparation and much prayer,
we were thrilled to realize our life-time dream."
She points out that "although none of our own
three children is retarded, we operate the Hall with
the idea of its being and functioning as we would want
a school to be were a child of ours a student here."
A salute to Mark and Grace Dubendorf— and to
others like them who truly love all children for what
they are, not only for what we want them to be.
PLAN NOW FOR ALUMNI DAY MAY 6, 1961
Special Class Reunions for
1911
1916 1921 1926
1931
1936
1941 1946 1951
1956
DECEMBER 1960
17
— Susquehannans on Parade —
'88
Dr. ;o7ifi 1. Woodruff, S. U.'s oldest
living alumnus, celebrated his 96th
birthday November 24. Dr. Woodruff
was also recendy acclaimed Bucknell's
oldest living alumnus. He keeps active
attending football games, kissing campus
queens, WTiting poetry and attending al-
unmi club meetings. Dr. Woodruff is
iioping his sciiolarship -fund, which start-
ed tnim the sale of his book of poems,
will reach $2,000 very soon— then he'll
add another §1,000 to it. It is known as
the "Woodruff-Alumni Scholarship." Con-
tributions may be sent to Dr. Woodruff,
30.5 University Avenue, Selinsgrove, or to
the Alumni Office.
2^) C/n.s-.s- Rciiuioii Mm/ 6
Aniiti M. \orti(it recently retired from
teaching in L\nbrook, N. Y., and is now
the owner and manager of two laimdro-
niats in Orlando, Fla. Her new resi-
dence is 503 Lake Shore Drive, Mait-
land, Fla.
Dorothy \V. liceiler heads a staff of
ten as liead librarian at Marjlaiul State
Teaeliers College, Towson, Md.
'27
Fern Ofilitie of Somerset, Pa. is the
author of the December 19 meditation
published in the November-December
issue of The Upper Room, world wide
devotional guide. The publication has
a circulation of over 3,250.000 copies, is
printeil in 37 editions and 31 languages,
and is distributed in more than 100
countries.
Flora Hull Longcnecker is the 8th
grade guidance counselor at Nautilus Jr.
High Sdioo! in Miami Beach, Fla.
'30
Clifford A. Kiracofc has been elected
General Attorney of Lumbermen's Mu-
tual Casualty Co. and American Motorists
Insurance Co., both divisions of Kemper
Insurance, Cliicago. He is also General
Attorney for Federal Mutual Insurance
Co. and Assistant General Counsel to
f f Class Reunion May 6
'13
Dr. John B. Knisely has joined the staff
of First Lutlieran Church, Glendale, Calif,
where his son, the Rev. Karl E. Knisely
'3S, is pastor. Dr. and Mrs. Knisely
(Mary Grayhill '16) had retired after 25
years of service at Mt. Zion Cliurch in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Rev. R. L. Lubold, who recently
retired from the ministry in Toledo, Ohio
and returned to Selinsgrove, has been
called as supply pastor of Zion (Arbogast)
Lutheran Cliurch, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.
and St. Paul's (Leninger's) Lutheran
Church, Oriental, Pa.
SU vignette
'15
Dr. J. Frank Faust is the proud posses-
sor of an unusually interesting set of slid-
es taken during a recent trip around the
world by steamer and airplane. Dr. and
Mrs. Faust now reside in Chambersburg,
Pa.
^ ^y Class Reunion May 6
2 I class Reunion May 6
Dr. Park \V. Huntington and Marie
Rouiig Huntington renewed many friend-
ships in the area when Dr. Huntington
appeared as the Rally Day speaker at
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
in Beaver Springs, Pa. The Hunting-
tons now reside in Wilmington, Del.
Dr. Dallas C. Baer '20, one of Sus-
qiielianna's mo.st prolific writers, has
resigned because of illness after a 15-
year pastorate at Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Norwood, Pa. Previously he
had served at Trinity, Hughesville,
Pa.; Bethany, Philadelphia; and Trin-
ity, Selinsgrove.
Dr. Baer is the author of some 15
religious books which include "The
Old Gospel for New Times,' "The
Secret of a Beautiful Life," "Christ is
the Gospel," "The Amazing Christ,"
"Living Messages From the Epistles,"
"Blue Prints for Great Living," "Win-
dows Tiiat Let In the Light," "Pilate's
Questions and Christ's \\'ords,"
"Light From the Old For a New
Order," "The Messages From the Prophets." Three of his books have been
book club selections.
Business manager of TIic Laiilhoni. Dallas Baer was udtcd in niulcr-
graduate days as a practical jokester and one w ho w as particularK- adept at
outwitting his professors. His classmates predicted gri-at tilings from him
"because of his good mi.ving qualities, capable leadership and splendid
character."
They were not wrong. Dr. Baer's creati\e nnnd and talented pen have
been making a distinct contribution to the devotional lite of people every-
where. A recipient of B.D. and S.T.M. degrees from the former Susquehanna
SeminaiN', he was honored in 1943 with liis .-Mma Mater's D.D.
IE
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
American Maiiufacturtr's Mutual Insur-
ance Co., two other Kemper affiliates.
Mr. and Mrs. Kiracofe and their two sons
hve in Lake Forest, 111.
Myer R. Musser is sales manager for
Sears Roebuck and Co., in Baltimore, Md.
Dorothii Strinc Bowers retired as head
of the business department of Red Lion
Hifih .School. She celebrated her retire-
ment witli a trip to Europe last summer.
R(i{inii)nil "R'p" Giinnnii, former pres-
ident of the Alumni Association, is now
h\in,!i in Camp Hill, Pa. "Rip" is teach-
ing science at Central Dauphin High
School.
'31
'32
C/(jv.s Reunion May 6
The Rev. Herbert G. HoJiman is cele-
brating his 25tli ordination anniversary
this year. Pastor Hohman is presently
serving Redeemer Lutheran Church in
Lancaster, Pa.
'35
The Rev. Robert R. Chirk of tlie Unit-
ed Lutheran Church Board of Publication
was a guest speaker at First Lutheran
Chiu-ch, Selinsgrove. Pastor Clark is
editor of the weekly Church Bulletin
with a circulation of 650,000 among
ULCA congregations. He has written
six quarters of the Augsburg Series of
Sunday school lessons and has contribut-
ed to numerous church periodicals.
Class Reunion May 6
'36
'37
The Rev. John C. McCune, pastor at
St. Paul's Lutheran Chiu'ch, Williams-
port, Pa., for three and one-half years,
has resigned to become pastor at Aarons-
burg Lutheran Parish, Centre County,
Pa.
'38
Dr. Eleanor B. Brown is now Associate
Professor in the College of Business Ad-
ministration at Kent State University in
Ohio.
The Rev. Karl E. Knisely recently com-
pleted a month of seminary in the Mid-
dle East. He is serving his second term
as president of the Southern Conference
of the Synod of the Pacific Southwest,
ULCA. Karl and Margaret Dunhle
Knisely x'41 have four sons, two in col-
lege.
Fifty alumni and friends turned out for a Susquehanna luncheon held at the Madison
Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., on October 19 in connection with the biennial convention of
the United Lutheran Church in America. In head table photo, seated: Public Relations
Director George Tamke, who acted as emcee; President and Mrs. Gustave W. Weber;
Dr. Robert W. Koons, member of S. U. Board of Directors and pastor of Christ Lutheran
Church, Gettysburg. Standing: Don Wissinger '50, director of alumni relations; Dean
of Students Albert A. Zimmer; Dr. George F. Harkins, new ULCA secretary and husband
of Janet Earhart Harkins '36; John C. Horn, second vice president of the Board of
Directors; The Rev. Lester J. Karschner '37, Board member and pastor of St. John's
Lutheran Church, Abbottstown, Pa.
/. Stanley Au^ltenbaugh, a Manliattan
shirt salesman, beat the Long Island
Railroad strike this summer by recruit-
ing three riders for his 26 foot cabin
cruiser, according to the August 1 issue
of Time magazine. A former lieutenant
commander in the Navy, he thoroughly
enjoyed the change of transportation
except for the time involved— 2 hours and
35 minutes versus an hour on the train.
John H. Paul has accepted a position
at Alfred State University Agricultural
and Technical Institute in Alfred, N. Y.,
where he is teaching business mathemat-
ics and business communications.
'39
Robert L. Herr took part in ground-
breaking ceremonies for the proposed
new headquarters of the Pennsylvania
Council of Churches in Harrisburg. The
Coimcil represents 47 church bodies and
3 million members.
^^f Class Reunion May 6
'42
Mildred E. Bitiner received a master's
degree in education from Bucknell Uni-
versity last summer. She is guidance
counselor at Selinsgrove Area Joint High
School.
Sura E. Williams is taking extension
courses in labor relations at the Univer-
sity of Delaware.
'43
James W. Hall has accepted a position
with the University of Texas M. D. An-
derson Hospital and Tumor Institute at
Texas Medical Center, Houston. His
position includes supervision of external
beam, radium dosimetry, isotope do-
simetry, radiation protection, and duties
in the school for advanced studies in
residence for doctors.
x'43
Anita Bushure Roth is living in Lon-
don, England, where her husband Lt.
Col. M. C. Roth is a member of the
USMC. Her address is Box 8, Cincus-
naveur, Navv 100, FPO, New York, N. Y.
x'44
James M^ert has been transferred frcm
Binghamton, N. Y., back to Sc'i;isgrovc
as district sales manager for Levan!'.ia!
Brothers.
45
Marjorie Ditzler Shafer is teaching the
physically and mentally handicapped in
Havre de Grace, Md.
DECEMBER 1960
19
SU vignette
Col. William R. Swarm '33. a stiind-
out track star at Susquelianna, is still
running in select company. He is one
ot 20 Departmental and Foreign SerA'ice
officers attending a Senior Seminiir in
Foreign Policy during this academic
year.
Conducted b> the Depiirtment of
State, the Seminar is the most advanced
training program in tlie field of inter-
national relations and foreign policy.
Aimed at preparing officers for tlie
highest I'jositions of responsiliility in
diplomatic posts abroad and in inter-
agency and international organizations,
the Seminar provides opportimity for
study, reflection and discussion with
some of the most prominent figures in American life. It will be climaxed
with a three-week foreign trip in May, when Bill will probabh- go to India
and Pakistan.
Prior to this assignment, the S.U. alumnus was Chief, Civil Affairs
Branch on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command. Serv-
ing with Civil Affairs Milit;iry Government for the past 17 years, he has
had wide experience in a variety of senior posts in Europe, Korea and the
Philippines. At one time he was on temporary dut\' with the Department
of State as an adxiser on German affairs.
As first chief. Military Government Department, Provost Marshal Gen-
eral's School from 1950 to 19.53, he was responsible for developing much
of the civil affairs doctrine now incorporated into Army 41 series field
manuals.
Colonel and Mrs. Swarm, a native of Bavaria, live with their three
sons at 204 Hilltop Road N.E.. Vienna, Va.
i^n Cluns Reuniou May 6'
'47
Allen W. Flock, associate professor of
music at BuckncU University, addressed
the instrumental teachers of the Central
Pennsylvania Educators Congress in
HarrisburR on the theme "Revolution of
Rising E.\pectations in Instrumental
Music."
Ongkar Narayan has been awarded a
Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship
for study toward a I'li.D. or Ed.D. degree.
In wTiting to Dr. G. Morris Smith, pres-
ident emeritus, Ongkar mentioned he was
one of two students from British Guiana
to receive this award.
Robert and Jane Trouttnan Maddocks
are living in Towson, Md. Bob is man-
ager of a Penn Fruit Market in Dundock.
'48
Tlie Re\. Cliiirlcs L. Lady and Elea-
nor Steele Lady iiave moved to Carlisle,
Pa., where he has accepted the pastorate
of the newly-organized Wertzville-Car-
lisle Springs Lutheran charge.
The Rev. Howard lluiiun has accepted
a new charge in West Hollywood. Fla.
Pastor Hugus, wife Rachel licrfisircsscr
Hugiis x'49 and two children visited Se-
linsgrove before leaving for Florida.
Harriet Gould Mertz. choral director
at South Miami High School in Florida
has started a new fad among faculty
members with her habit of riding a bike
to and from school each day. ]olin Mertz
'49, her liusband, is a .social studies tea-
cher at Miami High Scliool.
Robert E. Winter is an industrial buy-
er for the Bendi\ Corjjoration in Tow-
son. Md.
'49
Harry C. Cull) accepted a new posi-
tion as director of youth acti\ities at the
Central VMC.\, Camden, N. J. While at
Hagerstown Harry became a Certified
"Y" Secretary, capable of running the
complete VMCA program.
Roy Bilgcr, who led West Reading's
High School basketball team to two
Pennsylvania State 'C PIAA champion-
ships, resigned his coaching position this
year.
'50
Andrew and Maude Jones Koch '49
iia\e moved from Philadelpiiia to Slia-
mokin, Pa., where .\ndy is an accountant
for the Jones Bus Company. Maude is
an elementary music supervisor in the
Shamokin Borough School District.
Dr. Eur/ L. BernMine has begun prac-
tice of general surgery at York, Pa. after
completing four years as a resident sur-
geon at York Hospital.
Ernest A. Canals has been named
sales manager of Robert Rollins Blazers,
Inc.
Dr. Joseph A. Ladika has accepted a
position at the A. J. O'Dcll Medical
Center, Arcade, N. Y.
Lillian C. Smith ('inti is living in Bue-
nos Aires and was delighted to receive
news of her classmates through the class
book printed for the 10th reunion. Her
address is Llavallol 2890, Buenos Aires,
.\rgentina.
M. Patricia lloutz is serving as a resi-
dence coordinator at Penn State Univer-
sity in charge of South Halls. While
lieading a staff of four hostesses and four
senior residents Pat is sttuUing for her
Ed.D.
'51
Class Riuuioii May G
John and Lois Gordon Steiiicr '52 are
living in London, England, where John
is working as a special assistant to the
managing director of Vick International
Ltd. The Steigers address is Pine Lodge,
Woodham Lane, Woking, Surrey, Eng-
land.
20
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
'52
Frank V. Conipton was recently pro-
moted to sales ser\ ice manager for Wey-
erhaeuser Compan>', shipping container
tli\ision. Frank and GayiicIIi' Wiifioncr
JiS h\f in Baltimore, Md,
'53
KcM Hill is ser\ing as pastor of tlie
Aiidenried-Jeansville Methodist charge
near Hazleton. Pa. Ken is taking corres-
p<indence courses in preparation for or-
dination.
Doiuild H. Sheldon rccei\ed his Ph.D.
from Piudne University last June and is
now an associate micro-biologist for the
<\rmour Research Foundation of Illinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago.
'54
Ruth O.shDinc, who is teaching Latin
at Jerse\' Shore ( Pa. ) High School, tom-
ed Europe last summer. Her trip includ-
ed \isits to 19 countries and fi\c princi-
palities.
Ted Oshhak is merchandise service
manager for Montgomer\ Ward Co. in
Baltimore, Md.
CLIP AND SAVE
Campus Calendar
of
Public Evenf-s
Spring 1961
Tuesday, Febnianj 7
Artist Series: Charles Byrtl, guitarist. 8:00
Thiirsdaij, Febnianj 23
Lecture: "Student Life in the Church in East and West,"
Dr. Hans Bolewski, director of the Evangelical Academy,
Loccum, German)' and editor of The Lutheran World. 7:00
Friday, Fchniaiy 24
Lecture: "Historic Past and Modern Challenge," Dr. Hans
Bolewski. 11:15
Lecture: "The Present Debate on .4uthorit\' of the State,"
Dr. Hans Bolewski. 2:00
Sigma Alpha Iota American Musicale. 8:15
Over Please
At wind-up of a successful Crusader football season, alumni coaches gathered In the
President's Office to admire "The Old Hat" trophy of Amos Alonzo Stagg Sr. — emblem-
atic of victory in the Sunbury Kiv/anis Football Charities Festival. Hat was won by
Susquehanna in downing Lycoming 18-0 in 1 960's first game. In photo: Jim Peters
'49, football coach at Mifflinburg High School; Chet Rowe '52, guidance counselor and
assistant football coach at Selinsgrove High School; Don Wissinger '50, S. U. director
of alumni relations and formerly football coach at West York High School; Doug Arthur
'50, claims adjuster for Nationwide Insurance Co., Harrisburg; Rich Young '54, football
coach at Northumberland High School and donor of the hat; John Witowski '50, former
football coach at Saxton Liberty High School and currently scouting for Susquehanna;
President Weber, onetime coach at the Hill School.
Capt. Ernest R. Walker Jr. has been
named executive officer of the .34th Rifle
Company, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve.
He received his bachelor of law degree
in June 19.59 from Dickinson School of
Law.
The Rev. Edgar W. Oestrcich is associ-
ate pastor of Christ Evangelical Luther-
an Church, Wantagh, N. Y
The Rev. Charles and Rose Marie
Sharretts Coates are now living in Hamp-
stead, Md., where Pastor Coates has been
called to serve St. Mark's Lutheran
Church.
'56
Robert Hackenherg is working with
W. T. Grant Company in New York City.
Carol Dauhcrman is teaching elemen-
tary music in the Harford County
Schools, Bel-Air, Md.
Linda Youhon is teaching music at
Great Neck North Junior High School,
Long Island, N. Y. Linda and her sis-
ter Naney '52 toured Europe last sum-
mer, traveling through ten different
DECEMBER 1960
21
Sunday, March 12
Concert: S. U. SMuphonic Band, at Selinsgrove State
School. 2:30
Art Exhibit Opening: Hilda Kamiol, Bogar Hall. .3:()0-.5:()()
Wednesday. March 15 to Saturday, March 25
Shakespearean Festival: Susquehanna Universit\ Players,
Bogar Theatre. 8:00
Sunday. March 26
Spring Concert: S. U. Chapel Choir. 8:15
Friday, April 14
Concert: S. U. Symphony Orchestra. 8:15
Saturday. May 6
Alumni Day: Five-year Class Reunions.
Joint Concert: S. U. Chapel Choir and Juniata College
Choir. 8:15
Saturday. May 13
Ma\ Da\ Pageant, Heilnian Green. 3:00
Sunday. May 28
Baccalaureate Service, Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury.
11:00
Commencement, Bogar Green. 3:00
countries. The sisters now teach in the
same town.
'57
Jack Bithop is assistant credit man-
ager for Sears Roebuck and Co. in Balti-
more, Md.
'58
Robert T. Artz was awarded the mas-
ter of education degree from Temple
University and was admitted to member-
ship in Delta Pi Epsilon, national honor-
ary graduate fraternity in business ed-
ucation.
Rolicrt H. Barteh is serving with the
U. S. Army in Heidelberg, Germany and
is using his spare time to take courses at
the University of Maryland, Overseas
Branch.
Stanley DeCamp is teaching American
history, grades 11 and 12, in Lakewood
(N. J.) High School.
Robert Lewis is a teacher at the Chap-
man-Union Elementary School near Se-
linsgrove.
Robert C. White Jr. is teaching music
while serving with tlie U. S. Army at
Fort Jackson, S. C.
Ens. James A. Keiser has been assign-
ed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis
as disbursing officer.
Fred M. Mtirsch has entered the U. S.
Anny.
Murij Lou Ernst was one of two stu-
dent participants in a Basic Science Sem-
inar, "The Origin of Life," held at Tem-
ple University School of Medicine and
Hospital on October 27.
'59
Susan Lehman is teaching remedial
reading in the \Vilkcs-Barre, Pa. schools.
Mary F. Davis is serving as vocal music
teacher at Northeastern High School in
Manchester, Pa. Last year Mary taught
organ and piano at Linden Hall Jr. Col-
lege and School for Girls, Lititz, Pa.
'60
Virginia Alexander is teaching English
and history, 7th grade, Roy W. Brown
Junior High School. 9,5 Hickory Ave.,
Bergenfield, N. J.
Harold Hiiiguinan resigned from the
McCann-Erickson .Advertising Co. to ac-
cept a position with Young and Rubicam
.Advertising .Agency.
Sally .Ami Kehler is working toward her
master's degree at George Washington
University. 1868 Columbia Road, N. W.,
Washington 9, D. C.
Paul P. Semicek is serving as band
director at Mt. Carmel (Pa.) Higli School.
William C. Sliutt is an accountant for
the U. S. Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
George Swann is serving with tlic U.
S. .Army.
Barry Bcalor is teaching mathematics
ill Sunbury High School.
Donald Gray, who is doing graduate
work in t)ioph\sics at Vale University,
reports lie is \'er\ happ\' and has already
passed his language retniircnunts for an
ad\anced degree.
Lillian llolcondie is teaching mu,sic in
the elementary schools of Towanda, Pa.
BORN CRUSADERS
To Mr. and Mrs. James W. CJarrett, a
daughter, Jane Frances, August 24, 1960.
Mr. Garrett is director of athletics and
head football c-oach at Sustjuihanna.
To Dr. Richard M. and \'ancy Myers
Landis '47, their third daughter. Kathy,
March 16, 19.59. 65.3 W". Chestnut St.,
Lancaster, Pa.
To Kay G. '54 and Carol Clement
Campbell x'56, a second son. Tommy
Cliris, February 20, 1960. 20 Main
Street, Towanda, Pa.
To Shirle\' and Jaeob M. Spangler Jr.
'.53, a daughter, Christina Joanne, July
13, 1960. 4 Dempster Road, Chatham,
N. J.
To Richard W. '55 and Margie Lamon
Owens .v'56, a son, Da\id Richard, July
29, 1960. 921 Raydlen Drive, Berwick,
Pa.
To the Rev. and Mrs. Edwin M. Clap-
per, '34, a daughter, Margiu-et Jane,
August 27, 1960.
To Richard '59 and Margaret Pattyson
Neff '59, a son, Richard .Alan, September
1, 1960. 290 Madison Avenue, Irving-
ton, N. J.
To Grandmother and Grandfather Al-
fred J. Krahmer, Librarian at Susciuehan-
na, twin granddaughters, .Alyson Margar-
et and Juliette Elizabeth Fogg, August
27, 1960; and twin granddaughters. An-
drea and Loren Gunther, September 11,
1960.
To Gary x'61 and Stephanie Haase
Moore '60, a son, Scott Robert, Septem-
ber 11, 1960. Gary is a field represen-
22
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
tati\c for G.M.A.C. and attending the
UnixiTsity of Bridgeport at night. 70
Fremont Street, Apt. 2C, Bridgeport,
Conn.
To Patrieia and Ccorge S. Dodge '58,
a daughter, Natahe Elizabeth. Septem-
ber 22, 1960.
To Henry S. '56 and Madalinc Lease
Cook '53, a daughter, Catlierine Jane,
Octolier 4. 1960. 727 Ridgewood Road,
Millburn. \. J.
To Kathleen and Robert Welker '61, a
son, Gregory David, October 14, 1960.
21 N. Market Street, Selinsgrove, Pa.
To tlie Rev. Herbert A. and Virginia
Lee Yinger Willke '51, a daughter, Pam-
ela Ann, October 22, 1960, 4913 Buck-
ner Road, Alexandria, Va,
To Mr, and Mrs. Fred Crosse, their
tliird daughter, October 23, 1960. Mr.
Crosse is assistant professor of physics at
Susquehanna.
To Gene L. '56 and Jessie Stnith
Stoek '56, a son, Edwin Lewis, October
24, 1960. Cene, a sales representative
for the Burroughs Corporation, has been
transferred to Lancaster. .5970 Geneva
Drive, East Petersburg, Pa.
To Frank L. '57 and Gail Midler Ro-
mano x'59, a second daughter, Lori Gail,
October 26, 1960. 518 Brooklawn Ave-
nue, Apt. 4 Fl, Roselle, N. J.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ongkar Narayan '47,
a son, September 6, 1960. Education
Building. Uni\ersity of Alberta, Edmon-
ton, Alberta, Canada.
To Bill and Alice Greeger Ffeffer '51,
twin daughters, Terry Ann and Mary
Beth, November 7, 1960. Bear Creek
Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
To H. Vernon '36 and Fern Zechman
Ferster x'40, a daughter, Elizabeth Ann,
November 9, 1960. 1100 Carlisle Street,
Hanover, Pa.
DEATHS
Frank P. McGroarty '29, North End,
Pa., 1959.
Dav'd F. Davis '25, Taylor, Pa., sum-
mer 1960.
Andrew E. Rushin, '28, Alden Station,
Pa., summer 1960.
Lee Dentler '02, VVilliamsport, Pa.,
April 2, 1930.
George Harheson x'61, Pedricktown,
N. J., August 1960.
Bertha Lantz Shipe '12, September 12,
1960. Mrs. Shipe taught piano in Sun-
bury izr many years and was a charter
member of the Catawissa Avenue Metho-
dist Churcli. Mrs. Shipe is survived by
her husband James W. and two children.
B. Mary Shipe '42 and James Jr., tliree
grandcliildrcn, three sisters and one bro-
ther.
The Rev. Walter E. Brown '15, Octo-
ber 5, 1960. He was pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church, McAli.sterville, Pa.
Following his ordination in 1918 he ac-
cepted a call to the Thompsontown Luth-
eran Church and in 1922 went to tlie
Pine Street Church in Danville where he
served for 33 years. Pastor Brown, well-
known and highly respected, worked
actively with migrant laborers in tlie
Milton and Me.\lister\ille, Pa. areas. He
ser\'ed on the Board of Trustees of bodi
the Loys\ille Children's Home and Na-
tional Lutheran Home for the Aged. His
wife and a daughter survive.
Henry F. Feitusch '29, Luzerne, Pa.,
October 6, 1960.
Harold L. Harder x'26, October 22,
1960. He was a barber in Northumber-
land for 32 years. He is survived by his
wife, father, two sisters and a brother.
George M. Wolfe, fatlier-in-law and
father of the Rev. John C. '37 and Mar-
iorie Wolfe McCune '43 November 2,
1960. Mrs. McCune is an instructor in
English and Latin at Susquehanna.
S. U. WEDDINGS
WINEY-BODLE
Patricia Ann Bodle '60 to Donald Al-
fred Winey '60 August 27, 1960 in the
Lycoming Mediodist Church in VVil-
liamsport, Pa. Mary Lou McCann '60
and Joan Brenneman Curtis '61 served
as bridesmaids. Donald Coleman '60
was best man and Wayne Ritz '58, Carl,
ton Smith '60, Herman Hopple '61, and
Leslie Butler '62 participated as ushers.
Dexter Weikel '48 played the organ and
Joyce Bond Raessler '60 was soloist.
\V'EBBER-SM1TH
Dorothy W. Smith '43 to W. David
Webber in 1958. Mrs. Smitli is Dean of
Girls at Theodore Roosevelt High School
in Wyandotte, Mich.
GOOD-ENCK
Barbara Ann Enck x'5S to A. Kenneth
Good March 19, 1960 in Trinity Luther-
an Church, Ephrata, Pa. The couple is
residing at 217 Brimmer Avenue, New
Holland, Pa.
McLAUGHLlN-McGRAW
Donna Jean McGraw to Jack C. Mc-
Laughl.n x'61 May 24, 1960 in Market
Street Metliodist Church, Winchester,
Va. The couple resides at 516 Linden
Avenue, Johnstown, Pa.
BECK-EITZEN
Patricia Ann Eitzen x'60 to Andrew D.
Beck in Glenside, Pa. June 18, 1960. The
couple is residing at 68-3 Drexelbrook
Drive, Drexel Hill, Pa.
RITTS-ROGERS
Janice Rogers x'63 to Roy E. Ritts
summer 1960 in Grace EUB Church, Le-
moyne. Pa. The couple resides in Lans-
downe. Pa.
RIEGER-PANIAN
Margaret Jane Panian x'61 to W. Frank
Rieger '61 June 19, 1960 in Trinity Unit-
ed Church of Christ, Glen Rock, Pa.
Louis Coons '61 served as best man. Carl
Hitchner '62, John Raab '62, Ted Fuhrer
'61 and William Elmer '60 were ushers.
Martha Jane Menko '62 served as one of
the bridesmaids. David Diehl '60 was
vocalist and Alice Ann Patterson '58 was
organist. Frank is a senior at Susque-
hanna and Jane is secretary to Mr. Tamke
in the Public Relations Office at S.U.
RAMBO-LIGHTFOOT
Lynne Lightfoot '52 to Frank W. Ram-
bo August 12, 1960. The couple resides
at 405 West Avenue, Jenldntov\'n, Pa.
SCHATKOWSKI-MOORE
Mary G. Moore '58 to Edwin Schat-
kowski August 27, 1960 in Chambers-
burg, Pa. Mary is teaching vocal music
in the Nitschmann Junior High School
in Bethlehem, Pa. The couple lives at
1426 Nortliampton Street, Easton, Pa.
MILROY-WAGNER
Janet Wagner to Lyman 1. Milroy x'62
September 11, 1960 in Cowan Trinity
Lutheran Church. The Rev. Ernest L.
Bottiger '53 officiated at the service. The
couple resides at 800 Market Street, Mif-
flinburg. Pa.
MAURER-BALSER
Mary L. Balser to James R. Maurer '60
October 8, 1960 in Grace Lutheran
Church, Shamokin, Pa. Jim's brother
Theodore '63 was soloist. The couple is
living at 41 South Third Street, Shamo-
kin, Pa. Jim is in partnership with his
father in the coal business.
BRUBAKER-GRAYBILL
Gloria A. Grayhill '61 to Louis F. Bru-
baker September 24, 1960 in Grubb's
Lutheran Church, Mt Pleasant Mills, Pa.
Diana Grayhill '63 served as maid of hon-
or for her sister. Gloria is attending
Sus<iuehanna as a senior and the couple
resitles at R. D. 1, Liverpool, Pa.
DECEMBER 1960
23
President
Vice Prcsidcitt
Secretary- Trca-su rer
E.xcciitiic Coniiiiittee
Executiie Committee
President
NEW YORK CITY AREA
Diane H. SchUke '56, 405 E. 14th St.. Apt. ID. \.\\ York 27, .\. V.
The Rev. John G. Censel '40, 39 Clanniont .■\\e.. New \i)rk 27, N. Y
RichiU-d G. Westervelt '50, 1175 York .\\e.. New York 21, N. Y.
Dr. Joseph C. McLain '24, 4 Bircli Road, l.arclimont, N. Y.
Jack Thorp '50, Thorp Lane, Norwalk. Ci)iiiiicticiit
NORTH NEW JERSEY
J. M. Spangler Jr. '52, 4 Dempsttr Road, Cliatliam, .\. J.
Frank A. '48 and Ruth William Zeidler '47, 48 Ramapo Rd.. Poiiiptou Piains.N.J., Vice Presidents
Henry '53 and Madaline Lease Cook '5fi. U) Bum Hil , I'p. Muntclair, N. J. Secretary-Treasurer
PHILADELPHIA
Mr.s. Alice Greeger Pfeffer '51, 515 Oxford Road, IIa\(rto\\n. Pa. President
Paul Nestler Jr. '53, Green Lane, Pa. First Vice President
Fred A. Auman Jr. '50, 106 Dalla.s Road. W ill,>w Groxe, Pa. Second Vice President
Mrs. Rutli LaRue Thonip.son .\'21, Parkwood Manor .•\pt. .509, I'pper Darby, Pa. Secretary
Paul A. Wagner '.50. 1007 Clivenden .St., Philadelphia. Pa. Treasurer
PITTSBURGH
George Rantky '41. 4514 McKee Drive, PitLsbiir^h .3(j, P,i. President
James Hazlett '52, Box 131, Tarentum R. D. *2, Pa. Vice President
Mrs. Helen Hisdorf Danhernian '38, 457 Pacific \\v.. Pittslnirgli 21. Pa. Secretary-Treasurer
READING
W. Frank Laudeiislaycr '.39, R. D. =2, Boyertown, Pa.
Dr. Ralph T. Tietboiil Jr. '49, 3031 \'an Reed Road, Sinking Spring, Pa.
Mrs. Susan Foltz Tietbohl '51, 3031 \'an Reed Road, Sinking Spring, Pa.
Richard Cahn '58, 412 Cliurch Road, Werncrsv illc. P.i.
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY
J. Donald Steele '33, 180 Orange St.. Northumberland, Pa.
James B. Peters '49, R. D. #1, West Lawn, Lewisburg, Pa.
Marjorie L. Spogen '50, P. O. Box 167, Turbot\ ille. Pa.
.\lbert R. Potteiger '20, 8 West Chestnut St.. Sclinsgroxc, Pa.
WASHINGTON
Paul M. Haines '31, 4401 \"an Buren St., Universit) Park, Hyatts\ille. Md
William E. Royer '33, 2106 Hanover St., Silver Spring, Md.
George S. Obcrdorf x'34, 'Hie Flying Tiger Line, Inc., Suite 1201
Shoreham Building, Washington, D. C.
WILKES-BARRE - SCRANTON
John E. Noonan '28, 7 Terrace St., W ilkes-Barrc, P.i.
Mrs. Claire Haggerty Backer '54, R. D. #1, MiUon, Pa.
WILLIAMSPORT
David Bennett '53, 524 .\rch St., Montonrsx ilK . I'.i.
James Pearce '40, 9 Higli St., Montgomery, Pa.
Ruth E. Osborn '54, 400 S. Main St.. Jersey Shor.-. P.i.
YORK-HANOVER-LANCASTER
The Rev. Edwin M. Clapper '34, 221 N. Charles St., Red Lion, Pa.
Walter M. Hertz '36, 67 Spencer Ave., Lancaster, Pa.
Mrs. Doroth>' Strine Bowers '30, 399 Boundary A\e., Red Lion, Pa.
Patricia Heathcote '52, 220 E. Cottage Place, York, Pa.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
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Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office
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SH3
MARCH 1961
SUSQUEHRMR
.^^^La — 4-.-:.-;''-^'— •
Letter
from
Larry
Greetings to all!
Two important tilings are on our minds and hearts these days: Ahimni
Day and the 1961 Luyalt)' Fund. Both aetixities are headed by strong
alumni committees which deserve nothing but praise and bouquets. They're
doing a great job and we thank tliem for it. Their efforts are bound to
result in successful accomplishments by our Association.
Regarding Alumni Day on May 6— the program includes a number of
new features arranged only after careful study and consideration of man\'
suggestions. It will be a da\' none of us should miss; especially colorful
wdl be the events "under the Big Tent." h. complete schedule is published
in this magazine, as is the proposed ne^\' constitution we'll act on at the
streamlined business meeting. I urge everyone to be present, for I believe
this new constitution will prox'ide a framework for an acti\e and more
effective Alumni Association to function between annual meetings.
The success of Alumni Day depends directly upon YOU, and the return
to Susquehanna of a large number of alumni and friends on May 6. Why
not write to some of your classmates and in\ite them to meet \ou "under
the Big Tent"!
As far as the 1961 Loyalt\- Fund is concerned — advance gifts ha\e
definitely indicated that we have the potential to do great things for Sus-
quehanna. We are certainly grateful to those alumni and friends who
ha\'e provided the momentum of •$12,(KM) to help push our Fund oxer the
$2.5,000 goal. Our Fund is now in full swing and we're particularly inter-
ested in maximum participation. If you don't yet ha\e "the A. D.," get it!
^\'hatever \()ur gift might be, be sure the Alumni Office hears from you
real soon! Our .\Ima Mater is depending upon every one of us.
Yours for a fun-filled Alumni Day and an o\'er-thc-top Lo\alt\' Fund.
Lahhv Is.\.\cs, '43
President
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ON OUR COVER
The classic stature of 60-year-old Sei-
hert Hall remains an outstanding land-
mark on tlie Susquehanna campus, even
in the midst of striking changes, growth,
and new construction.
Seibert has been added to and iiu-
pro\ed o\er the years. Last summer the
interior was extensi\ely reno\ated at a
cost of some S 150.000. Additional work
is scheduled to be done in the basement
this summer. Seibert exemplifies the
spirit of a Greater Susquehanna— building
on the past for the future.
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
General Alumni Association
Officers
President
Lawrence M. Isaacs '43
Honorary President
Dr. John L Woodruff '88
Historian
Dr. John J. Houtz '08
1st Vice President
Dr. Charles E. Chaffee '27
2nd Vice President
Dr. Ralph C. Geigle '35
Recording Secretary
B. Mary Sliipe '42
Treasurer
VV. David Gross '47
Mem hers-at-Large
Paul M. Haines '31
Peter Shuty '38
Representative on the Board of Directors
Clyde R. Spitzner '37
Representatives on the Athletic Committee
Perce Applevard x'22
John M. Auten '28
Director of Alumni Relations
Donald E. Wissinger '50
Editor of Susquehanrm Alumnus
George R. F. Tamke
The SUSQUEHMM ALUMNUS
Vol. 30
MARCH 1961
No. 3
CONTENTS
Letter from Larry 2
Fonvard Leap . . . the A. D 4
Who Gets Into College? 6
by Frank II. Bowles
.\lumni Day 1961 10
Proposed Con.stitution 11
Constitution 12
Schedule of Events 23
Susquehannans on Parade 16
S. U. Weddings 20
Bom Cnisaders 20
Deaths 21
Club News 21
1961 Loyalty Fund . . Directory of Leaders
22
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 1931, at the Post Of-
fice at Selinsgrove, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912. Published
four times a year by Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
months of September, December, March and June.
MARCH 1961
FORWARD
LEAP . . .
Fund Chairman Blough examines drawing of new Field House,
the Alumni Dream, with S. U. President Weber and Alumni As-
sociation President Isaacs.
the A. D.
"Do yoii lia\i' the A.D.?" is tlic (jut'stion asked of
Susquehanna alumni this year. The A. D. is described
as th(> Ahimni Dream ... a dream for a greater alma
mater in all respects. Specifically, S. U. alumni are con-
centrating the giving of their monetary resources,
through the 1961 Lo\alt\' Fund, to a fund for a new
Field House.
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1961 Loyalty Fund leaders put the final touches to strategy short-
ly before kickoff of the general campaign, seated: AA President
Larry Isaacs '43; Committee Chairman H. Vernon Blough '31;
William Schnurc x'99. Standing: Robert Gabrenya '40; Ray
Hochstuhl '47; Robert Herr '39; Henry Chadwick '50; Don Wiss-
ingcr '50; Albert Molinaro '50.
.Alumni gi\iug was at a ratiier low le\el at Sus(|ue-
hanna a couple of years ago. Last year show(>d a
healthy gain when 13.9 percent of the alumni ga\f uear-
1\- 812,500. And this \tar the Fund is realh taking a
Forward Leap!
Under the entluisiastic and competent chairman-
ship of H. Vernon Blough '31, a se\en-man committee
stiuted the hall rolling last fall. Opportunity was
offered interesttcl persons to make advance gifts, to join
the President's Club with gifts of $300 or more or the
Century Club with gifts of at least $100. The com-
mittee set the 1961 goal at $25,000, confident that this
amount could be raised— particularly if the advance gift
program would produce at least 40 percent of it. On
March 1, when the first general mailing went out to the
entire alumni body, ad\ance gi\ers had provided S12.-
000-almost half of the total!
By mid-March, with tlic actual campaign onK two
weeks old, the Fund had reached $14,400, with e\en
more gi\ers joining the two sp(>cial clubs. The Presi-
dents Club, al press tinic, had eight incnilnTS, tlu' Cen-
tury CJlub had 87. \ comiilete list of membership
appears on the opposite page. Membership, of course,
is still ()i)en.
But the most important aim of the coTumittee
(along with its helpers, listed on page 22) is to ha\e
iiuixiiiiiDii pdiluijuiliiiu b\ all lo\al S. V. alumni. If
you haxcn t \i't sent in \()ur contribution, wh\ not do it
today? .\ud don't forget to check the list of "Matching
Gift" employers!
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1961 Alumni Loyalty Fund
■SIDENT'S CLUB
Luther A. Fisher '22
J. Stanley Smith '29
Erie 1. Sliobert II '35
Scott C. Rea, Board Member
Preston H. Smith '38
Frank A. E\'er .\'98
Da\ id Van Pelt, Board Mem-
ber
Simon B. "30 and Katlu-yn
JaiTett Rhoads x'34
\'ernon R. Phillips '38
Miller R. Gerli;udt "30
Chas. Nicely, Board Member
Lawrence C. Fisher '31
Donald E. '50 and Flora Bani-
hart Wissinger "51
Charles W . Drumm "20
John C. Horn, Board Member
H. Vernon Blough '31
Larr\- '43 and Louise Kresge
Isaacs '45
Robert X. Troutman "26
George L. Haller, Board
Member
Ralph C. Geigle "35
^^'illiam R. Swann "33
Wimam H. Gehron Jr. "40
Martha Bodman M;u"tz "34
Claude G. Aikens "11
Alvin W. Carpenter '24
Hajr>- M. Rice "26
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Wissinger
Albert P. '50 and Louise Siem-
ers Moliiiiu-o '50
Calvin P. "04 and Mtugaret
Rothrock Swank 06
Merit Laundry & Diy Clean-
ing Company
Robert A. Gabrenya '40
Charles A. Morris '49
Philip R. Templin "42
Harold Y. Fisher '20
Louise E. West "39
Mar\' Lizzio Govekar "47
Gusta%'e \\'. Weber, S. U.
President
Edward S. Jr. '42 and Blanche
Forney Rogers '42
GfiliTURY CLUK
Ernest F. Walker '21
Ralph II. Jr. '49 and Susan
Foltz Tietbohl '51
Lester J. Karsclmer '37
Robert F. '48 and Elise
Thompson ^^'ohlse^ '47
Lew is C. Ilerrold '30
Roswell J. '46 and Gayle Clark
Johns "47
N. R. Benner '25
M;uy F;irlling Hollway '28
James A. Grossman '36
Allan B. Packman '48
Helen Ott Soper '28
Donald F. '51 and Marie
Beam Wohlsen '51
N. A. Danowsky '15
Louise Mehring Koontz '35
Shirley Young '51
James O. Rumbaugh Jr. '50
Charles G. Jones '35
^\•. Ralph \\ agenseller '00
Robert L. Herr '39
Jolin I. WoodruflF '88
Xorman S. Wolf "25
D. Edgar '34 and Aberdeen
Philips Hutchison '34
W. Donald Fisher '51
Raymond G. '47 and Dorothy
Dellecker Hochstidd '43
Henry H. Gassier '34
Ira C. Gross '15
John H. Momrow Jr. "52
Harold H. '39 and Katherine
Dietterle Benion '41
Charles E. '27 and Dorothy
Rothermel Chaffee '28
^^'illiam C. Dersham .\'98
Richard D. Moglia '47
Guy M. Bogar '21
Roscoe L. Fisher '32
William S. Morrow '34
James C. '50 and Martha Mar-
tin Gehris "51
N\'. M. Rearick '94
^^'illiam E. Royer '33
II. S. Rausch '17
Grace A. Geiselman 09
Jolin W. Thompson '09
Rich;u-d A. Scharfe Jr. '31
Ida Olmsted Fredrickson '21
Jess M. Kemberling ".39
Calvin V. Erdly "20
Alpha Sigma Omega ( Phi Mu
Delta Alumni )
John F. '15 and Katherine
Wagner Harkins 16
Laura L. Gemberling '28
J. Donald Steele '33
Clyde R. '37 and Helen Went-
zel Spitzner '37
W. Frank '39 and Isabel
Tewkesbun' Laudenslayer
'39
John B. '13 and Mary Grajbill
Kniseley '13
Jack K. Bishop "57
Stephen J. Martinec "35
Sanford P. Blough '42
Reed '32 and Mildjed Arbe-
gast Speer '30
Schuyler G. Irwin '09
Russell F. Auman '20
MARCH 1961
Who Gets Into College?
by FRANK H. BOWLES
Mr. Bowles is president of the Col-
lege Entrance Examination Board.
W iiAi AUK my child's chances of getting into
college?
What can I as a parent do to improve my
child's chances of getting into the college that
seems best for him?
(;liances are you've asked these (iiicstions. and
nia\he other parents have asked them of you. For ad-
mission to college has become the nation's sure-fire
topic of conversation.
Elections, baseball and international ujiheavals
compete for attention, of course, but these matters
don't touch our personal lives. Yet it seems that every
American has some contact with the business of college
entrance, knows a surprising amount about it — or at
least thinks he does — and wants to know more.
What lie wants to know usually boils down to the
two questions al)ove.
Therk is a (pu'ek answcM^ to the first (lucstion
—what arc iii\ cliikl's ciiaiices of gi'tting into
college?
An\' cliild wlio lias an I. Q. of 95 or betti'r, who
can write a letter including a simple declarative sen-
tence such as "I want to go to \our college." who can
read witliout iiii>\ing his lips, and who can pa\' college
expenses up to $500 a year can go to ct)!lege. But it
may also be true that a child with an 1. Q. of 140 who
can do differential etiuations in his head may not get
to college.
()l)\ionsl\. tJR'n, the gentTal answer can only in-
dicate tlial there is a tremendous range of institutions,
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with \ar\ing standards and opportunities, and that
manv factors determine actual eliances of admission.
For a full answer to the question, we must examine
and describe these types of institutions.
As a first step, let us take a hypothetical group ol
one hundred high school graduates who go on to college
in a givoi year, iind see what the typical pattern of
their applications and acceptances would he:
Twenty students, all from the top halt of the
class, will apply to sixty of the institutions that are
generalK' listed as "'preferred." Ten of them will
he accepted h\ twenty of the institutions. \ine of
the ten will graduate from their colleges, and six
of the nine will continue in graduate or professional
school and take ad\anced degrees. These ten ad-
mitted students will average six years" attendance
apiece.
Seventy students, fortx- from tlu' top Jialf of
the class (including those ten wlio did not make
preferred institutions), all twenty-five from the
third quarter, and fi\e from the fourth quarter, will
apph' to eighty institutions generally considered
"standard"" or "respectable."' Sixty will he accepted
by one or l^oth of the colleges to which tliey ap-
plied. Thirty of the sixty will graduate, and ten
will continue in graduate or professional school,
most of them for one- or two-\ear programs. These
sixty admitted students will average about three
years of college apiece.
Thirty students, including all of the fourth
quarter and fi\e from the third quarter, will apply
to institutions that are ordinarily known as "easy."
Half of these institutions will be four-year colleges,
and iialf junior colleges or community colleges. All
thirty^ students will be admitted. Fifteen will leave
during the first year, and eight more during the
next two years. The seven who receive degrees
will go directly to employment, although one or
two may return to college later for a masters
degree in education.
At this point, we need some specific informa-
tion about the types of institutions 1 have just
mentioned.
"Preferred" institutions — the ones that receive the
most attention from high school students — number
from 100 to 150, depending on who makes the list, hi
my judgment, the larger number is correct, and the list
is still growing. It should reach 200 by 1965, and 250
by 1970. The number of places a\'ailable in preferred
institutions — now approximately 100,000 — should in-
crease to about 150,000 during the next decade.
The present 150 preferred colleges are located in
about fifteen states — mostlv in the Northeast, the
northern Middk' \\\'st and on the Pacific coast. Four-
fifths are pri\ate, with three-fourths of the total en-
rollment of the group. The one-fifth that lue public
lia\c one-fourth of t]i(> enrollment. This proportion is
changing; in a few years it will be three-fifths pri\ate
and two-fifths public, with a fifty-fifty enrollment spUt.
It now costs about $3,000 a year to send a child to
a preferred institution.
"Standard" institutions — which are not selective
at admission, but will not admit any student obviously
destined to fail — number from 700 to 800. The larger
number includes about fifty that could be considered
part of the preferred list and another fifty that could be
placed on the easy list. In my judgment, the smaller
number is the right one for this category. It will stay
about constant o\ er the next decade, with some shifting
between lists. But enrollments within the standard
category will go up by at least fifty per cent.
Standard institutions are of course located in every
state. Seventy per cent of their enrollment are in pub-
lic institutions, and thirty per cent in private ones. But
the private institutions outnumber the public ones in a
ratio of sixty-forty. Many of the private colleges are
remarkably small.
Costs at standard institutions tend to nm from
$1,500 to $2,500 per year. Yet some of these schools
operate with very low fees, and naturally the public
ones are in the lower cost brackets.
"Easy" institutions number about SOO, of wliicli 300
are four-year colleges iuid the rest junior colleges or
community colleges. The list will grow rapidly as col-
leges are established over the next decade. Even though
some easy colleges will raise requirements and join the
standard group, there may well be 1,500 colleges in this
category by 1970. Enrollment will triple in the same
period.
At present about one-third of tlie easy institutions
are four-year private colleges with enrollment problems.
MARCH 1961
and niiiny of these are trying to enter the standard
group. But almost all newly established institutions
are tax-supported. Thus by 1970 the number of pri\ ate
colleges on this lexel of education will be negligible.
Cost of attending these institutions is now \ery
low ; tuition ranges from nothing to .$.500 a year.
With these descriptions established, let us
consider chances of admission to these institu-
tions, now and in the future.
The "preferred" institutions are already difficult to
enter, and will become more so. In general, their re-
quirements call for an academic sttmding in the upper
quarter of the secondary school class, and preferably
in the upper tenth. School recommendations must be
favorable, and the individual must show signs of ma-
turity and purpose. Activities and student leadership
have been much overplayed, particuliU"h' by p;vrents
and school advisers, but they carry some weight as in-
dications of maturity. Parental connections with col-
leges help, but are r;irely decisive. If any factor is
decisive, it is the school record as \'erified by College
Board scores.
Chances of admission to any of tliis group of "pre-
ferred" colleges ma\' be estimated as follows:
School record in upper ten per cent, with appro-
priate College Board scores and endorsement
from high school — not worse than two
chances out of three.
Scliool record in upper quarter, with verifying
College Board scores — not worse than one in
three. This does not mean that the student
will get one acceptance out of two or three
tries, but rather that this estimate of chance
holds for any preferred institution he applies
to.
School record below the upper quarter, with strong
counterbalancing factors, such as high College
Board scores, remarkable personal qualities,
proven talents in special fields, strong family
connections, recent awakening of interest and
excellent performance, achievement despite
great handicaps — not better than one chance
in three, and not worse than one chance in
four.
No others need apply.
The "standard" institutions are, taken as a
group, still accessible to any student whose past per-
formance or present promise gives reasonable chances
of college success. But there are gradations within the
standard institutions. Some approach the sclectixi'iiess
of the preferred group; others are purposefully lenient
in their admissions and stiffer in later "weeding out"
during the first \ear of college.
\ student show s reasonable chance of success when
he has taktni a secondary school program, including at
least two yeiu's of mathematics, two years of a foreign
language, and four years of English, has passed all
subjects on the first tr\% and has produced good grades
in at least half of them. This means a school record not
too far below the middle of the class, at w'orst. Now
that nearly all standard institutions are reqin'ring Col-
lege Boards or similar types of examinations, the school
record has to be backed by test scores placing the
student in the middle range of applicants (CEEB scores
of 400 or higher).
Such a student can be admitted to a standard in-
stitution, but he may have to sh(jp for vacancies, par-
ticularly if his marks and scores are on the low side
and if he comes from a part of the country where there
are more candidates than vacancies. Thus students in
the Northeast often have to go outside their region to
get into a standard college, even if they have excellent
records. On the other hand, where there is still room
for expansion, as in the South and parts of the Middle
^^'est, students may enter some of the standard institu-
tions with records that are relatively weak.
Students with poor records or poor programs who
still offer unusual <jualifications, such as interest in
meterology or astronomy, students who wish to follow
unusual programs in college, or students who are other-
wise out of pattern will often find it difficult to enter
standard institutions. Curiously enough, they may well
encoimter greater difficulty' with such institutions than
they would have with many in the preferred category.
In other words, standard institutions are "standard" in
many senses of the word. They take care of the major-
ity of college students, and will continue to, but they
do not mo\e much outside of a fixed pattern.
"Easy" institutions are by definition non-se-
lective. We can make se\'eral generalizations
about them:
First, any high scliool graduate can enter an easy
institution, r(>gardless of his I. Q., or his studies in
school, or what he hopes to do in college and after.
Second, an easy college usually offers a wide range
of courses, all the wa\' from a continuation ol tlic gen-
eral high school coiu'se, to technical and semi-profes-
sional programs, to the standard college subjects.
Third, easy colleges will draw some well-prepared
students who later go on to aiKanced degrees.
Fointii, since easy colleges are not selective (neith-
er keeping students out nor forcing them out), they
must operate so tiiat students will make tlieir own
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decisions, and thus they must h;i\e a stiong institutional
emphasis on guidance.
Fifth, since one of the most powerful of all selecti\e
devices is the charge for tuition, easy colleges tend to
charge low, or no tuition.
Sixth, easy colleges are a consequence, not a cause,
I of enlarged demand for higher education. Even when
they offer programs which a few yems ago would not
ha\e been considered as college work, they do so in
response to demand. And the demand is increasing.
Total enrollment in higher education in 1970 will be
about double that of today, and it may well be that
this t\pe of institution will account for from one-third
to one-half of that total. The number and size of these
institutions will increase, and they will become widely
distributed throughout the country, instead of being
concentrated on the Pacific coast and in the Middle
\\'est as they ai^e now. Thus in 1970 it will still be
possible for any student to enter college.
To SUM up, then, the answer to our first ques-
tion is that a student's chances of getting into college
are excellent — proxided that he is able and willing to
do what is necessarx' to prepare himself for the college
he would like to enter, or that he is willing to enter the
college that is willing to accept him.
Let's turn now to our second question: What
can I as a parent do to improve m\' child's
chances of getting into the college that seems
best for him?
This is one of the standard, rather heavy questions
for which there are akeady available a great many
standard, rather heavy answers, dealing with the desir-
abilit\- of the good life, the need for stable parents and
other valid but unenlightenmg pronoiuicements. But
some of the problems raised by this question do not
I yield to standard answers. Three such problems, or
needs, deserve our attention:
1. The need for parents to promote tliinking,
learning and reading.
Colleges, particulixrly the preferred colleges, are
bookish places. They emphasize reading and discussion
as stimuli to learning and thinking instead of stressing
note-taking and the study of textbooks to accumulate
facts. College entrance tests tue built in part to meas-
ure reading skills. And the student with the habit of
reading will do better work in colleges than the student
who relies on studying textbooks and memorizing facts.
The habit of reading is most easily formed at home.
It can be formed by the presence and discussion of
books. This means, for example, that the fifty dollai-s
that parents often spend on coaching for college en-
trance tests can better be spent over two years in the
collection of fifty or sixty "highbrow" paperbacks. For
this is reading that will do more tlian any coaching
courses to improve test scores — and it will at the same
time improve preparation for coUege studies, which
coaching courses do not do.
2. The need for parents to make fiuaneial prepar-
ation for coUege.
College is a costly business. The preferred colleges
cost about $3,000 a year, and of course this comes out
of net income after taxes have been paid. For most
families with children in college, it represents gross in-
come of at least $4,000. Referring back to the average
span of six years' attendance for students who enter a
preferred college, the family of such a student must
dedicate $24,000 of gross income for his college ex-
penses.
Not long ago, a survey showed that half of a group of
parents who expected their children to go to college did
not know the costs of college and were not making any
preparations to meet those costs. The lesson is ob-
vious. Parents who are not ready to deal with college
costs are failing in a vital area of support. Urging a
child to study so diat he can get a scholarship may pay
off, but it is a poor substitute for a family plan for the
financing of the child's education.
3. The need to choose a coUege in terms of the
child's abilities and interests.
Much is made of the problem of choosing colleges,
and great effort goes into the process of choice. But the
results, if judged by the tiumoil diat attends the annual
selections, fall far short of expectations. The difficulty
seems to lie in the placing of emphasis on the college,
not die student. When the application is sent in, the
parent often knows more about the merits of the
college to which the application is going than he does
about the applicant as an applicant.
Naturally it is difficult for a parent to be objective
about his own child. But enough is now known about
evaluating individual abilities and achievements that
any parent who really wants to may view his child as
the child will be viewed by the college. Such an evalu-
ation is neither so difficult nor so time consuming as the
processes parents often go tlirough in evaluating col-
leges. And since it relies on standard academic inform-
ation, it involves little or no cost. Yet its value is ines-
timable. For if the choice of college is made in teniis
of the child's capabilities, the first and most important
step has been taken toward placing the child in the
college that seems best for him. And this in tiun is the
best insurance for a successful college career.
In accordance wifh the Bowles criteria presented here, Susque-
hanna ranks in the upper group of "standard" institutions com-
ing quite close to the "preferred" category. While admission
standards are high, costs — about $1600 — are still low.
MARCH 1961
MMMMi mEi mm
y*i»^
in the BIG TENT
Everything's in readiness. The Big Tent isn't up
yet— but it will be. And this year's Alumni Day Com-
mittee under Chick Morris '49 has a program chock
full of new ideas and new events. A complete schedule
of activities appears, for your convenience, inside the
back cover of this magazine.
For those who come early (Friday evening, May
5) each fraternity is holding Open House. This is a
good opportimity to see the new homes of Theta Chi
and Lambda Chi Alpha, formerly Bond & Key. .\nd to
get a look at Phi Mu Delta's extensive renovations, too.
On Saturday, May 6 the Big Tent on the hockey field
becomes the center for most events.
There's something for everyone on the 1961 pro-
gram—sports events, musical events (even a reunion of
S. U.'s famed Motet Choir of the .30's and earh' 40"s),
Five-Year Class reunions and pictures, a big .Alumni
Luncheon, a Dinner-Dance, and many more. This is
one you won't want to miss!
At the business meeting we'll be taking up tlie
matter of a new constitution. Look it o\er— both new
and old are published on the following pages. See
what you think!
Hard af work on arrangements for Susquehanna's Alumni Day
May 6 are, seated: Janet Hoke Reiff '44; Charles A. Morris '49,
committee chairman; Marjorie Spogen '50. Standing: Larry
lsaacs'43. Alumni Association president; Raymond P. Garman'30.
Other committee members, not present for the photo, are John
M. Auten '28, and Jim '58 and Gail Woolbert White '58.
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DRAFT OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
February 1961
ARTICLE I
Name
This Association shall be designated and known as the
Alumni Association of Susquehanna University.
ARTICLE II
Objectives
The objectives of this Association shall be to promote and
support the welfare of Susquehanna University, to provide and
perpetuate a friendly interest among all alumni, and to foster
loyalty and devotion among the students to their Alma Mater.
ARTICLE 111
Membership
Any person who has received a degree from Susquehanna
University or successfully completed one semester of study at
the University or its predecessor organizations shall be a member
of the Association. Other persons who are recommended by a
majority of the Alumni Executive Board and elected by a majority
vote of the members present at the annual meeting shall be Hon-
orary Members of the Association.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
The officers shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, a
Secretary, and a Treasurer. An Honorary President may be
elected.
The Director of Alumni Relations, who is appointed and
employed by the University, shall act as Corresponding Secretary
and be considered an officer of the Association.
ARTICLE V
Executive Board
The Executive Board shall consist of the officers, fifteen
members elected at large, the past presidents, al'.imni represen-
tatives to the Board of Directors, alumni representatives to the
University Athletic Council, and one designated representative
of the Senior Class. The President of the University shall be an
ex officio member of the Executive Board.
ARTICLE VI
Standing Committees
There shall be the following standing committees of the
Association: la) Nominating (b) Annual Alumni Loyalty Fund
(c) Alumni Day (dl Alumni Awards (e) Club Activities. Other
committees may be added by the President with the approval of
the Executive Board at any time.
The Chairman and members of committees shall be appointed
by the President of the Association. The Director of Alumni
Relations shall be a member ex officio of all committees.
ARTICLE VII
Annual Meetings
Section 1. Annual meetings of the Association shall be held at
the University on Alumni Day at such place and such time as
may be fixed by the Alumni Executive Board for the election of
officers, and receiving of annual reports, and any other business
that may come regularly before the Association. Notice shall be
printed in the annual magazine published prior to the meeting.
Section 2. Special meetings of the Association shall be called
by the Alumni Executive Board upon the request of any ten
members of the Association.
Section 3. Fifteen members of the Association shall be necessary
to constitute a quorum.
Section 4. Election: Nominations of the nominating committee
shall be presented to the annual meeting of the Association.
Nominations may be made from the floor. All elections shall be
by majority vote at the annual meeting.
Section 5. The term of elected officers shall be one year be-
ginning at the annual meeting, subject to a maximum of three
consecutive years.
Section 6. The terms of the fifteen Executive Board members
shall be three years with the terms of one-third of the board
members expiring each year.
ARTICLE VIII
Alumni Funds
Section 1. Purpose: The annual Alumni Loyalty Fund shall
exist for the purpose of enabling a large number of the alumni
and friends of the University to express their sustained interest
in their Alma Mater.
Section 2. Campaign: It shall be the duty of the Loyalty Fund
Committee in cooperation with the Director of Alumni Relations
to organize the annual Loyalty Fund campaign. The use of the
funds contributed shall be decided by the Executive Board in
conjunction with the University administration. Regular con-
tributions are expected in lieu of membership dues.
ARTICLE IX
Alumni Representatives to the Board of Directors
In accordance with the privilege extended by the Board of
Directors of the University, the Alumni Association shall elect
two members to the University's Board of Directors. These rep-
resentatives shall be nominated at the same time as the officers
in the years applicable and shall hold office for a term regularly
held by a member of the Board of Directors. Upon death,
resignation, or any incapacity to serve, another alumnus shall be
appointed by the Executive Board to fill the unexpired term.
ARTICLE X
Amendments
This constitution may be amended by majority of the
members present at any annual meeting of the Association. A
notice indicating the proposed change or changes must be sub-
mitted to all alumni at least one month prior to the annual
meeting.
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I
Duties of Officers
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the President, and in his
absence, of a Vice President designated by the Executive Board,
to preside at the annual meeting and all Executive Board meetings
and to perform all other duties pertaining to this office. In case
of a vacancy a Vice President designated by the Executive Board
shall succeed to the office of President at once until the next
annual meeting. The President shall appoint all committees and
two members to the University Athletic Council, with the pa-
proval of the Executive Board.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a cor-
rect record of all meetings of the Association and the Executive
Board.
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and
keep the operating funds of the Association. A report covering
the use of the funds shall be presented at the annual meeting
and all Executive Board meetings.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Director of Alumni Re-
lations, on request of the President, to issue notices of all meet-
ings of the Board and to conduct all general correspondence as
directed by the Board.
ARTICLE II
Duties of the Executive Board and Committees
Section 1. The Executive Board shall have and perform the fol-
lowing powers and duties:
(a) Act on behalf of the Association between regular
meetings
(b) Inaugurate and carry out all measures contemplated
by the Constitution
(c) Make arrangements for an annual meeting
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11
(d) Keep accurate records of all business meetings and
report same to the annual meeting of the Association
(e) Meet at least three (3) times a year
Section 2. Duties of Standing Committees and other committees
appointed by the president:
(a) The Nominating Committee shall present its nominees
for the offices of the Association, Executive Board
membership at large, and Board of Directors mem-
bership, at the annual meeting.
(b) The Loyalty Fund Committee shall organize the an-
nual fund campaign and suggest methods of solici-
tation, goals, and the selection of helpers.
(c) The Alumni Day Committee shall, in conjunction with
the director of Alumni Relations, plan the program
of activities for Alumni Day.
(d) The Alumni Awards Committee, on the basis of es-
tablished criteria, shall select nominees for awards
and present them for approval of the Executive Board
prior to the annual meeting.
(e) The Club Activities Commitee shall make suggestions
to club officers concernlna types of meetings, dues,
and club constitutions. This committee shall have
the power to call a district club meeting and conduct
an election of new officers if no meeting has been
held for eighteen (18) months.
ARTICLE III
Meetings
Section 1. The annual meeting of the Association will be held
on the campus on the date determined by the University Calen-
dar as Alumni Day.
Section 2. Special meetings of the Association shall be called
by the President, or by the Executive Board. All members shall
be notified at least one month prior to a special meeting.
ARTICLE IV
Parliamentary Rules
Roberts' Rules of Order, Revised, shall be the authority in
all questions of parliamentary law not covered by the constitu-
tion and by-laws.
ARTICLE V
Adoption
This constitution and by-laws sh.5ll be considered adopted,
subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of the University,
if approved by two-thirds of the members present and voting at
the annual meeting May 6, 1961. Its adoption voids any and all
constitutions made heretofore.
The Alumni Association of Susquehanna University
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE I
Name
This organization shall be called the Alumni Association
of Susquehanna University.
ARTICLE II
Purpose
The object of the organization shall be to stimulate and
vitalize interest in the welfare of Susquehanna University and
to foster and maintain good fellowship among its graduates and
friends.
ARTICLE III
Membership
All graduates of the University, all those who left the Uni-
versity in good standing after matriculation, and certain other
individuals, shall become members of the Association upon pay-
ment of appropriate fees. Membership shall be classified as
follows:
Active — (II All graduates of the University upon pay-
ment of a fee of $10.00 at the time of gradu-
ation.
(2) All those who left the University in good
standing after matriculation upon payment of a
fee of $10.00.
Honorary — ( 1 ) Recipients of honorary degrees from the
University.
(2) Members of the Board of Directors of the
University.
(3) Members of the te?ching staff of the Uni-
versity who have served for a period of three
(3) years.
(4) Persons not eligible under the above classi-
fications who, by re?son of their ?ctive interest
in promoting the welfare of the University and
Its alumni, have been recommended by the
Alumni Council and elected by the Association.
ARTICLE IV
Officers of the Associat:on
Section 1. Titles: The officers of the Association shall
be an Honorary President, President, a First and a Second Vice-
President, Treasurer, and Executive Secretary. The Alumni Sec-
retary of the University shall be the Executive Secretary of the
Alumni Association.
Section 2. Election: Nominations shall be presented to
the Alumni Council by the Nominating Committee at its annual
meeting. Any member of the Council will have the privilege of
making further nominations from the floor. It shall be the right
of any member of the Association, at the annual meeting, to
place in nomination for any office the name of any Active mem-
ber of the Association, provided, said nomination is submitted in
writing to the Executive Secretary in time to be acted upon by
the Association in coniunction with the nominations made by
the Alumni Council. Election shall be by a majority ballot of
the members present and voting at the annual meeting of the
Association.
Section 3. Term of Office. The term of office of the
Honorary President, Vice-Presidents, and Treasurer shall begin
on the day following their election and shall continue for one
year, or until their successors are elected.
Section 4. Duties: The President, or in his absence, the
Vice-President, shall preside at all meetings of the Alumni As-
sociation, the Alumni Council, and the Executive Committee
thereof. The duties of the other officers shall be those normally
assigned to such offices. The President and the Executive Sec-
retary of the Association shall be ex-officio members of each
committee provided for herein or otherwise appointed.
Section 5. Duties (Cont.) The duties of the Executive
Secretary, whose entire time shall be devoted to alumni affairs,
shall be: to keep a permanent record of all members of the As-
sociation with their addresses and occupations; keep the books,
records, and literature of the Association; act as necrologist; su-
pervise all publicaticns of the Association; assist in the formation
and maintenance of local alumni groups; assist the University with
the Living Endowment Alumni Fund; carry out the purposes of
the Asscciation; perform such duties as may be prescribed by the
Executive Committee; and submit a report of his activities to the
Association at its annual meeting.
Section 6. Vacancies: In case of a vacancy in any office
of the Association, except that of Executive Secretary, the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Alumni Council shall appoint a suc-
cessor to serve until the next annual meeting of the Association.
ARTICLE V
Meetings of the Association
There shall be an annual meeting of the Association on the
Campus of the University on the Alumni Day immediately pre-
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
ceding Commencement, Notice of said meeting shall be pub-
lished in the Spring issue of the Susquehanna Alumnus.
A quorum for such meeting shall be twenty-five (25) voting
members. (Only Active members shall have the right to vote.)
Special meetings of the Association may be called at any
time at the direction of the Council upon ten days notice by mail
to all persons entitled to vote, specifying the general purpose of
the meeting, or upon the written request to the Council of ten
(10) voting members. Said request shall designate the reason
for the call.
ARTICLE VI
Alumni Members of the Board of Directors
Section 1. Number (See footnote.) In accordance with
the privilege extended by the Board of Directors of the University
to the Alumni, the Alumni shall have the privilege of nominat-
ing two members of the Board, who shall serve for the same term
of office as other members of the Board. The Board of Directors
shall designate the time the second Alumni Director shall take
office so that their elections will not take place in the same year.
Section 2. Eligibility: Only a graduate of Susquehanna
University of at least ten (10) years standing shall be eligible
for nomination as an alumni representative on the Board of
Directors. Such Alumni nominees may not be members of any
college faculty.
Section 3. Nomination: Alumni nominees for the Board
of Directors shall be named in the same manner as prescribed for
the election of officers in Art. IV. Section II of this constitution.
NOTE — A request for the privilege of nominating a second
member of the Board has not yet been presented to the Board.
It will be presented upon approval of this proposed constitution.
ARTICLE VII
The Alumni Council
Section 1. Funcfion: The Alumni Council is designed to
act as a Committee of the whole for the purpose of working out
plans and policies and carrying out the routine business of the
Alumni Association.
Section 2. Membership: Membership in the Alumni
Council shall consist of three groups:
A. Class Representatives. This group shall be composed
of one representative duly elected from each class
that has been graduated. It shall be the duty of each
class at its regular reunion to elect a Class Represen-
tative whose term of office shall be five (5) years.
In case a class shall fail to elect a representative, the
person who was president at the time of graduation
shall serve until a representative is duly elected..
B. Club Representatives. This group shall be composed
of one representative from each regularly organized
district club whose membership list includes the names
of ten members of the Association.
C. Special Membership. The President of the Univer-
sity shall be a member of the Alumni Council. The
Alumni Representatives on the Board of Directors of the
University shall be members of the Council.
Section 3. The President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-
President, Executive Secretary, and Treasurer of the Alumni As-
sociation shall hold the same respective offices in the Alumni
Council.
Section 4. The Alumni Council shall meet within 10 days
prior to the Annual Meeting of the Association and at such other
times as called by the President of the Association.
ARTICLE VIII
The Executive Committee of the Alumni Council
Section I. Function: The Executive Committee shall
have the power of the Alumni Council when the same is not in
session.
Section 2. Membership: The membership of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Alumni Council shall consist of the
officers of the Council and two other members of the Council
selected by ballot from among its membership. The first year
two such members shall be elected, one to serve for one year.
one to serve for two years; thereafter one member shall be
elected to the Executive Committee each year to serve for a per-
iod of two years.
Section 3. Meetings: The meetings of the Executive
Committee shall be at the call of the President of the Associa-
tion or upon the written request of three (31 members of the
Committee to the Executive Secretary, designating the reason for
the call. Each member of the Executive Committee shall be given
ten (10) days notice of the time, place, and purpose of com-
mittee meetings. In case of emergency a meeting may be called
in less than ten days notice if written approval of a majority of
the Committee be filed with the Executive Secretary.
ARTICLE IX
Committees
Section \ . The Living Endowment Alumni Fund Commit-
tee shall consist of the members of the Executive Committee of
the Alumni Council, the President of the University, the two
Alumni representatives on the Board of Directors of the Univer-
sity and three alumni members-at-large who shall be elected for
a period of one year at the annual meeting on Alumni Day. The
officers of the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council shall
be the officers of the Alumni Fund Committee. It shall be the
duty of the Alumni Fund Committee to organize the annual "Roll
Call" of graduates and former students and decide on the allo-
cation of funds collected.
Section 2. Standing Committees: The following standing
committees consisting of five or more members each shall be
maintained and the members thereof shall be appointed annually
by the President.
1 . Nominations
2. The Alumnus
3. Reunions — Homecoming, Commencement, etc.
4. Such other committees as may be deemed necessary.
ARTICLE X
Alumni Secretary — Election
Section I. Whenever a vac?ncy shall occur in the office
of Alumni Secretary the Alumni Council shall co-operate with
the Board of Directors of the University in filling the vacancy.
Section 2. The President of the Alumni Association is
authorized to act with the President of the University or with
whomever also may be designated by the Board of Directors to
appoint a temporary incumbent to said office when such action
is necessary.
Section 3. The President of the Alumni Association is
authorized to appoint a committee from among the members of
the Alumni Association to serve on a ioint committee with such
members as may be appointed by the Board of Directors to make
recommendations for filling the vacancy.
Section 4. Any recommendations made by the above joint
committee shall, if permitted by the procedure of the Board of
Directors in filling such vacancy, be submitted to the Alumni
Council f-^r its approval before being finally acted upon by said
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XI
Amendments
This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting
of the Association by a two-thirds vote of the members of the
Association present and voting, provided that notice of the pro-
posed amendment shall have been published in that number of
the Susquehanna Alumnus nearest preceding the meeting.
ARTICLE XII
Adoption
A copy of this proposed Constitution shall be mailed to
each member of the Association at least 15 days before the
annual meeting, June 3, 1950, together with a notice that it will
be voted on at that time.
The constitution shall be considered adopted, subject to the
approval of the Board of Directors of the University, if two thirds
of the members at the annual Alumni meeting present and voting
shall approve it. Its adoption voids any and all constitutions
made heretofore.
MARCH 1961
13
New fraternity houses of Theta Chi and Lambda Chi Alpha now stand where the apple orchard
used to be on the western end of the campus. Many alumni have given generously to help
make these houses a reality. Although these gifts are not part of the regular Alumni Loyalty
Fund, they also have contributed to overall Susquehanna development. The fraternities and
the university express their sincere gratitude to fraternity givers, as listed below.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Aluiniti
Claude G. .\ikens '11
Paul Aumiller '29
John Auten '28
Charles Bailes '56
Harold Benion '39
Leon A. Bickel '28
Harold Bingaman '60
Guy M. Bogar '21
J. D. Bogar .\'99
Oscar Byerly '19
Marsh Bogar '51
Alvin W. Carpenter '24
James R. Clark '46
Edwin O. Constable '28
Elwood H. Cox, Jr. '57
Edw ard L. Dalby '22
N. A. Danowsky '15
Donald Davis '50
William T. Decker '21
Russell J. Diemer '24
Harold Ditzler '28
Mrs. Catlierint; Dri\er, in honor
of Alton J. Carman '31
Dan Krdinan '.51
Frank Eyer ,\'98
Paul B. Faust '18
Ralph Ferraro '60
Marlyn Fetterolf '23
Donald Ford '41
Ronald Fouclie '57
Miller Gc-rhardt '30
Wallace Gordon '54
Wilfred K. Groce '30
Da\ id W. Gross '47
Joseph Haekenbcrg '20
Joliii Harkins '15
Paul J. Harnian '16
Philip Hilbish "21
Dave Hutchison '61
Walter Henry '54
Clifford Johnson '31
Harry V. Knorr '17
Andrew Kozak '32
A. C. Kunklc Jr. '60
Donald C. Lehmer '60
Howard L. Lukehart '31
Robert Moslier '37
Hollis Muir '35
Paul Ovrebro, Hon. '37
Alan Parcells "47
\'emon Pliillips '38
C. Scott Rea, Honorary '60
William D. Roberts "29
Charles A. Rovenold '60
William Ro>('r '33
James O. l^umbaugh '50
William F. Routzahn '30
William Schnure .\'99
Fred Schultz '50
Gere L. Sharretts '26
Ralph B. Sheldon '56
William Shutt "60
Erie Shobert II '35
Gar\' Smith '56
J. M. .Spangler '52
J. Donald Steele "33
W. Alfred Streamer '26
Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. '4.5
W. A. VanPoyck '37
Donald E. Wissinger '50
Ralph W'itmer 1.5
John Witowski '50
John Yanuklis '60
Others
John Apple
Harry Arbogast
Beaver Brothers Bakery
L. C. BuHington
'rhcron D. Conrad
B. O. Dauljert, Inc.
George C. Deriek
David Fegley
First National Bank of Seliiis-
grove
Marjorie Fetter
Harold J. C:lass
Harry H. Haddon
Lamar Inners
Jackson and Lewis
R. W. Johnston
M. Lapsidus ami Son
J. Edward Lenker
Benjamin Lotz
John McGurk
Pabiiyra Bologna Company
Mrs. .Matilda Portzline
T. H. Purdy
Lloyd Rohrbach
A. Sax
Charles S. Shiiman
Sinclair Refining Company
Snyder County Trust Company
Stroehmann Brothers Bakery
Sunbury Coca Cola Company
Sunbury Daily Item
Thomas C. Thomas Company
Jesse Warren
Theta Chi
Aluiimi
Jack Bishop '57
Dale S. Bringman '48
Robert R. Clark '60
Frank A. Eyer x'98
C. Dale Gateman "52
Park H. Haussler '.57
Merle V. Hoo\er '41
Lester J. Karschner '37
Ray W. Kline x'38
Woodrow J. Klinger '37
W'. F. Laudenslayer '39
Charles N. Mason Jr. '53
William H. McClure '48
W. Edgar Meek '41
Gerald Moorhead .51
Glenn L. Mussrr "41
Paul Ochenrider '39
John A. Reuther '.50
Wayne W. Rutz '.58
Jack P. Shipe '40
Edward Stra>'er '60
C. W. Taylor Jr. '51
Augustus V'. Tietbohl '48
Daniel W. Williamson '53
Thomas Armstrong
Berman Charitable Foundations
Ed\Nard Ca\ e
Gladys Davis
First National Bank of Selins-
gro\e
Russell Gilbert
H.R.B. Singer Manufacturing
Company
Nevin Latsha
Henry Raab
Allen K. Smith
Snyder Country Trust Company
Gustave W. Weber
Parents of the following ac-
tives who cnntrihuted toward
the draperies
Ronald Anthony
Curtis Barry
Jay Berman
Glenn Bowman
Roy Burns
Leslie Butler
Tom Casey
Don Cave
Jim Coolbaugh
Louis Coons
John Curry
Elmer Eiche
Fred Fisher
Walter Fox
Ste\e Gettier
Carl Hitchner
Charles Leathery
Lynn Lerew
Paul Martin
William Molin
Terry Moll
Carl Moyer
James Papada
John Raab
Charles Rasnnissen
Larr\' Richter
David A. Smith
Robert Summers
Stephen Toy
Herbert Tingling
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Basketball Team Has Best Season
Coach John Barrs S. U. cageis
brought down the curtain Marcli 1
on the most successful season in
the 59-\'ear history' of Crusader
basketball. The season's log stands
at 17 wins and 6 losses.
Prior to 1960-61 no Susquehanna
quintet had e\'er \\'on more than
12 games in a single season. In
1946-47 the record was 12-5; in
1956-57 it was 11-8.
Leading scorer of this year's
club was sophomore guard Clark
Mosier of Dallas, Pa. The 6-2 ace,
who played the last eight games
with a broken right thumb, split
the cords for a total of 468 points
and an average of 21.1 per game.
This brings his two-yeai' total to 822
points, making him a \'irtual shoo-
in to become a 1000-pointer in his
junior year next season.
Following Mosier were sopho-
more center Bill Moore of Shamo-
kin. Pa., with an average of 13.6,
and 6-7 frosh sensation Tom Mc-
Canick of Elmira, N Y., uith 12.4.
Jim Gallagher, soph forward
from Centialia, Fa., led the Crusad-
ers in field goal percentage with a
.619 mark. Senior co-captain
George Moore of Gordon, Pa., was
SUSQUEHANNA
1960-61
BASKETBALL SCORES
su
Opp
49
Temple
66
88
Rider
69
86
Ursinus
56
60
Wilkes
66
87
Harpur
77
62
\ 74
Alfred
44 ,
59 (
Upsala
1
vVon Upsala Invitation ( |
Tournament
1
80
Wagner
70
62
Lycoming
50
60
Upsala
56
99
Juniata
64
72
Western Maryland
74
76
Dickinson
65
83
Scranton
65
61
Westminster
66
83
Hartwick
69
73
Stevens Tech
52
48
Hofstra
78
65
Lebanon Valley
52
61
F & M
66
89
Rutgers (S. J.)
64
84
Upsala
71
68
Elizabethtown
61
1670 Totals 1460
Won 1 7 Lost 6
tops from the foul line with a
gaudy .836 free throw percentage.
Only two seniors on the squad
were George Moore and Maury
Bobst of Hawlev, Pa.
ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRES
IMPORTANT TO FUTURE
All S. U. alumni were sent a spe-
cial questionnaire at the end of
February. This questionnaire is
most important to the future of
Suscjiiehanna ;md the Alumni Of-
fice urges that every recipient fill
it out as completely as possible and
return it promptly.
Answers to the queries— besides
serving to bring records up-to-date
and becoming the source of mater-
ial for a new Alumni Directory-
will be used by the Middle Atlantic
Association of Schools and Colleges
in its next evaluation of the uni-
versitv.
Albert Potteiger Dies
Albert H. Potteiger '20, German
and mathematics teacher in Selins-
grove High
School, passed
away at Geds-
inger Hospital,
I^I^H Danville, Feb-
M^. m ruary 14, 1961.
""^ He was 61
years of age.
At SHS since
1927, he also
had served as principal of the
school for 12 vears.
F
1961 Basketball Crusaders — the winningest S. U. hoopsters of all time.
MARCH 1961
A much-loved teacher, Mr. Pot-
teiger was particularly noted for
his knowledge of the German lan-
guage. He began his teaching ca-
reer in 1921 and taught in Sunbury
and Shamokin Dam before joining
the Selinsgrove staff.
Mr. Potteiger is survived by four
sisters: Misses Ann L. '12, current-
ly a lecturer in art at Susquehanna;
Mary K. '24, S. U. assistant pro-
fessor of music; Mildred I. '29; and
Mrs. C. D. Oberdorf. Also a bro-
ther. Jack; a sister-in-law, Marian
Moyer Potteiger '17, wife of the
late Dr. Robert P. Potteiger x'lS;
three nephews and one niece.
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— Susquehannans on Parade —
94
Dr. Williuin Rcarick, one of Selins-
grove area's oldest living ministers, was
guest speaker at the rededication serv-
ices of First Lutlieran Church, Mifflin-
burg. Pa. Pastor Rearick, who celebrat-
ed his 90th birthday on Christmas day,
is living at 327 Market Street, Mifflin-
burg. Pa.
'96
Frauk A. Eijer was reelected presi-
dent of First National Bank, Selinsgrove,
ami Atty. Laird S. Gemberling '33 was
retained as solicitor.
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Class Ri'uiiiou.
Alumni Day May S
Tlir Rev. W. R.
Fitzilcrald, chair-
man, Kreamer, Pa.
'15
Tlie Rev. Loiter G. Shannon is serv-
ing as supply pastor at St. John's Lu-
theran Clnirch in Northumberland until
a pastor is si^cured. In January Pastor
Shannon announced his retirement after
42 years of active ministry. He had
been pastor at St. John's, W'illiamsport,
Simon B. Rhoads '30, right, poses with
the stuffed baby seal mascot he recently
presented to the Selinsgrove High School
Seals. With him is Charles Fasold '36,
school principal.
Pa. for the past 28 years. He and SuAori
Geixf shannon '12 reside at 243 Cata-
wissa Avenue. Sunbury.
Ralph Witmer, president; L. Arthur
Gingrich '24, vice president of Loan De-
partment; VV. David Gross '47, treas-
urer took an acti\e part in the Open
House sponsori'd by tlie Snyder County
Trust Coniijany of Selinsgnne. Snyder
Count) s largest financial institution
more than tripled its previous facilities
in the recent expansion. Dr. ]ohn L
Woodruff '88 and Dr. George M. Bogar
are members of the Board of Directors.
'16
class Reunion.
Alumni Day May 6
The Rev. William
E. Swope, chair-
man, 1406 Oak St.,
Lebanon, Pa.
'19
Dr. Willard D. Allbeck, professor of
historical theology at Hamma Di\inity
School, Wittenberg University, is author
of "Tliis Is My Body" in the February
1.5 issue of The Lutheran. Holder of the
Ph.D. from the L'niversity of Pittsburgh,
Professor Allbeck has written three
books on Lutheran history and theology
and is a member of die Committee on
Chinch l^apers of the United Lutheran
Church.
'21
class Riuniun.
Alumni Day May 6
Dr. Mildred Wins-
ton, chairman, 233
East 22nd St., New
York 10, N.Y.
'22
Luther A. Fisher is currentl> on a
world tour bv air.
'24
.•\tty. Alvin VV. Carpenter recently
concluded his duties as legal adviser for
Srmburys Municipal Authority. The fa-
ther, the late ]ohn P. '91, and son com-
bination served as municipal solicitors
for 33 years. Mr. Cariienter has been
cited for outstanding leadership in the
fonuation of the municipal authority.
'25
G. Franklin Felton was ailvanced to
assistant cashier of the First National
Bank, Sunbur>'. He has been with the
bank since 1926.
'26
class Reunion,
Alumni Day May 6
Hayes C. Gordon,
chairman, Branch-
viUc, N.J.
'28
Benjamin T. Moycr, proprietor of
Moyer's F"urniturc Store, was elected
president of Sunbur>' Merchant's Coun-
cil.
'30
G. Marlin Spaid, supervising principal
of the Warwick L^nion Schools, was ap-
pointed by Governor Lawrence to tlie
Board of Trustees of Millers ville State
College.
'31
class Reunion,
Alumni Day May 6
Dr. Lawrence Fish-
er, chainiian, 469
West Market St.,
Vork, Pa.
The Rev. Paul Hartline recently dedi-
cated a new organ in First Lutheran
Church, Stewarts\'ille, N. J. The new
organ is unified with one installed by
the MoUer Organ Compan>' of Hagcrs-
town, Md. {M. P. Moller Jr. '21)
'33
The Rev. Kenneth D. James conduct-
ed a series of services and events in ob-
servance of the lOOtli Anniversary of
Zion Lutheran Church, Glen Rock, Pa.
Paul Swank, former principal of Sha-
mokin High School, is now superintend-
ent of the Shaniokin Area Schools.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
'41
How many alumni can return to their Alma Mater for their 25th Class Reunion in the
very same car they had when they graduated? That's just what LaRue C. Shempp '36
intends to do on May 6! Here he is pictured with his wife and the car (a 1936 Chrysler
showing 193,000 miles on its odometer I in front of their home church, the new St.
Mark's Lutheran in Williamsport, Pa. It was from the old St. Mark's, now settling in
dust, that the Shempps were married and set out on their honeymoon in 193 8 — in the
same car, of course. LaRue is senior caseworker for the Pennsylvania Department of
Welfare, Bureau of Assistance in Lycoming County. He and the Mrs. are well known
throughout Pennsylvania and New York for their "Treasures in the Darkness," a
unique felt-board presentation of Christmas and Easter stories developed by themselves
and annually shown to adult and children audiences in churches of every denomination.
Interested in antiques (naturally I LaRue is currently national vice president of the
Train Collector Association of the United States and owns one of the finest collections
of toy trains in the East,
'34
Sara Ulricli ToUmger assumed the
position of director of the Speech and
Hearing Center of tlie Warren County
(Pa.) Hospital on March 1.
'35
Dr. Charles P. Ltimon was honored by
the Pennsylvania Chiropractic Society
for "forty years of devoted public serv-
ice as a practitioner of tlie chiropractic
healing art."
Marij Griesemer Sears is teaching
Latin in the Selinsgrove Area Joint High
Scliool.
Janet Eurhart Harkins has been elect-
ed to a second term as president of the
Metropolitan Chapter, Women's Aux-
iliary of the Lutheran Theological Sem-
inary at Philadelphia. She also has been
secretary cf the Board of Education,
New Jersey Synod of the ULCA for the
past fi\'e years, and is the first woman
council member of her congregation,
Good Shepherd, Glen Rock, N.J. Her
husband Dr. George F. Harkins was in-
stalled January 27 as secretary of the
United Lutheran Church.
'37
'36
class Reunion,
Alumni Day Maij fi
Horace M. Hutch-
ison, chairman.
21.5 Winding Way.
Morrisville, Pa.
Paul Luhold is associated with the
Watsontown ( Pa. ) Cabinet Division of
Philco Cori:)oration.
Dr. Ckirence Otto has accepted a call
to serve as pastor of St. James Lutheran
Cliurcli in Hellani, York County, Pa.
'40
Manj Maek Pcndered received the
M.Ed, degree from Pennsylvania State
University in January.
C.'/«.v.v Reunion,
Alumni Day May 6
Chjde Sechler,
chairman, 4 Sym-
iiios Court, Cran-
linry, N.J.
'42
Ray Fulmer has been chosen highway
safety education adviser in the Division
of Highway Safety Education, Pennsyl-
vania Department of Public Instruction.
Ray remains active in music and was
recently elected secretary of local 605,
Federation of Musicians, and named
delegate to the national convention.
'45
The Rev. Celo V. Leitzcl was install-
ed as pastor of a newly formed congre-
gation known as the United Lutheran
Church of Sunbury. Mrs. Jean Harner
'60 was guest organist. United is the
result of a merger of three congrega-
tions.
Dr. and Mrs. G. ilorris Smith have
moved to Germantown NIanor, Greene
and Hortter Streets, Philadelpliia 19, Pa.
Miss Pauline Richter Schoch x'09 re-
cently presented the Susquehanna Uni-
versity Library with a valuable set of
bound volumes of the National Geograph-
ic Magazine, 1924 through 1959. Now
living at R. D. =1, Carlisle, Pa., Miss
Schoch has retired after a career of more
than 30 years with the Illinois Bell Tele-
phone Company in Chicago.
MARCH 1961
17
'46
CUi'iS Reunion,
Alumni Day May 6
Dr. Arthur ]. Gel-
nett, chairman, 327
High St., Milton, Pa.
'47
Donald R. Baahore is now as.sociate
professor of ps\cholog>- at Bloomshnrg
State College.
]une Schnure joined the S.U. library
staff on March 1. She plans to take
post graduate work in lihrar>' science
this summer. Proprietor of a floral shop
in Selinsgro\e for eight years, Jane i-.
tlie daughter of William Schnure .v'y.y.
Dick Lindemann is now sales repre-
sentative for Vita-Var Corporation in
Central Pennsylvania. Dick visited the
campus and alumni office on a recent
trip tlirough the area.
'51
class Reunioti,
Alumni Day May f>
Sliirlcy A. Young.
chairman, 410 West
Chelten Ave., Pliila-
delphia 44, Pa.
Three former members ot the Class of
1962 are now first year students in the
Department of Nursing, The Faculty of
Medicine of Columbia University in New
York City. They are Lois K. Miles,
New Cumberland, Pa.; Helen E. Miller,
Mifflinburg, Pa.; and Martha J. Altland,
New Cumberland, Pa.
Executive Committee planning constitutional changes, seated: H. Vernon Blough '31;
President Larry Isaacs '43; Dr. Joseph hiackenberg '20; Mrs. Hackenberg; Clyde Spitzner
'37. Standing: Don Wissinger '50; Raymond P. Garman '30; Dr. John I. Woodruff '88;
S. U. President Gustave W. Weber; Dr. Charles E. Chaffee '27; Dr. Ralph C. Geigle '35;
Walter M. Herti '36.
'52
Francis Gloster is band director at tlie
Upper Moreland Senior High School,
Willow Grove, Pa.
'56
Clasx RLiinion.
Ahiinui Day May 6
William K. Doney,
chairman, P. O. Box
98, Boiling Springs,
Pa.
Dr. Donald Reamer plans to specialize
in radiolog) at Ceisinger Memorial Hos-
pital, Danville, Pa., following the com-
pletion of his internship in Jime at the
same institution.
Boh Kurtz is working part-time at
radio station WTTC in Towmida, Pa.
Bob's duties consist of announcing,
iievvscasting, covering local sports and
special exents. writing ad\'ertising copy
and selling ad\ertising time contracts.
For eleven months he had a five-hour
jazz show eacli Saturday night entitled
Kurtz's Korner. Besidi's teaching full-
time at Towanda High Schonl, lie also
teaches adult typing at night.
C Stanley Millard has been [iromoted
to senior staff assistant, executive oper-
ations for the Bell Telephone Company
of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg.
x'56
secretary-technician in the surgical patb-
ol[)gy laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital.
Her liusband Dr. Gary Kirchner has
been granted a four-year surgical fel-
lowship at tlie clinic.
57
The He\ . /Ji)»f,'/(;.v C Smith, youth di-
rector at Wyckoff (N.J.) Reformed
Chnrcli, led 30 young people in a Bible
reading program which took four days
of reading in relays to complete the Old
and New Testaments. He and iiis wife,
the former Anna Louise Dorward '56
live at 304 Voorliis .^Nenue, Wyckoff.
Stanley Shillinn is assistant manager
of W. T. Grant Company in Reading,
Pa. Tlie Slu'llings ha\e two sons, Steph-
en 3 and Stanle\ I,':.
'58
Betsy Shirk Kirchner is employed by
the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., as
Daun Douglas is continuing a suc-
cessful modeling career in New York
City. Recently her picture was seen in
Good Housekeeping magazine and she
also posed for a nuiltipagc editorial fash-
ion layout in Suburbia Today.
Mary E. Louden is teaching fourth
ij,r.idc in New Berlin, Pa.
Robert II. liartels ot Phil.idclphia was
promoted to specialist four at Mann-
heim. Germany on January 7. .\n ad-
ministration elirk in tlie Hc:id(inarters
Detachment of the 100th Ordnance Bat-
talion, he entered the Anny in Septem-
ber 19.59 and has been o\'erseas for a
year.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
'59
Robert CIdrk is teaching mathematics
at Lake Sliorc High School, Derby, N.Y.
Urve Saarse was among the January
graduates at tlie University of Pennsyl-
\ania. She received a degree in physical
therapy and has begun her internship.
"Bticky" Clark is now director of pub-
lic relations for the Upper Moreland
luliuational Association in Willow
drove. Pa.
x'60
'60
C.'(/Mi/< Atlama Cook has received her
R.N. after passing the Peimsylvania
State Board examination for registered
nurses.
Sondrtt Khnmel is attending Cornell
University School of Nursing.
Don W'iney is serxing as laboratory
assistant in the undergraduate organic
cliemistry lab at the Unixersity of Chi-
cago. Don and Pat Bodle Winey '60 live
at 5748 Blackstone Axenue, Chicago 37.
'61
Joiin Curtis Brennenian completed her
undergraduate work in January and is
now teaching eighth grade English in
Selinsgrove Junior-Senior High School.
SU vignette
Dr. D. Richard Walk '55, a lieutenant
in the Medical Corps, U. S. Navy, is
einrently oflRcer-in-chaige of the Byrd
Station on Antarctica in "O^ieration
Deepfreeze." A graduate of Hahnemann
Medical College, he has been in the
Naw for about 2ii years.
Dick is on assignment to the Naval
Construction Battalion (Seebees), Ant-
arctic Support Actix'ity, designated by
the Depiutment of Defense as support
for the U.S. Antiirctic Research Progr;im.
This is a permanent continuation of the
Inti'rnational Geophysical Year activities
begun in 19.56 and carried out by civilian
scientists from the National Science Foundation.
B\Td is about 450 miles from the geographic South Pole and about 700
miles from NAF McMurdo, the major operating base in .Antarctica. Tem-
peratures range from a high of 5 degrees in summer to a low of minus 90
degrees in winter.
On February 19 Dick wrote to the alumni office: "In just ten hours our
last airplane will take off from tlie station and we xvill begin an eight to
nine month period of isolation-xvhich is absolute (there is no way in or out
for any reason ) ."
He said he'll be happy to receive letters, and even special requests,
"but remember, I will not get anx' mail until Noxember and xvill ansxver
after that."
Meanxxhile, his only contact xxith the rest of the xxorld is via a ham
radio call, once a month to his parents in Reedsville, Pa. Address: Lt.
Donald R. \\'alk (MC) USN, Antarctic Support Activities, Byrd Station,
Navv No. 20. Box SI.3. FPO San Francisco, Calif.
Dave Hutchison xvill enter the Fire-
stone management training program in
June. In the meantime he is employed
by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Com-
pany and traveling throughout Pennsyl-
vania getting acquainted witli various
retail stores.
x'61
Xuncy Rccscr is working on cancer re-
search at the Unixersity of Peimsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia.
Carol Smith is doing clerical work in
the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
Md.
x'62
KtUhy .A. Smith is attending the Jeffer-
son Hospital School of Nursing. 201 S.
lltli St., Philadelphia 7, Pa.
x'63
Barlxira Croce began training for Air-
lines Communication in Kansas City,
Mo. on February 2.3. Barbara, who was
working in the alumni office for several
months, is living at 3721 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Kansas City, c/o Mrs. Charles
Pedennan.
Carol Hertz is working in the film de-
partment nf WGAL-'H'. Lancaster, Pa.
Bruce Hansen, former member of the
faculty at Susquehanna, is assistant pro-
fessor of biology at Franklin College,
Franklin, Ind.
DO YOU
HAVE THE
A.D.*?
MARCH 1961
19
S. U. WEDDIKGS
FREDERICK-HOFECKER
Beverly A. Ilofecker x'59 to Gerald
William Frederick, May 21, 1960. Re-
siding at 1923 Lincoln Highway, East
McKeesport, Pa.
MORGAX-SADOSUK
Carole A. Sadostik '57 to Jack N. Mor-
gan, June 25, 1960 in the Mt. Union Lu-
tlieran Chiircli. Mt. Union, Pa. Patricia
Walker '57 was maid of honor. Joanne
E. Hutchison .r.57 served as one of the
bridesmaids and George Saci.mik x'62,
brother of tlie bride, was an usher.
Carole is teaching in the West Snyder
Area Joint School. Tlic couple resides
in Beavertown, Pa.
COOK-ADAMS
Carole Ann Adams x'60 to Stanford
G. Cook, September 10, 1960, in Elys-
burg Presbyterian Church, Elysburg, Pa.
The couple resides at 250-D Garfield
Ave., Hilcrest Gardens, Collingswood,
\. J.
IIAAS-FELICIANO
Terri Feliciana '58 to Merl Haas, Oc-
tober 22, 1960. Terri sends her Alohas
to all her old friends and says she would
very much appreciate hearing from them
from time to time. She and Merl, who
is from Wisconsin, are living at 1617-B
Apt. 4, Fern Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
SCHAEFFER-WAHL
Suzanne F. Wahl '57 to Wade Sehaef-
fer, October 22, 1960 in St. John's Unit-
ed Church of Christ, Harrisburg, Pa.
The couple lives at 606 Fairway Drive,
Lancaster, Pa.
GUINN-KISTNER
Jane Kistner '61 to Fred Guinn '60,
November 24, 1960 in Zion Lutlieran
Cliureh, Sunbury. David Dichl HO serv-
ed as best man and Janice Stahl '61 was
organist. The couple is residing in Hunt-
ingdon, Pa.
lUCHAHD-BRANDT
Sandra li. Brandt x'6l to SiV/iicy F.
Richard '59, November 26, 1960 in St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, York, Pa. Joe
Osinchak '59 was best man and Rohert
Fiscus "59 served as an usher. Linda
Traub '61 was one of tlic bridesmaids.
Sid is associated with the Pennsylvania
Power and Light Company in Ailentovvn,
Pa. The couple resides at 42 Nortli 12th
Street, .\llentown.
STIERLE-DAILY
Carcl A. Daily '60 to Clifford A.
Stierle Jr., December 10, 1960 at Zion
Lutlieran Church, Neighborhood Center,
Wilmington, Del. The couple is living
at 1340 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia 25.
GEUDER-REICHENBACH
Jane Reichenhach '61 to Ralph W.
Geuder, December 27, 1960 in Zion Lu-
theran Church, Sunbury. L. F'ranccs
Wirt '60 ser\'ed as maid of honor. Jean
E. Horner '60 was organist. Jane will
do substitute teaching until the end of
the school term and then may go into
graduate study at Johns Hopkins Hos-
pital. Ralph is a Lutheran parochial
school teacher in the Missouri Synod.
The couple resides at 5701 Fenwick
Avenue, Baltimore 12, Md.
SQUIRES-CREEGER
Elizabeth Aim Creeger to William T.
Squires '61, February 5, 1961 in Sixth
Street EUB Church, Harrisburg, Pa.
Rohert Sf/uirw '63 was his brotlier's best
niim. William Chamberlain '61 and
Gent' Witmer '62 served as ushers.
Born Crusaders
To Jim and Elizabeth Stradling Sar-
baugh '.57, a daughter, Debra Ann, Feb-
ru;u-y 7, 1960. Donegal Heights, Mount
Joy R.D.»1, Pa.
To Mr. '54 and Mrs. William F. Bas-
tion, a daughter, Anne Elizabeth, Feb-
ruary 13, 1960. Bill is teaching social
studies in the Lewisburg (Pa.) Joint
High School.
To Mr. '56 and Mrs. Henry Ceiss, a
daughter. Amy, August 9, 1960. 209
Sunnyfield Road, Camillus, N.Y.
To Robert B. and Lee Erholm Smith
'58, a daughter, Tracy Lee, September
27, 1960. Mayflower Gardens, Longhill
Road, Apt. 4b, Great Notch, N.J.
To Richard C. '53 and Elinor Smith
Burley '53, a daughter, Sharon Lee, No-
vember 13, 1960. 108 East Houston
.\venue, Montgomery. Pa.
To Arthur A. '57 .md I'ffigi/ Dalbij
Zimmerman .5.9, a daughter, Karen Eliz-
abeth, November 14, 1960. Apt. 3-C,
Marion & B.ubara Streets. Bctlilihem,
Pa.
To Roberta and Roy Cope '52, a
daughter, Kathie L>nn, December 2,
1960. Roy is Casualty Underwriter with
the Philadclpliia Branch of the American
Insurauec (iroup. 8 Gleuview Drive,
Palmyra, N.J.
To Wayne W. '58 and Janet Gordon
Rutz '58, a son, Gary Gordon, Decem-
ber 3, 1960. 207 Walnut Street, Boiling
Springs, Pa.
To Mr. and Mrs. James B. Steffy, a
daughter, Susan Elizabetli, December 3,
1960. Mr. Steffy is instructor in music
and director of bands at Susquehanna.
To James J. "55 and Elsie Gruber
Gorndcy '56, a son, Glenn, December 5,
1960. 861 Alicia Street, Philadelphia 11.
To Harry S. and Eloise Imrie Ransom
'56, a son, Harry Jr., December 13, 1960.
R F.D.#2, Keyser, W. Va.
To Richard E. and Jean Hill Oclsite
'51, a daughter, Wendy Lou, December
26, 1960. 13th Street. R.D.-l, North-
umberland, Pa.
To /•". Allen '62 and Martha Kauffnuui
.Xace, a daughter, Brenda Renee, Jan-
uary 1, 1961. The baby was tlie first
to be born in Snyder County in 1961
and received many gifts from Snyder
County merchants. 1 Nortli Water St.,
Selinsgrove.
To Robert C. '53 and Margaret Brady
Wyllie x'56, a son, Paul Robert, January
1. 1961. 8 Thorne Place, Fanwood, N.J.
To Calvert K. and Juanita Keller Ilar-
tle '49, a second son, James Richard,
January 8, 1961. 2819 Zephyr Road,
Orlando, Fla.
To Marilyn and W. Donald Fisher
'51, a daugiiter, C>'nthia Ann, January
16, 1961. 304 Charles Avenue, Selins-
grove.
To Frank and Marvel Cowling Robin-
son '53, their .second daugiiter, Janet
.\nita, January 16, 1961. 32-1 Revere
Road, Drexel Hill, Pa.
To John J. '45 and Hilda Markey
Kocsis '47, a son, John Frederick, Jan-
uary 23, 1961. Three Crest Road-Dewey
Heights, New Brunswick. N.J.
To Carol>ii and Arlan K. Gilbert '55,
twin daughters, Angelica (Angie) Em-
ma and Theresa (Tracy) Viola, Febru-
ary 13, 1961. Proud grandparents are
S.U. Gennan Prof, and Nfrs. Russell W.
C;ill)ert. An aunt for the first time is
Joyce GUbert '54, assistant registrar at
Susquehaima, 143 Oak Street. Hillsdale,
Mich.
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
DEATHS
CLUB NEWS
diaries G. Wiiplc '10, Tyroiu-. Pa.,
February 22, 1959.
Dr. Willidiii D. Lewis. Iionoiartj '21,
Lan.sdowne, Pa., November 14, 1960.
John B. Lamiule '51, W'illiamsport,
l^i., November 30, 1960. Mr. Lamade
was a member of the faculty of Hughes-
\ille High School. He is siurvived by his
wife, Ann Yortij Lamade '49, daughter
of Mrs. E. T. Yort\- of Selinsgrove, three
children, his mother and a sister.
James H. Keys x'OH, Corry Pa., De-
cember 21, 1960.
Paul II. Ilartmau '10, January 1961.
Mr. Hartnian was professor of English
and dramatics at tlie State University
College of Education in Plattsburgh,
N.V., until his retirement in 1956.
Dr. Cyril H. Haas "9.9, Pleasant Hill,
Tenn., January 8, 1961. Dr. Haas serv-
ed as a medical missionary in Turkey for
42 years. He luid his wife, whom he
met as a fellow student at tlie Medical
School of tlie University of Michigan,
were appointed career missionaries un-
der the American Board of Commission-
ers for Foreign Missions, overseas
agency of the Congregational Christian
Churches. Upon his retirement ten years
ago Dr. Haas began a new chapter in
his career as a \olunteer staff physician
at the Uplands Hospital in Pleasant Hill,
Tenn. He received an honorary degree
of Doctor of Science from Susquehanna
in 1955. Dr. Haas is survived by his
wife, two sons, two daughters and a
brother, Carl Haas of Shamokin Dam,
Pa.
Dr. Roy Smith .\'28, Norristown, Pa.,
January 22, 1961.
Commander Marshall E. Brenneman,
husband of the fonner Florence A. Reitz
'41, Camp Hill, Pa., January 23, 1961.
Commander Brenneman, a chaplain for
20 years in the Navy, was one of seven
men asphyxiated during a fire on the
U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga. In addi-
tion to his wife he is sur\ived by two
sons.
Mrs. Carrie E. Aikcns, honorary '32,
February 6, 1961. Mrs. Aikens was the
widow of Dr. Charles T. Aikens '83,
who was president of Susquehanna from
1905 to 1927. Mrs. Aikens was a charter
member of the Women's Aaxiliary of
ALTOONA
Tlie .\lt()()iia Ciul) met December
9 at Taylors Restaurant for a
Christmas banquet. Thirty-eigbt
alumni and friends enjoyed music
b\ a trombone quartet from cam-
pus, and slides were shown b\' Don
W'issinger.
The new officers for 1961 are
Mrs. Lulu Fetterolf Harman '18,
president; The Rev. Jerome V. Guss
"36, vice president; Rebecca Foster
Burtnette '29, secretary; and Calvin
P. Ginter x'19, treasurer.
Plans haxe been made for a fam-
ily picnic Saturday, June 17 at Mar-
tinsburg Memorial Park. Members
are encouraged to bring prospective
students to meet alumni and uni-
versit}' representatives.
BALTIMORE
Baltimore area alumni had an
opportunity to meet S. U. Presi-
dent Weber on Saturday, March
IS at the club's first official meeting.
All ai-ea alumni were being contact-
ed by letter and phone.
JOHNSTOWN
Plans have been made for a gala
meeting to be held \\'ednesday,
April 5 at the Sunnehanna Country
Club, Westmont Borough. Presi-
dent W't'biT and football coach Jim
Garrett will be the principal guests.
Coach Garrett will show movies of
the 1960 Crusader football team in
action.
NORTH JERSEY
The program committee has plan-
ned another fine program for Sat-
urday', April 15. Jim Garrett, foot-
ball coach, will be present to speak
to the group and show films from
the liighh- successful 1960 season.
PHILADELPHIA CLUB
Philadelphia holds its annual
spring dinner meeting at the Poor
Richard Club on Friday, April 21.
Guest speaker will be the Rev. John
Gensel "40, who was featured in the
last issue of the Alumnus. No one
should miss hearing of his exper-
iences ministering to jazz musicians
in New York City.
YORK-HANOVER
President Edwin M. Clapper '34
announces that the spring meeting
will be held at Paradise Lutheran
Church, located west of York on
the Lincoln Highway, Thursday,
April 27. S. U. Dean Wilhelm
Reuning will speak to the group on
academic progress at Susquehaima.
Local alumni will furnish the enter-
tainment.
Susquehanna and held the office of
treasurer for 27 years. She is survived
by one son, Claude G. Aikens '11 of
State College, Pa., a member and second
vice president of the Board of S.U.; two
grandchildren and four great-grand-
children.
David Blaine Moist '02, called Dewey
by his classmates, January 31, 1961 in
Lewi.stown (Pa.) Hospital. After grad-
uation he was employed by the Har-
risburg Transportation Company for 50
years. Through his intense interest in
electricity he took part in the comple-
tion of the invention of tiie automatic
switch for trolleys. He later became
chief engineer for the company. He is
survived by his wife, the former Maude
Rcichtey x'02, three daughters and six
grandchildren. The Moists had been
living in Mifflintown since Mr. Moist's
retirement in 1953.
Mrs. Lillian Spotts Woodruff, wife of
Ralph W. Woodruff '20, Harrisburg, Pa.,
Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Dan\'ille,
Pa., February 13, 1961.
MARCH 196:
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No self-respecfing editor ever passed up a chance to show his readers a pretty girl.
Recognize her? It's Gail Woolbert White '58 with her husband Jim, also '58, who went
with us to the photographer to get the picture used on "Do you have the A.D.?" Both
Whites teach at Danville High School. We selected the last photo in the series to tell
our story-^-even though it's not actually the best one of Gail. So we had to show you
the others! — £<•■
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Lewixtmcn
- - Larry Isaacs '43
- - Robert L. Herr '39
E. Ruth Bergstresser '34
Robert A. Gabrenya '40
- G. Marlin Spaid '30
- Dr. Charles Chaffee '27
- - - - Al Derr "48
AREA CAPTAINS
Mifjimhuif: - - - Fred Showalter '30
1900 W. Ralpli Wagenseller, Sc. D.
1908 John J. Houtz, Sc.D.
1909 Grace A. Geiselman
1910 George B. Maiihart, Ph.D.
1911 ITie Rev. \V. R. Fitzgerald. D.D.
1912 Thomas J. Herman
1913 The Rev. John B. Kniseley, D.D
1914 The Rev. Harry W. Miller, D.D.
1915 Ira Gross
1916 The Rev. William E. .Swop.-
1917 The Rev. Park W. Iliiiitiimton, Ph.D.
1918 Paul B. F^aust
1919 The Rev. Willard AUbeck, Ph. D.
1920 The Rev. Russell F. Auman, D.D.
1921 The Rev. Maurice R. Gortmr. D.D.
1922 Perce Appleyard
1923 Beatrice Rettinger, M.D.
1924 Joseph C. McLain, Ph.D.
Mt. Cdniii'l-Shciiniikiii - Jack Price '42
Neic Jersey-Nfu \iirk Hay Hochstuhl '47
N orthumhcrhind - - Rich Young '54
Philadcliihid - - - W Molinaro '50
Henr\' Chadw ick '50
CLASS AGENTS
1925 The Rev. Harland D. Fague, D.D.
1926 Robert D. Senn
1927 The Rev. George N. Young
1928 The Rev. Harold E. Ditzkr. D.D
1929 Henr> R. Cariehner
1930 Oren S. Kaltriter
1931 Alvin T. Barber
1932 Maurice Sheaffer
19.33 William E. Royer
19.34 Daniel McKelvey
1935 Louise Mehring Kooiitz
1936 Walter M. & Anna Bock Hertz
1937 Mary Scott (;umplier
1938 Preston Smith
1939 W . I'r.ink l..iiidriisla>ir
1940 Anna Hill (iroee
1941 Faith Harb. son McNitt
1942 Philip R, IVniplin
Directory of Leaders
Pittshurglt - - - George Huntl<-y '41
Reading - - - Dr. Haipli Cieigle '35
Selinagrove - The Rev. R. L. Lubold '13
State College The Re\'. Dale Bringman '48
M'ufihiiigton - - - W illiam Royer '33
Witkes-Barre - Serantaii Jack Cisney '59
York - - - - W. Reuben Henry '54
1943 Pierce A. Cor>elI
1944 Catherine Byrod Whitman
1945 John J. Koesis
1946 Lawrence J. Weller
1947 Richard Moglia
1948 Robert F. Wohlsen
1949 James B. Peters
1950 Louis F. Santangclo Jr.
1951 L)!! Bailey
1952 John H. Momrow
1953 Robert MacXainara
1954 Jean Howe Lauvcr
1955 The Rev. Charles W . Coates
1956 Henry S. Cook
1957 Jack K. Bishop
1958 James W'. White
1959 James Bayruns
1960 Larry A. Wingard
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SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
J^LUM^I^ ^JL^^ "^i^fB"^'
Friday, May 5
1m cniiiii
Saturday, May 6
8:30 a. m.
9,10, 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a. m.
ll-ll:.30a. m.
11:45 a.m.
2:15 p. m.
4:15 p. m.
7 p. m. - 12
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Open House at all hatcinities. All welcome.
Registration begins at the Big Tent (open all day so everyone can register.)
Conducted Toms of new Dormitories, Heilman Music Hall, new Fraternity
Houses.
Track meet, S. U. vs. Lycoming.
Five- Year Class Reunion Meetings ( as posted at the Big Tent ) . Following
meeting, each class proceeds in a body to the Big TcTit for pictures
and . . .
Alumni Luncheon (special tables for Reunion Classes),
Annual Meeting, Remarks by President Weber,
Alumni Awards, Dedication of 1961 Class Gift,
Reception of Senior Class into Alumni Association.
Your Choice:
Baseball and Tennis, S. U. vs. Wilkes;
Leisure, reminiscing, soda, pretzels, and
Band Music in the Big Tent.
Choir Concert, S. U. and Juniata College Choirs, Seibert Hall.
Alumni Dinner-Dance, Susquehanna Valley Country Club. Get up a party
with your friends! Cost for full-course dimier and dance: $4 per person
(reservations for tliis event must be made and paid for by May 1).
12" LP Recording Available April 10, 1961
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Solenelle, 1812" by Tschaikovsky; Selections from
"The Sound of Music" by Rodgers and Hammerstein;
"A Lincoln Portrait" by Copland; "Fanfare for a Cere-
monial Occasion" by Ketelby; "The Three Trumpet-
ers" by Agostini; "Free Lance March" by Sousa.
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THE SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
POSTMASTER: Please notify if undelivered.
Entered at Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania Post Office
as Second Class Matter.
JUNE 1961
LIBRARY
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVEfUkiH
J UN 2 8 1961
SUSQUZHRMR
^
ON CUR COVER
The Mulct Clioii— SL Uiis taiiiDU'. tor
its Motet Choirs of tlu- 30".s. T]n- Clioir
of 1937-38, directed by Prof. Ircacrick
Stevens, placed second ( riylit licliind
Ohio State) in a Cohunhia Hroadeastini;
S\stcni national contest— the Cohunhia
Chorus Quest. Some 200 college clioirs
competed.
A hi<;hhj;lit of .Xhimni Da\ , Ma\ 6,
1961, was the reunion of members of the
Choirs of tliat period. Ayain (hreeted by
Frof. .Stevens, the iiroup performed two
numbers at the limclieon in the biy tent.
Kvcryone agreed tliat the Clioir still de-
served its nickname, picked up 23 years
ago-"Tlie St. Olaf of tlie Kast."
AND INSIDE
This issue of the Alumnus de\()tes it-
self to picture coverage of Alumni Day,
a report on the so-far-successful, nearly-
completed 1961 Loyalty Fund, and our
annual insert special from the American
Alumni Council. This year's I6-pagc
section is concerned with The Colic fie
Student, and attempts to find out wliat
today's student is like. We conunend its
reading by ole' grads and young grads
alike.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Officers
President
Dr. Charles E. Chaffee '27
Honorary Preaident
Dr. John 1. W'oodnifT '88
Historian
Dr. John J. Houtz '08
Vice Presidents
Dr. Ralph C. C;<"igle '.35
.Mbert P. Molinaro Jr. '50
Recording Secretary
Marjorie L. Spngen .50
Treasurer
W. David Gross '47
Representatives on the {University Hoard
of Directors
Clyde H. Spitzner '.37
Dr. Erie I. Sliobert II '.35
Representatives on the Athletic
Committee
John M. Auten '28
Simon B. Rlioads '30
The BUSQUEHMM RLUMMS
Vol. 30
JUNE 1961
No. 4
CONTENTS
3
5
Walking tlic Old Walks
Reunion C'Jass Piitnres
lioiKir Holl oi Dduois— 1961 Lovaltx Fund
The College .Stndent 9
Decade Resnlts-1961 Lo\alt\ Fund 27
Club News
28
S. U. Weddings 29
Bom Cru.sader.s
Deaths
29
30
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Director of Alumni Relations
Donald K. Wissinger '50
Ed'tor of Susiiiichunna Ahnunus
George K. F. Tamke
Entered as second-class matter September 26, 19.31, at tlie Post Of-
fice at Selinsgro\e, Pa., under the .■\cf of August 24, 1912. Published
four times a year by .Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa., in
months of September, December, March and June.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
^
Walking the Old Walks . . .
"To walk tlie old walks, see the sizeable trees that were small in 1926, glance
at the room occupied by myself and Moldenke, wonder how the roof of Sellns
Grove Hall (which Roger Blough and I covered with black asbestos roofing paint
in 1925) looks . . . look at the fish in the pool we dug and equipped . . . were
most touching. How invaluable have those days been to me and my family! It
is difficult to believe that such loxeh' experiences with such meager equipment
could mean so much."
So wrote Dr. Lee E. Boyer '26 in a letter expressing his enjoyment of Alumni
Day, May 6. Along with the letter, he sent President Weber an extra check for
the Alumni Loyalty Fund.
This was the mood at Susquehanna's Alumni Day "under the big tent." The
day was damp and cool but no one's enthusiasm seemed dampened as old
friends met and reminisced, as Fund Chairman Vernon Blough gave his report
(to-date report begins on page 7), as new officers were elected (see listing,
page 2) and the new constitution adopted, as awards were made by Dr. Josepii
Hackenberg, as the Class of 1961 dedicated its gift of Westminster Chimes and
was welcomed into the Association by the new president. Dr. Charles E.
Chaffee '27, and as the group moved into the Susquehanna Valley Country
Club for its evening dinner-dance.
Pictures on tlie following pages catch some of the mood of a really great day!
Dr. Donald Pace '28 was given
the Alumni Achievement Award;
below. Alumni Service Award
went to Clyde Spitzner '37.
JUNE 1961
Class of 1891 held a private reunion: I. Newton
Catherman, pharmacist and salesman; Dr. B.
Meade Wagenseller, physiology professor and clin-
ical laboratory director; Miss Carrie Schoch, teach-
er and nurse. Their combined ages total 268
years.
and these classes reuned
EMERITI
191 1
1916
1921
1926
1931
1936
1941
1946
New Alumni Prexy
is Dr. Charles E. CliaffVo '27, Sup-
erintendent of Schools in Bethle-
hem, Pa. .\ graduate of Orwell
(Pa.) High School, he has the
B.S. from Susquehanna, M.A. from
Buckiiell. and Ed.D. from N.Y.U.
In 1959, Suscjuelianna honored him
with the Pd.D. For years a loyal
supporter of his alma mater. Dr.
Chaffee was formerly first vice
president of the Alumni Associa-
tion.
The new alumni president has
bei'n a teacher and supervising
principal in sexeral parts of Pennsylvania and was Superintendent of
Schools in Stratford. Conn, prior to beginning his present work in Betlile-
hem in 1954. In the eastern Pennsylvania city, besides supervising edu-
cational activities in all elementary, junior high and high schools, he has
been responsible for a number of advances in curriculum, finance,
building programs, and teacher and employee relations. Dr. Chaffee is an
active leader in commimit\' service and holds numerous professional mem-
berships.
Adventure Village Hosts Alumni in July
A little of the Ga\- 90's is to be
found in South Jersey for the en-
joyment of young and old. Last
summer Fred Warner '42 as owner
and the late Blair Heaton '42 as
manager opened ".Adventure Vill-
age." a theme p;u-k of the Gay 90's
and tile carlx 19()()"s. The park
was manni'd by ten S.U. students.
In this world of speed, pressures
and tensions, the owner felt it
would be rela.xing to create a peace-
ful \illage reminiscent of a bygone
day. To create such a village re-
quired collecting many antiques as
well as research of early architec-
ture and appropriate background
music. Seeking authentic items,
Fred made se\'eral trips to the
countryside surrounding Susque-
hanna.
Adventvire Village has authentic
buildings including the Hippo-
drome Theater, where one will
have many a chuckle seeing the
early vintage silent movies; Pink
Garter Saloon, whicli serves the
best pink lemonade in the East;
Village Hall with Jail; Mansion
House Hotel; Fire House, Train
Station, where one boards the min-
iature steam engine drawn train;
Print Shop; Arcade and Shooting
Gallery. In addition, there are old
Model T Fords and Maxwells,
which visitors can dri\e about the
Village.
.411 alumni of Susepu'lianna and
their families are in\ited to \isit
Adventure Village on Sunday, July
23. .Admission will be free. There
is a refreshment stand and also a
picnic area with tables for those
who want to pack a lunch. Fred
says, "Come, meet your old friends
and have a never to be forgotten
day. Mark xnur calendar for JuK'
23."
Gilbert A.skew, genial presick'nt
[)f the class of 1961, is manager of
the Village this summer. He sug-
gests that camera enthusiasts bring
SUSQUEHANNA
1961
Spring Sports Rest
Its
su
Opp
BASEBALL
2
Western Maryland
1 1
13
Lebanon Valley
9
4
Dickinson
3
8
Lycoming
12
5
Wilkes
3
)
Albright
6
3
Elizabethtown
2
3
Lycoming
5
4
Scranton
1
1
Juniata
5
10
Washington
7
0
Washington
3
Won 6 Lost 6
GOLF
6'
2 Gettysburg
1 1
"2
7
Dickinson
11
8'
2 Upsala
9'/2 1
17'
2 Millersville
MAC Championships
1 1th of 18
'/2
14'
2 Lycoming
3
V2
15
Wilkes
3
10
Scranton
8
11
Wilkes
7
4'
2 Dickinson
Won 5 Lost A
TENNIS
13
'2
8
Delaware Valley
1
1
Lebanon Valley
7
1
Dickinson
8
2
Lycoming
4
5
Wilkes
4
5
Albright
4
3
Washington
6
5
Juniata
4
1
Lycoming
8
7
Scranton
2
7
Elizabethtown
2
9
Rutgers IS. J.l
Won 7 Lost 5
TRACK
0
51
Washington
80
23-
rt Dickinson
06
'.T
20-
s Delaware Valley
10
'i
33
Lebanon Valley
74
& Lycoming
55
72
Lycoming
59
59
Juniata
Won 1 Lost 5
72
tiieir cameras to the July 23 gath-
ering.
.AcKenture V'illagi- is located fi\e
nules west of Ple;isantville on the
Black Horse Pike, near .Atlantic
Citv.
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Honor Roll of Donors
to
Susquehanna's 1961 Alumni Loyalty Fund
This list — up-to-date at press time — is by class, with
percentage of class members giving, and total dollar gifts
from class. Results by decades will be found on page 27.
HcMia and Cornelius S. Jarrett
1888, 100°o, $100.00
John I. Woodrufl
1894, 66.7%, $102.50
Chalmers E. Frontz
W. M. Rearick
1898, 80%, $635.00
\\ illiam C. Dershani
Frank .\. E>er
Brian Teats
I. Hess \\'agner
1899, 50%, $105.00
L. C Hassinser
William M. Sehnure
1900, 200b, $100.00
W . H.ilph W'asienscllrr
1901, 50°o, $35.00
Robert Z. Bums
S. Ward Graniley
1902, 16.7%, $110.00
Maude Reichley Moist x'04, in
memory of her husband,
David B. Moist
Philip H. Pearson
1903, 14.2%, $5.00
E. M. Gearhart
1904, 30.7°o, $160.00
Bertha Meiser Boliy
Chalender H. Lesher
Mildred .\rbogast Morgan
Calvin P. Swank
1905, 12.5%, $10.00
Isaae D. .\pp
1906, 37.5%, $75.00
Jolm C. Harpster
O. E. and .Ajina Beaver Sunday
Margaret Rothrock Swank
1907, 7.7°o, $5.00
Mary Craee Jaeobs Russell
1908, 17.6%, $17.50
B. \'i\ian Hougli Federlin
Marian Ferner Sellers
Ralph W. Showers
1909, 24%, $430.00
A. C. Ciman
Grace A. Geiselman
Schuyler G. Irvvin
Mer\ yni J. Ross
J. Bannen Swope
John W. Thompson
1910, 19%, $135.00
.\rthur C. Harris
Etliel Smyser Kemble
George B. Manhart
Frances Bastian Shirenian
1911, 31.3%, $225.00
Claude G. Aikens
William M. Duck
W. R. Fitzgerald
Anna Kline Krebs
Idella Kretchnian
1912, 17.4%, $150.00
Lillian E. Fisher
Tlionias J. Herman
K. E. Ir\'in
P. H. Stahl
1913, 56.3%, $335.00
Myron G. Dreese
Helen G. Fisher
Maria Geiselman Gabrielson
Newton Kerstetter
John B. and Mary Graybill
Kniseley
R. L. Lubold
Sara B. Manhart
Rine G. Winey
1914, 17.4%, $170.00
Susanna Meyer Fitzgerald
Juha D. Liston
Harry W. Miller
Mar>- G. Steele
1915, 27.3%, $320.00
John S. Bangson
Jessie Pleasanton Co.\e
N. A. Danowsky
Ira C. Gross
John F. Harkins
J. A. Lubold
Mabel Bander Martin
Emma Moyer Masteller
Alice F. Weaver
1916, 16.1%, $125.00
Katherine Wagner Harkins
J. Paul Harman
David S. Kammerer
Bess Fetterolf Keller
William E. Swoope
1917, 33.3%, $301.00
Phoebe Hennan
Park W. Huntington
Harry V. Knorr
Earl Mohney
Ira C. Mummert
Elizabetli Hall Neideigh
Marion Mo\er Potteiger
Herbert S. Rausch
F. E. Remaly
George L. Swank
1918, 14.8%, $37.50
Fred Crossland
Paul B. Faust
Miriam Grossman Lundahl
Katharine Persing
1919, 10%, $85.00
W. D. AUbeck
Mollie Mowerer Davis
Helen Salem Wescoat
1920, 22.2%, $538.50
Areli A. Aucker
Russell F. Auman
Dallas G. Baer
Evelyn Allison Boeder
Charles W. Drimim
Calvin V. Erdly
Harold Y. Fisher
Joseph Hackenberg
Susan Rearick Shannon
Ralph W. Woodruff
1921, 30.8^0, $650.00
O. H. Aurand
Guy M. Bogar
Mabel Steffen Broscious
William T. Decker
Ida Olmsted Fredrickson
Raymond F. Getty
Maurice R. Gortner
Marie Romig Huntington
Ellis K. Lecrone
M. P. Moller Jr.
Merle D. Rlioatls
Ruth LaRue Thompson
Ernest F. Walker
Mildred E. Winston
1922, I8.8<'o, $1,360.00
P. R. Appleyard
Merle A. Beam
Edward L. Dalby
Luther A. Fisher
Miles E. Hoffman
Lester J. Kaufman
Alma L. Long
Bessie C. Long
Ruth Bastian Richard
1923, 30%, $277.00
Dorothy Margerum App
John I. and Stella Risser Cole
Marlyn R. Fetterolf
Mary Beck Grant
W. Marvin Groce
Margaret Heldt Leinbach
Russell P. Knoebel
William E. Mitchell
Beatrice Rettinger
Thomas H. Stetler
1924, 27.3%, $590.00
Miriam Huyett Alexander
William H. and Margaret
Widlund Blough
Alvin W. Carj^enter
W. John Derr
Mabel Kinzey Fetterolf
Glenn E. Fisher
I. Wilson and Lottie Brosius
Kepner
Joseph C. and Mabel Mumina
McLain
Alma V. McColIough
Mary Potteiger
Helen Rearick
Rachel Brubaker Whited
1925, 21.4%, $878.00
Ruth Albert Baer
N. R. Benner
J. Edgar Bishop
Roger M. Blough
Marlin M. Enders
Harland D. Fague
C. Ralph Gramley
A. Ellsworth Gro\ e Jr.
George W. Herrold
Hazel L. Herrold
Robert J. Keeler
Alda Long
Preston E. Panner
J. F. Wetzel
Christie Zimmerman
JUNE 1961
1926, 29.5%, $712.50
Lee E. Boyer
Margaret Schmiemiund Bruce
Pere\' B. Davis
Barbara E. DcRenier
T. E. Ebberts
Sara HassiiiKer Fague
Harold S. Faust
Clarence II. Gelnett
Hayes C. Gordon
Mabel Dajile Graniley
Helen L'Irich Hollnian
Mariiaret Elizabeth Keiser
Orville B. Landis
Martha Larson Martin
Harr\ M. Rice
Austin C. Roche
Robert D. Senn
Lucy Herr Smith
W". Xlfred Streamer
Norton |. Thomas
Robert i\. Troutnian
Luther M. Weaver Jr.
1927, 15.5%, $235.00
Until J. Hnibakrr
Charles F. Chaffee
Emily F. Craig
Elsie Nace Enders
Ruth Evans
Delsey Morris Cress
Zelda F. Haus
Ra\- V. Henry
Flora Hull Longenecker
Robert C. Mctz
Martha Ertel Schuniaclicr
M. Thehna 'I'ay'or
Lee Triibels
Clinton Weiscufiuh
Ceorge \. Young
1928, 19%, $1,218.50
Margaret H. Buyers
Dorotli> Rofhermel Chaffee
X'esta Steininger Cook
Harold E. Uitzlcr
Ruth Folkmann
Laura L. Geniberling
Dorotliy Goff
F\a L. Grace
M. Josephine Groesbeck
Edith C. Hannis
Edward B. Hcrr
James NL Ilcrrold
Mary Farlling HolKvay
Grace Williams Keller
Tlicodorc R. Kcmmerer
Elizabeth Hauscr Kinsel
Hannah Pitner Lambert
Paul B. Lucas
Franz A. Lundali!
Benjamin T. Moyer
Donald M. Pace
Marvin W. Sehlegel
C. M. Shaffer
Rav G. Sheelcr
Carl G. Smith
Helen Ott Soper
Prudence Wilson Weaver
1929, 14.5%, $775.00
I'alil II. .\uriij||(T
Helen Simons Barrick
Carol O. Bird
.\nna Moyer Bohn
Marian Klinger Derrick
W. H. Dreibelbis
Nancy l.ecronc Fay
Helen Carter CJehret
Ethel L. Maxwell
Harold N. Moldenke
Mildred Potteiger
Rebecca C. Pullenberger
Raymond O. Rhine
W i'lliam O. Roberts
Husscll T. Shilling
J. Stanley Smith
(George .\. and Gertrude
.•\rbcgast Spaid
|ohn F. Stamm
Da\id F. Straesser
Frank W. Weaver
1930, 14.9°o, $602.50
Paul M. Bishop
Edward T. Bollinger
Frances Thomas Davis
Dorothy Heiser Fisher
Miller R. Gerhardt
Sherman Good
Lewis C. HerroUl
Twila Crebs Hcrrold
Russell C. Heim
Mary Eastep Hill
Oren S. Kaltriter
Hubert C. Koch
Florence Lauver
Myer R. Mu.sser
Ruth Golf Nicodcnuis
James M. Scharf
I'Ved S. Showalter
Mildri'd .\rbegast Speer
1931, 16.6%, $689.50
Al\ in T. Barber
Lois Brnngart Bendigo
\Vilbnr E. Berger
H. Vernon Blough
Walter L. Burford
Martha Laudenslager Davis
Irene Brouse Dickey
Lawrence C. Fisher
Paul W. Freed
Frank C. Gill
Flizabctli Hawke
Helen Cailp Hort
William R. lehter
Mary Lauver
Anna Losch Mylin
Bnice E. Nicodemus
Helen E. O'Connell
Richard A. Scharfe Jr.
Herbert H. Schmidt
C:harles J. Shearer
Dorothy Tumbach
Ethlynne Miller Weaver
W illiam J. Weliky
S;tra Hain<-s Zinu)irrman
1932, 14.2°o, $402.00
(ilenroy H. Bishop
Samu(J B. Brosius
Dorothy Puckey Clark
H. R. I'enstermaeher
Roscoe L. Fisher
Lewis R. Fo.\
.'\rline Kanyuck
John F. Kindsvatter
Eleanor Sheriff McAnult\
J. D. Mayes Jr.
Harriit Leise Montgomer>'
Marie Miller Mostaller
Reed Speer
Harold B. Sunday
.\rtluir E. Wilmarth
1933, 14.6%, $453.50
Grace Boyle
Fred L. Carl
Mabel Fultz Chilcott
Selon F. Doekey
Flora Ellmore
Martin A. (Jravkowskie
Helen C:alfrey'MeMullen
Margaret Ide Maguire
E. Dorotliea Meyer
\\ illiam E. Ho\i-r
J. Donahl Steel..
William R. Swarm
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Phillips Hutchison
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Cabin J. Naugle
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Stephen J. Martinec
Erie 1. Shobert, II
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Grace James Von Bergen
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Horace M. Hutchison
Ruth Williamson Kelly
Robert I'ritehard
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Maicc lla Chaya Tnrnbaeh
Dnrolhy Turner
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\\ alli 1 Wasilcwski
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Clyde R. and Hel.n Wentzel
Spitzuer
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Hostctter
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bury Laudensla\iT
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Ruth Specht Riehter
(Coiitiniictl iin pane 25)
8
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
SUSAN GREENBUBG
Times have changed.
Have America's college students?
THE
COLLEGE
STUDENT,
they say, is a young person who will . . .
. . . use a car to get to a library two blocks away,
knowing full well that the parking lot is three blocks
on the other side.
. . . move heaven, earth, and the dean's office to
enroll in a class already filled; then drop the course.
. . . complain bitterly about the quality of food
served in the college dining halls — while putting down
a third portion.
. . . declaim for four solid years that the girls at
his institution or at the nearby college for women are
unquestionably the least attractive females on the face
of the earth; then marry one of them.
BUT there is a serious side. Today's students, many
professors say, are more accomplished than the
average of their predecessors. Perhaps this is
because there is greater competition for college en-
trance, nowadays, and fewer doubtful candidates get
in. Whatever the reason, the trend is important.
For civilization depends upon the transmission of
knowledge to wave upon wave of young people — and
on the way in which they receive it, master it, employ
it, add to it. If the transmission process fails, we go
back to the beginning and start over again. We are
never more than a generation away from total ignor-
ance.
Because for a time it provides the world's leaders,
each generation has the power to change the course of
history. The current wave is thus exactly as important
as the one before it and the one that will come after
it. Each is crucial in its own time.
WHAT will the present student generation do?
What are its hopes, its dreams, its principles?
Will it build on our past, or reject it? Is it,
as is so often claimed, a generation of timid organiza-
tion people, born to be commanded? A patient band of
revolutionaries, waiting for a breach? Or something
in between?
No one — not even the students themselves — can
be sure, of course. One can only search for clues, as
we do in the fourteen pages that follow. Here we look
at, and listen to, college students of 1961 — the people
whom higher education is all about.
Scott Thompson
Barbara Nolan
Robert Schloredt
Arthur Wortman
What are
today^s students
like?
To help
find out, we
invite you to join
A seminar
PHOTOS: HERB WEITMAN
H^^' ^
i
V
Robert Thorn].
yson
Roy Muir
Ruth Vars
Galen Unger
I'arkiT I'lilruir
Patricia Burgamy
Kenneth Weaver
David Gilmour
Martha Freeman
Dean Windgassen
THE fourteen young men and women pictured
above come from fourteen colleges and universi-
ties, big and little, located in all parts of the
United States. Some of their alma maters are private,
some are state or city-supported, some are related to a
church. The students' studies range widely — from science
and social studies to agriculture and engineering. Outside
the classroom, their interests are similarly varied. Some
are athletes (one is AJl-American quarterback), some are
active in student government, others stick to their books.
To help prepare this report, we invited all fourteen,
as articulate representatives of virtually every type of
campus in America, to meet for a weekend of searching
discussion. The topic: themselves. The objective: to ob-
tain some clues as to how the college student of the
Sixties ticks.
The resulting talk — recorded by a stenographer and
presented in essence on the following pages — is a reveal-
ing portrait of young people. Most revealing — and in a
way most heartening — is the lack of unanimity which the
students displayed on virtually every topic they discussed.
As the seminar neared its close, someone asked the
group what conclusions they would reach about them-
selves. There was silence. Then one student spoke:
"We're all different," he said.
He was right. That was the only proper conclusion.
Labelers, and perhaps libelers, of this generation
might take note.
from coast to coast
''Being a
ERICH HARTHANM, BAACNUM
«s^r*
student is a wonderful thing.
yy
STUDENT YEARS are exciting years. They are excit-
ing for the participants, many of whom are on
their own for the first time in their Uves — and
exciting for the onlooking aduh.
But for both generations, these are frequently
painful years, as well. The students' competence,
which is considerable, gets them in dutch with their
elders as often as do their youthful blunders. That
young people ignore the adults' soundest, most heart-
felt warnings is bad enough; that they so often get
away with it sometimes seems unforgivable.
Being both intelligent and well schooled, as well
as unfettered by the inhibitions instilled by experience,
they readily identify the errors of their elders — and
they are not inclined to be lenient, of course. (The
one unforgivable sin is the one you yourself have
never committed.) But, lacking experience, they are
apt to commit many of the same mistakes. The wise
adult understands this: that only in this way will they
gain experience and learn tolerance — neither of which
can be conferred.
''They say the student is an animal in transition. You have to
wait until you get your degree, they say; then you
turn the big corner and there you are. But being a student
is a vocation, just like being a lawyer or an editor
or a business man. This is what we are and where we are.'*''
"The college campus is an open market of ideas. I can walk
around the campus, say what I please, and be a truly free person.
This is our world for now. Let^s face it —
weUl never live in a more stimulating environment. Being a
student is a wonderful and magnificent and free thing. "
i^
You go to college to learn, of course.
SUSAN GaEENBUKC
A student's life, contrary to the memories that alumni
and alumnae may have of "carefree" days, is often de-
^ scribed by its partakers as "the mill." "You just get
in the old mill," said one student panelist, "and your head
spins, and you're trying to get ready for this test and that
test, and you are going along so fast that you don't have time
to find yourself."
The mill, for the student, grinds night and day — in class-
rooms, in libraries, in dining halls, in dormitories, and in
scores of enterprises, organized and unorganized, classed
vaguely as "extracurricular activities." Which of the activities
— or what combination of activities — contributes most to a
student's education? Each student must concoct the recipe for
himself. "You have to get used to living in the mill and finding
yourself," said another panelist. "You'll always be in the mill
— all through your life."
But learning comes in many ways.
ff
aay^ii^-^'
"Fd like to bring up something I think is a fault in
our colleges: the great emphasis on grades."
"I think grades interfere with the real learning process.
Fve talked with people who made an A on an exam
— but next day they couldnt remember half the material.
They just memorized to get a good grade."
"You go to college to learn, of course. But learning
comes in many ivays — not just from classrooms
and books, but from personal relations ivith people: holding
office in student government, and that sort of thing."
"It's a favorite academic cliche, that not all learning
comes from books. I think it^s dangerous. I believe
the greatest part of learning does come
from books — just plain books."
ERICH HARTMAI^, MAGNUM
Ifs important to know you
can do a good job at something. ''
r
t's hard to conceive of this unless you've been
through it . . . but the one thing that's done the
most for mc in college is baseball. I'd always been
the guy with potential who never came through. The
coach worked on me; I got my control and really
started going places. The confidence I gained carried
over into my studies. I say extracurricular activities
are worthwhile. It's important to know you can do a
good job at something, tvhatever it is."
► "No! Maybe I'm too idealistic. But I think college
is a place for the pursuit of knowledge. If we're here
for knowledge, that's what we should concentrate on."
► "In your studies you can goof off for a while and
still catch up. But in athletics, the results come right
on the spot. There's no catching up, after the play is
over. This carries over into your school work. I think
almost everyone on our football team improved his
grades last fall."
► "This is true for girls, too. The more you have to
do, the more you seem to get done. You organize your
time better."
► "I can't see learning for any other purpose than to
better yourself and the world. Learning for itself is of
no value, except as a hobby — and I don't think we're
in school to join book clubs."
► "For some people, learning is an end in itself. It can
be more than a hobby. I don't think we can afford to
be too snobbish about what should and what shouldn't
be an end in itself, and what can or what can't be a
creative channel for different people."
"The more you do, the more
you seem to get done.
You organize your time better."
SUSAN CREENBURC
"In athletics, the results come
right on the spot. There's
no catching up, after the play."
sn
''It seems to me you're saying that
COLLEGE is where many students meet the first great
test of their personal integrity. There, where one's
progress is measured at least partly by examinations
and grades, the stress put upon one's sense of honor is
heavy. For some, honor gains strength in the process. For
others, the temptation to cheat is irresistible, and honor
breaks under the strain.
Some institutions proctor all tests and examinations.
An instructor, eagle-eyed, sits in the room. Others have
honor systems, placing upon the students themselves the
responsibility to maintain integrity in the student com-
munity and to report all violators.
How well either system works varies greatly. "When
you come right down to it," said one member of our student
panel, "honor must be inculcated in the years before college
— in the home."
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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
"Maybe you need a B ina test,
or you don't get into
medical school. And the guy ahead
of you raises the average by
cheating. T/iat makes a real problem.^'
honor works only when it's easy. "
^''Tinfrom a school with an honor system that works.
But is the reason it works maybe because of the tremendous
penalty that's connected with cheating, stealing,
or lying? It's expulsion — and what goes along with that
is that you can't get into another good school or
even get a good Job. Ifs about as bad a punishment
as this country can give out, in my opinion.
Does the honor system instill honor — or just fear?"
"At our school the honor system works even though the
penalties arent that stiff. It^s part of
the tradition. Most of the girls feel they re given
the responsibility to be honorable, and they accept it."
"On our campus you can leave Your books anywhere
and thevll be there when you come back. You can even
leave a tall, cold milkshake — Fve done it — and when you
come back two hours later, it will still be there.
It wont be cold, but it will be there.
You learn a respect for honor, a respect that will carry
over into other f elds for the rest of your life."
"Fd say the minority tvho are top students dont cheat,
because they re after knowledge. And the great
majoritY in the middle dont cheat, because
they^re afraid to. But the poor students, who cheat to
get by . . . The funny thing is, they re not afraid at all.
I guess they figure they^ve nothing to lose."
"NobodY is just honest or dishonest. I'm sure
everyone here has been guilty of some sort of dishonest
act in his lifetime. But everyone here would
also saY he'' s primarily honest. I know if I were
really in the clutch Fd cheat. I admit it —
and I don^t necessarily consider myself
dishonest because I would."
"It seems to me you re saying that honor works
only when ifs easy."
"Absolute honor is 150,000 miles out, at least.
And ice're down here, walking this earth with all our
faults. You can look up at those clouds of honor
up there and say, 'They re pretty, but
I cant reach them.^ Or you can shoot for the clouds.
I think thaCs the approach I want to take.
I dont think I can attain absolute honor,
but I can try — and Fd like
to leave this world with that on my batting record."
''It's not how we feel about issues-
E ARE being criticized by other people all
the time, and they're stamping down on us.
'You're not doing anything,' they say. I've
noticed an attitude among students: Okay, just keep
criticizing. But we're going to come back and react.
In some ways we're going to be a little rebellious.
We're going to show you what we can really do."
Today's college students are perhaps the most
thoroughly analyzed generation in our history. And
they are acutely aware of what is being written about
them. The word that rasps their nerves most sorely is
"apathy." This is a generation, say many critics, that
plays it cool. It may be casually interested in many
things, but it is excited by none.
Is the criticism deserved? Some college students
and their professors think it is. Others blame the times
— times without deprivation, times whose burning
issues are too colossal, too impersonal, too remote —
and say that the apparent student lassitude is simply
society's lassitude in microcosm.
The quotation that heads this column is from one
of the members of our student panel. At the right is
what some of the others think.
"Out student legislature fought most of the year
aboiU taking stands. The majority
rationalized, saying it wasnt our place; what good
would it do? They were afraid people would
check the college in future years and if they took
an unpopular stand they wouldn't get security
clearance or ivouldnt get a job.
I thought this was awful. But I see indications of an
awakening of interest. It isnt how we feel
about issues, but whether we feel at all."
"Vm sure it' s practically the same everywhere.
We have 5,500 full-time students, but only fifteen
or tiventy of us went on the sit-dmvns."
"I think there is a great deal of student opinion
about public issues. It isnt always rational,
and maybe we dont talk about it. but I think most of
us have definite feelings about most things."
"Fvefelt the apathy at my school. The university
is a sort of isolated little world. Students
don t feel the big issues really concern them. The
civil rights issue is close to home,
but youd have to chase a student down to get him
to give his honest opinion."
"We're quick to criticize, slow to act."
"Do you think that just because students in America
dont cause revolutions and riots and take
active stands, this means . . .?"
"Vm not calling for revolution. Pm calling
for interest, and I dont care what side the student
takes, OS long as he takes a side."
"But even ivhen we went down to W'oolwortlis
carrying a picket sign, what were some of the motives
behind it? Was it just to get a day atvayfrom classes?"
but whether we feel at all.
99
"I attended a discussion ivhere Negro students
presented their views. I have never seen a group of
more dynamic or dedicated or informed students.''^
"But they had a personal reason.''^
"Thafsjust it. The only thing I can think of,
where students took a stand on our campus,
was when it was decided that it wasn't proper
to have a brewery sponsor the basketball team on
television. This caused a lot of student discussion,
but it's the only instance I can remember."
"Why is there this unwillingness to take stands?"
"/ think one big reason is that it's easier not to.
It's much easier for a person Just to go along."
"Fve sensed the feeling that unless it really bums
within you, unless there is something ivhere you
can see just what you have done, you might as well just
let the world roll on as it is rolling along.
After all, people are going to act in the same old way,
no matter what we try to do. Society is going to
eventually come out in the same ivay, no matter
what I, as an individual, try to do."
"A lot of us hang back, saying, 'Well, why have an idea
noiv? It'll probably be different when Vm 45.' "
"And you ask yourself Can I take time away from
my studies? You ask yourself. Which
is more important? Which is more urgent to me?"
"Another reason is fear of repercussions — fear
of offending people. I went on some sit-downs and I
didn't sit uneasy just because the manager of
the store gave me a dirty scowl — but because my friends,
my grandparents, were looking at me
with an uneasy scowl."
hi
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1 P^
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We need a purpose other than
security and an $18, 000 job.
jy
'"Perhaps 'waiting^ is the attitude of our
age — in every generation. ^^
"Then there conies the obvious question.
With all this waiting, what are we waiting for?
Are tve waiting for some disaster that ivill
make us do something? Or are we ivaiting for some
' national purpose to come along,
so we can jump on its bandwagon? So we are at
a train station; whafs coming?"
HERB WEITMAN
I
GUESS one of the things that bother us is that
there is no great issue we feel we can personally
come to grips with."
The panel was discussing student purposes. "We
need a purpose," one member said. "I mean a purpose
other than a search for security, or getting that $18,000-
a-year job and being content for the rest of your life."
"Isn't that the typical college student's idea of
his purpose?"
"Yes, but that's not a purpose. The generation of
the Thirties — let's say they had a purpose. Perhaps
tveUl get one, someday."
"They had to have a purpose. They were starving,
almost."
"They were dying of starvation and we are dying
of overweight. And yet we still should have a purpose
— a real purpose, with some point to it other than self-
ish mediocrity. We do have a burning issue — just plain
survival. You'd think that would be enough to make
us react. We're not helpless. Let's do something."
Have students change df
— Some professors ' opinions
O
. H. YES, indeed," a professor said recently, "I'd
say students have changed greatly in the last
ten years and — academically, at least — for
the better. In fact, there's been such a change lately
that we may have to revise our sophomore language
course. What was new to students at that level three
years ago is now old hat to most of them.
"But I have to say something negative, too," the
professor went on. "I find students more neurotic,
more insecure, than ever before. Most of them seem
to have no goal. They're intellectually stimulated, but
they don't know where they're going. I blame the
world situation — the insecurity of everything today."
"I can't agree with people who see big changes
in students," said another professor, at another school.
"It seems to me they run about the same, year after
year. We have the bright, hard-working ones, as we
have always had, and we have the ones who are just
coasting along, who don't know why they're in school
— just as we've always had."
"They're certainly an odd mixture at that age — a
combination of conservative and romantic," a third
professor said. "They want the world to run in their
way, without having any idea how the world actually
runs. They don't understand the complexity of things;
everything looks black or white to them. They say,
'This is what ought to be done. Let's do it!' "
"If their parents could listen in on their chil-
dren's bull sessions, I think they'd make an interest-
ing discovery," said another facultv member. "The
kids are talking and worrying about the same things
their fathers and mothers used to talk and worry about
when they were in college. The times have certainly
changed, but the basic agony — the bittersweet agony
of discovering its own truths, which every generation
has to go through — is the same as it's always been.
"Don't worry about it. Don't try to spare the
kids these pains, or tell them they'll see things differ-
ently when they're older. Let them work it out. This
is the way we become educated — and maybe even
civilized."
"I'd add only one thing," said a professor emeri-
tus who estimates he has known 12,000 students over
the years. "It never occurred to me to worry about
students as a group or a class or a generation. I have
worried about them as individuals. They're all differ-
ent. By the way: when you learn that, you've made a
pretty profound discovery."
The College Student"
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Moyer
John A. Reuther
James O. Rumbaugh Jr.
Louis Santangelo
Janet Wolf Statler
Franklin T. Ulman
Richard G. Westervelt
Barbara Wheat
Donald E. Wissinger
Donald F. Wohlsen
1951, 18.3%, $625.00
Lyn Bailey
June Klingler Biglieri
Marsh Bogar
Marianne E. Fague
W. Donald Fisher
Martha Martin Gehris
Jeanne Attinger Hassinger
Janice .\rner Himmebiian
Grace McKeever Newman
Alice Greeger Pfeifler
Marilyn Beers Rt'ilK'
Susan Foltz Tietbohl
Flora Bamhart \\issinger
Marie Beam Wohlsen
Shirk) Young
1952, 12.4%, $175.50
Robert (). BogdaulTy
Frank \'. Compton
Bemice Jochem Howling
Cynddylan M. Jones
Faye R. Lewis
Ethel McGrath
John H. Momrow Jr.
Miriam \'ogler Olson
Lynne Lightfoot Rambo
Lois Renfer
lacob M. Spangler Jr.
David G. \'olk
1953, 14.9%, $118.00
Da\id \\'. Bennett
Madaline Lease Cook
Robert B. Jarxds
Edward P. Kopf
Danalce Kershner Kurtz
Beatrice Morrow Myers
Kenneth E. Orris
Marvel Cowling Robinson
Arthiur W. and Lillian Whitting-
ton Roush
Dean E, Rupe
Steve F. and Joyce Wagner
Torok
Daniel W. and Joan Wiant
Williamson
1954, 7.8%, $100.00
Nora Steiuhards Galins
Shirley- Thompson Klialouf
Edward E. Lamb Jr.
Graydon Lose
Irene K. Oldt
Ruth E. Osbom
Frank D. Richards
Roger E. Rohrbaugh
Lucille Kcpner Westhafer
1955, 21.4%, $100.50
Larry R. and Garlene Lamade
Bingaman
Margaret Gordon Bonawitz
Charles W. and Rose Marie
Sharretts Coates
Barbara M. Frank
James J. Gonnley
Mary Ann Bingaman Kleintop
Harry F. Kocher Jr.
Carol Cornelius Lamb
W. Deen Lauver
Richard W. Owens
Annabelle Thomas Rogers
James G. Showalter
Franklin G. Smith
1956, 17.9%, $152.50
Charles S. Bailes
Henry S. Cook
Carol B. Daubemian
Elsie Gruber Gonnley
Robert Hackenberg
Clyde R. Kautfman
H. Robert Kurtz
Nancy J. McCuUough
Mary Elizabeth Naugle
Margie Lamon Owens
Eloise Imrie Ransom
Diane H. Schilke
Glen E. Smitli
Genevieve L. Thomas
John D. and Janet Gemer
Yeich
1957, 13%, $197.50
Jack K. Bishop
Donald R. Henninger
Earl F. Kleintop
Natalie Wilhour Maurer
Carole Sadosuk Morgan
Frank L. Romano
Suzanne Wahl Schaeffer
Sandra Clilfillan Showalter
Dorothy Wardle Spencer
Lillian O. Troutman
Erhard O. Werner
1958, 14%, $130.50
\\ alter P. Benham Jr.
Mary Louise Neal Coleman
Stanley Decamp
Carolyn Gillaspie
Barbara Enck Good
Doris M. Keener
Richard L. Kisslak
Janice L. Paul
Wayne W. and Janet Gordon
Rutz
Mary Moore Schatkowski
Carol Kogel Valentine
1959, 12.7%, $305.00
Susan Bates Ahlbrand
Claudette Bedeaii.x
Julia Stauffer Bender
Carolyn A. Birkhimer
Jack E. Cisney
Mary F. Davis
Susan E. Lehman
Russell P. Mertz
Richard Alan and Margaret
Pattyson Neff
Sidney F. Richard
Gail MuUer Romano
Mabel B. Hays Torrence
Clyde H. Wood
1960, 10.2%, $80.00
Virginia Alexander
Susan M. Apgar
Donald E. Coleman
Marilyn F. Faiss
Helen R. Harding
Sally McCalian
Stephanie Haase Moore
Helene M. Schmnacher
1961
Gary L. Moore
Sandra Brandt Richard
xl962
Sarah E. Blaskovitz
Honorary
W alter C. Beck
Bertlia M. Hein
Arthur H. James
L. H. Larimer
Charles Leese
Charles Nicely
Scott C. Rea
J. Parsons Schaeffer
Raymond C. Shindler
Nonnan S. Wolf
Matching Gifts
General Atronics Corp.
W. T. Grant Co.
Gulf Oil Corp.
The Merck Co. Foundation
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.
JUNE 1961
25
— T
1961 Alumni Loyalty Fund
IDENT'S CLUB
Luther A. Fisher '22
J. Stanley Smith '29
Erie 1. Siiobert 11 '35
Scott C. Rea, Boanl Mnnlxr
Preston H. Smith '3S
Frank A. Eyer x'98
Da\ id \an Pell, Board Member
Simon B. '30 and Kathryn Jarrett Hlioads x'34
Roger M. Blough '25
Vernon H. Phillips '38
Miller R. tJerhardt '30
Charles Nicely, Board Member
LawTence C. Fisher '31
Donald E. '50 and Flora Bamhart
Wissinger '51
Charles W. Drumm '20
John C. Horn, Board Member
H. Vernon Bloiigh '31
Larry '43 and Louise Kresge Isaacs
'45
Robert N. Troutman '26
George L. Haller, Board Member
Ralpli C. Geigle '35
William R. Swarm '33
William H. Clehron Jr. '40
Martha Bodman Martz '34
Claude G. Aikens '11
Ahin W. Carpenter '24
Harry M. Riee '26
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Wissinger
.\Ibert P. '50 and Louise Siemers
Molinaro '.50
Calvin P. '04 and Margaret Rotli-
rock Swank '06
Merit Laundry and Dry Cleaning
Company
Robert A. Gabrenya '40
Charles A. Morris '49
Philip R. Templin '42
Harold \. Fisher '20
Louise E. West '39
Mary Lizzio Govekar '47
Gustavc W. Weber, S.U. President
Edward S. Jr. '42 and Blanche
Fonicy Rogers '42
Ernest F. Walker '21
Ralph H, Jr. '49 and Susan Foltz
Tietbohl '51
Lester J. Karsehner '37
Robert F. '48 and Elise Thompson
Wohlsen '47
Lewis C. Hcrrold '30
Roswell J. '46 and Gayle Clark
Johns '47
N. R. Benner '25
Mary Farlling HoUway '28
James A. CIrossman '36
Allan B. Packman '48
Helen Ott Soper '28
Donald F. '51 and Marie Beam
Wohisc-n '51
N. A. Danowsky '15
Louise Mehring Koontz '35
ENTURY CLU
Shirley \oung '51
James O. Rumbaugh Jr. '50
Charles G. Jones '35
W. Ralph Wagenseller '00
Robert L. Herr '39
John I. Woodruff '88
Norman S. Wolf '2.5
D. Edgar '34 and Aberdeen Philips
Hutchison '34.
W. Donald Fisher '51
Rayinond V,. '47 and Dorotliy Dell-
ecker Hochstuld '43
Henry H. Gassier '34
Ira C. Gross '15
John H. Momrow Jr. '52
Harold H. '39 and Katherine Diet-
terle Benion '41
Charles E. '27 and Dorothy Rotlier-
mel Chaffee '28
William G. Dershiuu .\'98
Richiu-d D. Moglia '47
Guy M. Bogar '21
Roscoe L. Fisher '32
William S. Morrow '34
James C. '50 and Martha Martin
Gehris '51
W. M. Rcarick '94
William E. Royer '33
H. S. Rausch 17
Grace A. Geisebnan '09
John W. Thompson '09
Richard A. Scharfe Jr. '31
Ida Olmsted Fredrickson '21
Jess M. Kemberling '39
Calvin V. Erdly '20
Alpha Sigma Omega (Phi Mu
Delta Alumni)
John F. '15 and Katherine Wagner
Harkins 16
Laura L. Gemberling '28
J. Donald Steele '33
Clyde R. '37 and Helen Wentzel
Spitzner '37
W. Frank '39 .md Isabel Tewkes-
bur) Laudenslayer '39
John B. 13 and Mary GraybiU
Knisel<-y 13
Jack K. Bishop '57
Stephen J. .Martinee '.35
Sanford P. Blough '42
Reed '32 and Mildred Arbegiist
Speer '30
Schuyler C;. Irwin '09
Russell F. Auman '20
Maurice R. Gortner '21
Jack E. Cisney '59
Mary Scott Gumpher '37
C. M. Shaffer '28
Merle A. Beam '22
MarKn R. Fetterolf '23
.Mabel Kinzcy Fetterolf '24
I. Wilson '24 and Lottie Brosius
Kepner '24
.\. C. Curran '09
Kay G. S1i(.<'1(t '28
.\loysius \ . '48 and Phyllis Swartz
Derr '49
Chalender H. Lesher '04
Helen G. Fisher '13
Lillian E. Fisher '12
James R. Clark '46
North New Jersey District Ahinmi
Club
Glenn E. '24 and Dorothy Heiser
Fislier '30
L. C. Hassinger .\'99
Ethel Smyser Kemble '10
James M. Herrold '28
Twila Crebs Herrold '30
Philip H. Pearson '02
Edward L. Dalby '22
Mabel Fultz Chilcott '33
Harry V. Knorr '17
Clarence H. Gelnett '26
Clyde D. '41 and Louise McWill-
iams Sechler '43
Beatrice Rettinger '23
Miriam Huyett Alexander '24
George W. Herrold '25
Hannah Pitner Lambert '28
Maria Geiselman Clabriel.son '13
Warren Herrold '41
William M. Duck '11
.Mary (;. Steele '14
Ralph W. Woodruff '20
P. H. Aiipleyard x'22
\\'. Alfred .Streamer '26
William j. Weliky '31
Harold li. Sunday '32
Arthur G. Webber '34
J. W. x'39 and Adelaide Stewart
Hostetter x'39
Hannah Pitner Lambert '28—
PeimsyKania Power and Light
Co.
W. H. Dreibelhis '29
O. H. Aurand '21
John '49 and Harriet Ann Gould
-Mertz '48.
26
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
DECADE RESULTS
W'itli class i(iiikiii<j, iii pcrccut of incinbcrs giving and average gift.
lO's
Percent G
ving (22.9)
Average
Gift
Class
Percent
Rank
Class
'13
56.3
1
'11
'17
33.3
2
'14
'11
31.3
3
'13
'15
27.3
4
'12
'10
19.0
5
'15
'12
17.4
6
'10
'14
17.4
7
'19
'16
16.1
8
'17
'18
14.8
9
'16
'19
10.0
10
'18
($32.82)
19th
Century
30's
Percent Giving (52.9)
Average
Gift ($104,721
Percent Giving ( 1 8.7 )
Average Gift
($36.83)
Class
Percent
Rank
Class
Average
Class
Percent
Rank
Class
Average
'88
100.0
1
'98
$158.75
'39
33.3
1
'35
$79.04
'98
80.0
2
'88
100.00
'34
24.7
2
'38
65.18
'94
66.7
3
'99
52.50
'36
'38
21.6
20.8
3
4
'33
'39
36.81
36.31
'99
50.0
4
'94
51.25
'37
19.3
5
'37
35.90
'91
0.0
5
'91
0.00
'35
17.1
6
'30
33.47
'92
0.0
6
OO's
'92
0.00
'31
'30
'33
'32
16.6
14.9
14.6
14.2
7
8
9
10
'34
'31
'32
'36
32.50
28.73
26.80
15.31
Percent Giving (21
.4)
Averag
e Gift
($39.48)
40'$
Class
Percent
Rank
Class
Average
Percent Giving ( 19.8)
Ave
rage Gift
($22.69)
'01
50.0
1
'00
$100.00
Class
Percent
Rank
Class
Average
'06
37.5
2
'09
71.67
'04
30.7
3
'02
55.00
'41
'47
48.6
25.0
I
2
'47
'46
$31.96
30.00
'09
24.0
4
'04
40.00
'48
20.5
3
'42
28.51
'00
20.0
5
'06
25.00
'46
20.0
4
'43
23.33
'08
17.6
6
'01
17.50
'44
19.4
5
'40
22.82
'02
16.7
7
'05
10.00
'49
'43
18.2
18.0
6
7
'41
'48
22.36
22.22
'03
14.2
8
'08
5.83
'40
17.5
8
'49
19.89
'05
12.5
9
'03
5.00
'42
15.9
9
'45
17.50
'07
7.7
10
'07
5.00
'45
15.6
10
'44
9.42
50's
Percent Giving (14.6)
Class Percent
Average Gift ($16.78)
Rank
Class
Average
Average
20's
$45.00
'51
42.50
'56
'50
'53
'58
39.44
37.50
35.56
'57
33.75
'59
28.33
'52
'54
27.36
25.00
9.38
Class
'60
'ercent G
ving (21.1 )
Avere
ge Gift ($
44.1 1 )
Class
Percent
Rank
Class
Average
'21
30.8
1
'22
$151.11
'23
30.0
2
'25
58.53
'26
29.5
3
'20
53.85
'24
27.3
4
'28
43.52
'20
22.2
5
'21
40.63
'25
21.4
6
'24
39.33
'28
19.0
7
'29
36.90
'22
18.8
8
'26
30.97
'27
15.5
9
'23
23.08
'29
14.5
10
'27
15.66
JUNE
1961
21.4
1
'51
$41.66
18.3
2
'50
24.00
17.9
3
'59
20.33
16.5
4
'57
16.45
14.9
5
'52
14.63
14.0
6
'54
1 l.lt
13.0
7
'58
10.03
12.7
8
'56
8.97
12.4
9
'53
7.87
7.8
10
'55
6.70
60's
Percent
10.2
Class
'60
Average
$ 8.89
RANK BY DECADES
Total Percent Giving (18.5) Total Average Gift ($32.73)
Decade Percent Rank Decade Average
19th
52.9
1
19th
$104.72
lO's
22.9
2
20's
44.11
OO's
21.4
3
OO's
39.48
20's
21.1
4
30's
36.83
40's
19.8
5
lO's
32.82
30'5
18.7
6
40's
22.69
50's
14.6
7
50's
16.78
27
CLUB NEWS
BALTIMORE
The first regular meeting of the
newly-formed Baltimore Alumni
Club met March 18. President
Weber told the group of recent
changes and futme plans for Sus-
quehanna and answered many
questions asked by the 25 alumni
and guests present.
OfiBcers elected to carry on the
work of tlie new club ;ire Frank V.
Coinpton '52, president; Dorothy
\V. Reeder '26, secretaiy-treasurer;
I. Wilson Kepner '24. Ted Oshirak
'54 and Myer R. Musser '30, execu-
tive committee.
FLORIDA
Two meetings have been held in
recent months in an effort to form a
Suscjuehanna alumni club in Flor-
ida. Six alumni met with Dr. Ber-
nard W. Krapf, assistimt to the
president, December 5 in Miami.
On March 27, twelve alumni and
guests met President ^^'eber and
heard about Susqiu^hanna's expan-
sion program. The Miami group
plans to organize for future meet-
ings.
Because of the great distance in-
volved between Miami and a group
of alumni on the ^^'est Coast it is
suggested tliat tlie alumni in and
around St. Petersburg form a sep-
arate group. The many alumni
who spend the winter or several
weeks in Florida will be welcome
to attend the \arious meetings.
The alumni office will be pleased
to hear from such alumni so that
announcements of Florida meetings
can be sent to them.
JOHNSTOWN
A large and enthusiastic group
of alumni met at the Sunnehanna
C(juntry Club .April 5 to hear Jim
Garrett, S. U.'s athletic director and
head footliall coach. Mr. Carrctt
showed m()\ies of the 1960 football
season and spoke to the group con-
cerning Sus(iu('hanna's athletic pro-
gram. Dr. lunest W alker '21 con-
ducted tlu> business meeting antl
the following officers were elected
for the coming year: David V'olk
'52, president; Louis J. Heinze '58,
vice president; Perce R. .\ppleyard
x'22, secretary; Frank K. Fetterolf
'48, treasurer; Charles A. 'Venner
'49, executive board mcnil)('r.
LEHIGH VALLEY
Lehigii Valleys spring meeting
was held at the home of Dr. and
Mrs. Ernest Hess on Friday, May
26. Fourteen persons enjoyed a
covered dish supper. The alumni
director reported on Alimini Day
and futm-e Alumni Association
plans. The following officers were
elected for the coming year: Ernest
Hess '34, president; Anne Geating
Landis '27, secretary-treasurer.
LEWISTOWN
Dr. Albert A. Zimmer, dean of
students, spoke to 14 LewistowTi
area alumni and guests who met at
the Elks Club May 8. In addition
to discussing tlie academic progress
at Susquehanna Dr. Zimmer as-
sured the group that expansion and
progress has not affected the friend-
ly atmosphere which has ahvajs
pervaded the campus. The incum-
bent officers were elected for an-
other year.
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN
Tw('nt\-three alumni aiul guests
met at St. Peter's Lritlieriin CJliurtli
May 19 to hear Jim Garrett (sub-
stituting for the ill A. A. Stagg Jr.)
tell of Susquehanna's fine year in
atliletics. Plans were made to spon-
sor a program for incoming fresh-
men and present S. U. students of
the iirea on September 9.
NORTH JERSEY
Another banner meeting w as held
at tlie Peacock House Saturday,
April 15. The 90 persons present
saw movies of the 1960 football
season and heard Coacli Jim Gar-
rett, a native of Rutherford, N. J.,
explain the part athletics arc play-
ing in S. U.'s expansion program.
Jake Spangler '52, club president,
presented a $1(X) check to President
Weber as the club's contribution to
die 1961 I.ovaltv Fund.
PHILADELPHIA
The Rev. John Geuscl '40 related
the fascinating story of his ministry
to jazz musiciiuis to the 43 alumni
and guests who met at the Poor
Richard Club, Philatlelphia, April
21. Dr. Otto Reimherr, assistant
professor of religion and philoso-
phy, and Ann Hewes '61, 1960
Homecoming Queen, spoke about
student life and activities on the
campus. New officers were elected
for the coming year: Harold Shaffer
'40, president; Donald F. Wohl-
sen '50, 1st vice president; Bruce
Bell '55, 2nd vice president; Mrs.
C. E. Thompson x21, s(>cr(>t;iry;
Paul A. Wagner '50, tre;isurer; Shir-
ley Ann Young '51, historian and
publicit\-; Robert E. Ricedorf '50,
dirt'ctor (three \ear term); Fnmk
W . Weaver '29 and Edith Franken-
field Cramer .34, ;ue directors,
eleited pre\ iouslx , with terms ex-
piring in 1963.
READING-LANCASTER
'I'welve ;dumni and guests met at
till' Wyomissing Club on Ma\- 20.
Dr. Charles Chaffee, new .Mumni
.Association president, spoke in-
formally to the group ;md solicited
its help in e;nrying out ;in active
program. The following officers
were elected for 1961-62: W. Frank
28
SUSQUEHANNA ALUMNUS
Laiulenslayer '39, president; Ralpli
Tietholil "49, \ic'e president; \\ i!l-
iaiii \\ liiteley '35, secretaiy; Ricli-
.ird C^aliii "58, treasurer.
WILLIAMSPORT
Eii^liteen aluniui met at the home
ot \\'illiamsp()rt Club President
Dave Bennett '53 on Miuch 21.
Football Coach Jim Garrett sho\\'ed
mo\'ies of the 1960 football season
and discussed S. U.s athletic pro-
gram. Following the informal
meeting ri'freshments were ser\ed.
YORK-HANOVER
Ft)rty alimmi and guests met at
Paradise Union Church April 27.
Dean \\'ilhelm Reuning spoke to
the group concerning Susquehan-
na's progress and plans. Parents of
several S. U. students also were
present at the meeting. During
thi> business meeting a motion was
passed that the scholarship plans
be terminated and that as loans are
repaid a \'ork-Adams County schol-
arship be started at the University'.
The present officers were re-elect-
ed for another vear.
S. U. WEDDINGS
GOLDSM ITH-GILPIN
Ruth Gilpin '30 to A. R. Ckjldsmith.
The iduple resides at 607 Robinson
Street, Elmira, N. V.
RACHAU-STEFFEV
Eleanore Ruth Steffcy '54 to Richard
lAiin Racliau, Aufjiist 22, 1959. Brides-
maids included Eleanor Borski '54 and
Carol Ahr Carlston x'54. The couple is
rcsidinil in Belleville, Pa.
OSINCHAK-MEYER
Sandra M. Meyer '59 to Joseph Osin-
chak '59, April 2.3, 1960 in Morris Plains,
N. J. Sidney F. Richard '59 served as
best man. The couple is residing at No.
6 Emile Apts., Ro.xboro Road, Durham,
N. C.
WELSH-BOYER
\ancy L. Boyer '59 to Egbert G.
Welsh, June 18, 1960 in Cyrus D. Jones
Memorial Chapel, Ehn Park Methodist
Church, Scranton, Pa. The couple li\es
in Damascus, Pa.
VANDEVANDER-FORD
Elizahcth Joan Ford '56 to Robert H.
\'ande\ander, July 22, 1960, in Messiah
Lutlieran Church, Dayton, Ohio. Tliey
reside at 4.37 Chiranna Axenue, Dayton
19.
M.^cDOXALD-CHARLES
Lydia Charles x'62 to Williuni W. Mac-
Donald '60, November 5. 1960. The cou-
ple resides at 230 East Fourth Street,
Media, Pa.
STEPHENSOX-ZACHARIAS
Carol C. Zacharias '60 to Wayne Steph-
enson, December 26, 1960, in St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Hanover, Pa. Judy
Zacharias '63 ser\'ed as one of the brides-
maids. The couple lives at 1177 Burnet
Avenue, Union, N. J.
AHLBRAND-BATES
Susan Bates '59 to Gary .AJilbrand.
January 7, 1961. Mr. Alilbrand is a
utility engineer and the couple resides
at 113 Victoria Drive, Pittsburgh 27, Pa.
GABRENYA-FINDLEY
Thelma A. Findley to Robert A. Gah-
renya, '40. April 15, 1961, in Trinity Lu-
theran Church, Johnstown, Pa. The Rev.
Harold Lee Rowe '34, pastor, performed
the ceremony. Mr. Gabrenya is assist-
ant secretary to Slovenian Savings and
Loan Association of Franklin-Coneniaugh.
Bo7vi Crusaders
To Robert N. and Roberta Goetz Pal-
mer '48, a daughter, Heather Ruth, May
15, 1959. Heather was born just one
year to the day after her parents drove
tlirough the heather ( not in bloom )
above Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Tlic\'
spent two months touring 14 comitrics,
also visited the World's Fair in Europe.
25 Hall-Bar Road, Avon, N. Y.
To Don and Carol Kogel Valentine
x'58, identical twin boys, April 8, 1960.
Don is serving as interim minister at
Beth Eden Baptist Church, Waltham,
Mass. 215 Herrick Road, Newton Cen-
tre 59, Mass.
To Gus P. and Joyce Miller Lennes '53,
a daughter, Sheryl Lyn, May 1960. 120
Union Street, Honesdale, Pa.
To Kay and Frank G. Smith '5.5, a
daughter, Kathryn Nancy, September 25,
1960. 1985 South Delaware Street,
Allentown. Pa.
To Lester L. '5.9 and A/. Lorraine Kelly
Brtdiaker '.59, a son, Philip Ashley, No-
\ ember 6, 1960. 29 South Market Street,
Selinsgrove, Pa.
To Mr. '59 and Mrs. Rus.wll P. Mertz,
their fourth child, a .son, Matthew, De-
cember 5, 1960. 349 Nortli lltli Street,
Sunbury, Pa.
To C. Dale '52 and Shirley Decker
Gateman x'55, a son, Cameron Dale.
January 23, 1961. White Birch Terrace,
Kinnelon, N. J.
To Nora Steinhards Galin.^ '54, and her
husband, a daughter, Sandra Astra, Feb-
ruary 4, 1961. Mrs. Galins is a chief re-
search technician in Boston, Mass. Her
name as co-author has appeared in many
medical publications. 265 Pond Street,
\\'estwood, Mass.
To Thomas J. and Lynne Van Sciver
Si>roule '60, a son, Thomas James Sproule
Jr., February 5, 1961. 4752 Springfield
.\\enue, Pennsauken 8, N. J.
To Barbara and George H. Posjiisil
'57, dieir third daughter, Barbara Allyn,
February 14, 1961. 1.378 Morris Ave-
nue, Union, N. J.
To George W. and Suzanne Thurp
Oliver '58, a son, George James, Febru-
ary 24, 1961. 62 South Grove Street,
East Aurora, N. Y.
To Steve '53 and Joyce Wagner Torok
'53, their third son. Garth Steven, March
9, 1961. 1361 Dennis Road, Southamp-
ton, Pa.
To Clifford M. and Jean Derr Powell
'49, their second daughter, Rebecca Jean.
March 23, 1961. 1176 King.sley Road,
Highland Park, Camp Hill, Pa.
To Phil '52 and Shirley Still Torromeo
x'54, their fourth child, a son, David
George, March 25, 1961. 371 South 12tli
Street, Lindenhurst, N. Y.
To Don C. '60 and Jane Sanders Leh-
mer x'60, a daughter, Stephanie Jane,
.\pril 4, 1961. 104 North Queen Street,
\oTk, Pa.
To Louis and Gloria Graybill Brubaker
x'61, a daughter, Rebecca Lynn, April
1961. R. D. #1, Liverpool, Pa.
To Ronald L. .v'59 and Georgia Curtis
Forster x'59, a son, Ronald Lloyd II,
JUNE 1961
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April 28, 1961. 9629 Long Branch Lane,
Houston 24, Texas.
To Dr. x'4l and Mrs. Williuin D. May,
a son, William .\ntlreu, April 28, Dr.
May is clean of Johnson Teachers College
in John.son, \'t.
To The Rev. '4S and Mrs. Augustus
V. TU'tlwIil, their second child, a daugh-
ter, Diane Kllen, May 2, 1961. Pastor
Tietbohl serves St. John's KvanKelical
Lutheran (Miiirih in Nanticoke, Pa.
To Diiinij H. '60 and Jiiiif Xonite-
macher Sluink '&), a daughter, Stephanie
Patricia, May 12, 1961. 1009 East Clive-
den Street. Philadelphia 19. Pa.
To The Rev. David H. "57 and Patricia
Honsberger Harris x'56, a son, David
Christian, May 16. 1961. Mt. Plc-asant
Mills. Pa.
To Chapliiiii -5^ and Mrs. Stuart H.
Lengel jr., their tourtli cliild, a daughter.
May 19, 1961. Otficc of Base Chaplain.
Bnnkrr Hill A. KB., IVru. Ind.
DEATHS
Charles R. ilollenhach 16, Pahn>Ta,
Pa., March 2, 1956.
Dr. C. G. Shatzer he '21, Springfield,
Ohio, September 12. 19.59.
Owen H. Memh x'04, Watertown,
N. v., January 3, 1960.
Dr. Pen, T. Mohi, xI6. Philadelphia,
Pa.
Charles M. Weiglc '21, Getty.sburg, Pa.,
January 15, 1961.
Louise Atnelia Walter .x'28. Middle-
burg, Pa., February 20, 1961. Miss
Walter taught school for .30 years in
Franklin Township, Snyder County, Pa.
Alice W. Breimeier '04, Selinsgrove,
Pa., February 20, 1961. Among her
survivors is Alcla Long '2.5 of Northum-
berland, Pa.
Dr. Frederick Hru.th he '45, White
Plains, N.Y., February 20,1961. Dr. Brush
retired in 19.36 after 24 >'cars as medical
director of Burke Foiuidation, a rehabili-
tation center in which he conducted ex-
tensive research into convalescence re-
creational tlierapy and rehabilitation. He
helped endow the Susciuehanna Univer-
sity Press. A native of Susquehanna, Pa.,
Dr. Brush maintained an active interest
in the Suscjuehanna Valley, writing poet-
ry and fiction with the lore of the region
as a background.
Ral))h II. Chr'istopher x'31, February
23, 1961. After discharge from the .ser-
vice 14 years ago Mr. Christopher was a
heating engineer with tlie Connnonwealth
Heating Company in Pittsburgh, Pa.
He is sur\ived by his wife. June \'., two
sons Ralph and Ronald, and four grand-
sons.
The Rev. Thomas Atkituton, D.D. '23,
Lansdale, Pa., March 8, 1961. Dr. At-
kinson served as chaplain of Eastern State
Penitentiary, Craterford, Pa. He also
had served as a,ssi.stant chaplain at East-
ern Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Prior
to taking the chaplain post in 194.5, Pas-
tor .Atkinson served churches at Sinking
Spring, Lehighton and .\mbler. His wife,
Esther Wilderniuth Atkinson '20 survives
Dr. Frank P. Bayer '14, he '25, Mifflin-
burg. Pa., March 26, 1961. Following
graduation ( svnnma cum laude) from
Sus(|uchanna, Dr. Boyer was named prin-
cipal of the Lewis Township High School.
In 1922 he was elected supervising prin-
cipal of Mifflinburg Schools and in 1930
was named county superintendent. He
served in this capacity for 24 years and
was retired in 19.54 after a brilliant career
as an educator and administrator. His
wife; daughter Eugenia; four sons, Spen-
cer and his wife, Shirley Showalter Boyer
■50, Winston, John and Vincent '52 sur-
vive.
Chester C. Fi.sher x, AUenwood, Pa.,
April 11. 1961.
Aloysius F. Strunk '32, Shamokin, Pa.,
April 22, 1961. Mr. Stnuik was a teach-
er in the Coal Township school system
for more than 30 years and at one time
was its varsity basketball coach. He is
survived by his mother, wife, two sons,
three sisters ;uk1 four brothers.
Lester B. Donnan, Selinsgrove, Pa.,
.\pril 26, 1961. Mr. Donnan was em-
ployed as a fireman at Suscpiehanna for
13 years. Suriving are his wife I'.dith,
who is on the office stafi^ at S.U., father,
two daughters, son and three sisters.
The Rev. Frank Kiilp .v'27, Perkasie,
Pa., .\pril 27, 1961. His first charge
was Quakake Parish at Schuylkill County
and in 1942 he was called to St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, .•Kpplebachsville, where
he served imtil 1952. For many years Pas-
tor Kulp was a chaplain for the Perkasie
Fire Company. Two sons and two (huigh-
ters, seven grandchildren, two brothers
and a sister survive.
Leroy S. Bowes, £.«/., 12. Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Cre.iton H. Billoa x'25, .Ml. Joy, Pa.
The Rev. Samuel T. Nicholas. D.D.
x'H7, New Haven, Conn.
Dr. Frank A. Eyer x'9S, Selinsgrove,
Pa., May 26, 1961. He had been a
member of Susciuehanna's Board of Di-
rectors for over 50 years and at the time
of his death was serving iis its secretary.
In 1953 he received an hononiry degree
of doctor of business administration from
Susfjuehanna. Early in life. Dr. Eyer was
a telegrapher for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road. In 1910 he laid the groimdwork
that led to fonnatiou of the Middlecreek
Valley Telephone Company in Sn\'der
County, Pa., which observed its .50th
anniversar\' last year. Dr. l"\(r was
president of the First Nation;d B;uik of
Selinsgrove for 15 years, served as pres-
ident of tlie Selinsgrove \\'atcr Company
from 1918 until 19.58; was a .50-year
member of the Masons and charter mem-
ber and past president of the Selinsgrove
Rotary Club. He is sur\ ived by his wife;
a niece and nephew , Allen ]. Eyer '36 of
Pliiladelphia.
Mark your calendar now !
HOMECOMING — OCTOBER 21, 1961
Football team — a national defensive leader
last year — plays Western Maryland at 1 :30
Big Program to be announced !
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